Little baby swatch

I think I should have chosen interior design as my profession.  I'm not sure if I have the raw talent for it, but I love carrying around samples of things.  I love watching a project come together.  We are continuing on our basement remodel, thanks to the flood of New Years 2016.  Yesterday, I was searching for rugs online and found a few that I liked on the Land of Nod's website.   I noticed they sold rug swatches.  Genius!   Of course, one of my favorite companies with their sherbet colors, knock-knock jokes, and item titles full of pun would have rug swatches.  My valentine happened to be on a business trip to his Chicago office - which is right next door to the Land of Nod.  Boom!  A few hours later, he proves his love for me by walking in the door with these 12 inch square beauties:


The navy square one is not the right shade for our gray couch, but the Bar rug on the right- SWOON! I love it.  Truly, I just want to carry the sample around like a baby- its just that lovely.   Now I have to wait to move the couch over to see if their largest size, 8X10 will be big enough.  And of yeah, I have to wait for a sale.  Because egress windows and window well drains don't pay for themselves.   Here's another view to see how big the new room is compared to the swatches:


Isn't it funny, how in the dead of winter, a rug swatch can be so exciting?   Let me know if you want to visit the swatch or if I see you out and about, I probably have it with me.