New Additions to My Family and Replacing the Great Room Rug

I haven't posted in a while for a variety of reasons, one of which is that we added two Doberman pups to our family in July.  Taking care of two puppies is like having a new child... almost.  Here are the pups when we first got them. 

This is Rex:

and this is his brother Henry.

Here are Henry and Rex a few ago at the age of 28 weeks... they are sweet and handsome boys.

HENRY 

REX 

PART II: New Great Room Rug

Now for the great room rug..... below is a picture of the rug I have had in my great room for awhile.  It was a hand knotted rug that looked fine, but the 8' x 10' dimension was too small for the space.  

This is a pic of the original rug in place with furniture.

After looking for several months, I finally found a larger rug I liked. It is a hand knotted rug in an "Oushak like" pattern (it is not an Oushak, it was made in India). Here it is....

This rug has a lot of the same colors as the previous one, but is bigger (9' 6" x 11' 8") and I like the fact that I can orient the rug with the long sides parallel with the fireplace (see below). 

I also prefer its bigger, bolder, almost tribal like pattern as compared to the other rug. Here are some close ups of the pattern. 

Here it is rug with the couches... I think the rug makes some of the colors in the fabrics pop, especially the blues.

Closer up.....

I need to get the coffee table back in place... 

Other plans for the room include window treatments and doing something with the ceiling. Below is a pic of the ceiling... I think doing some sort of stencil/Modello in the circular inset around the fixture might be interesting.

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http://savvysouthernstyle.blogspot.com/2012/01/wow-us-wednesdays-51.html

http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2012/02/feathered-nest-friday.html

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http://chiconashoestringdecorating.blogspot.com/2012/02/flaunt-it-friday-90-and-giveaway.html

http://shabbynest.blogspot.com/2012/02/frugal-friday.html

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