Saturday, July 26, 2014

My First Cowhide Rug

Hello Everyone,  Well I finally jumped on the cowhide wagon and got myself a
"MOO MOO" cow for our dining room. You might remember my plans for a new
Dining Room Look ? Well it's coming along slowly but surely!

On my  IKEA Shopping Trip last weekend, I purchased this brown cowhide
with a few little white spots on it.

Truth be told, I had previously purchased a brown 
cowhide from World Market, but the ones at IKEA 
were on sale for $200 and the one from Word Market 
was $350. So I returned the World Market rug...
Need I feel guilty now????



I know not everyone approves of cowhides or other types of
animal skins for clothing or decorations. But it's like I told 
one of my vegetarian friends when accused of 
supporting the industry: 
"BUT I ALREADY ATE THE COW"
So this could be considered an up-cycle, right?"

Well, that's what's new around here this week. I will be taking a blogging break
for a few weeks for the summer. Before I go here is a little cowhide
eye candy for you to drool over.....

Decorating with Cowhide Rugs









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Want to see more pics? Check out my Pinterest Board on Decorating with Cowhides and Furs

How about you Peeps, do you like cowhides 
as much as I do?
XoXoXo

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28 comments:

  1. Your cowhide rug looks so good! I bet it feels good under foot too. Glad that you were able to save some money on that one too.

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  2. It looks great Christine! I have a leopard print rug in my living room that I just love, but can't pull the trigger on the real thing, it kinda creeps me out~ that said, I do love yours and the photos from other sources, especially Dimples and Tangles, so maybe I need to re-think!
    Jenna

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  3. Christine, Love the look! You should NOT feel guilty--just being a smart shopper :) Blessings, Cecilia

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  4. I just recently jumped onto the cowhide bandwagon myself. I bought mine from a thrift shop in town that gets them home-made of course. I really do love it! It takes your place from just "ok" to fab!

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  5. You go girl! I've been wanting to jump on that bandwagon too but haven't had the guts! I admire you!! Looks fabulous!!! Have a nice break....see ya soon?! Hope so!!~~Angela

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  6. I have yet to jump on that bandwagon-but yours looks FABULOUS! Never feel guilty for saving some KA-CHING! You did outstanding! Can't wait to see what you do with the dining room! Wishing you a whole lot of relaxation and fun on your well deserved break!

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  7. GORGEOUS rug!!! Love it and now I want one.

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  8. Christine, I like the cow rug.LOL. Hope you have some nice summertime fun. Blessings, xoxo,Susie

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  9. ahaha I love that idea, it is totally an up cycle- nothin on that cow goes to waist!

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  10. The cowhide is not for me, but I really love the way your room is turning out. The rug layering looks great!

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  11. Oh I love it, looks fabulous in your dining room. Thanks tons for linking to Inspire Me.

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  12. You're so funny with the upcycling the cowhide...lol. I would love to do something like that one day when the kids are out of the house and I don't have to worry about huge spills on it. Have a great summer break and can't wait to see what you come back with.

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  13. haha, an up-cycle! The new rug looks great.

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  14. On the second photo from the last you have it as "Source: Unknown" That is from the Nesting Place blog. I love your rug by the way. I am wanting one in zebra print. Can't wait to save up my pennies for it.

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  15. Love, love, love! Will be featuring you this week at Sundays at Home!

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  16. I love the animal hyde trend... I feel bad about it too but I just try not to think about it :( I'm actually kicking myself because I found a zebra print rug at a garage sale for $75 and I didn't get it! DOH (forehead slap)! I was just so set on cowhyde for some reason and I also didn't have that much money with me at the time. Oh well, another will come along!

    Yours looks great!

    Tania

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  17. Christine, I live "fairly close" to you (in Elk Plain, just off Highway 7). We have an Old West master bedroom/bathroom. The bedroom has a huge buffalo hide on Dave's side of the bed (I knew how large buffaloes were; somehow that didn't transfer to how large a hide would be). Bought at auction for around fifty dollars.

    My side has an elk hide, bought at an online Montana auction for $65. And, yes, it feels wonderful on my feet when I have to get up in the middle of the night.

    Further up Highway 7 in Parkland is a Tandy Leather store (right next door to another auction company!). Tandy has a large assortment of hides and other leathers and I think they might even beat Ikea's prices. And I LOVE Ikea's prices.

    Erlene, Dave was concerned about damaging the hides if we put them on the floor. I figured that, if they could live outdoors, they could live on the floor. So far, one cat erped on the elk hide. I let it try and easily wiped up the erp. It didn't soak into the hide.

    A couple years ago, I was at Victorian Country Christmas in Puyallup. One of the vendors had a cowhide on the floor of her booth. I mentioned that I wanted to reupholster our 1895 double-round barber chair in cowhide. She told me to make sure the underside of a cowhide is gray, not yellow. Had something to do with the quality of the tanning...or something.

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    1. Hi there Sooze, thanks so much for the sweet comment and all the tips for cowhide stores. I tried to reply to your comment but you come up as a non reply blogger and I don't have your email. Not sure if you will come back here to see my reply.

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    2. Not sure if Blogger allows me to post my email address (I've actually been getting your emails for a few months) so I'll try to "hide" my yahoo address (sooze98148-at-).

      I encourage you and your readers to try auctions. They can be intimidating at first but, eventually, auctions will be an addiction...wait a minute! Is that a good thing?

      For example, last Thursday, Dave won THREE PALLETS of bi-fold doors. For twenty dollars. TWENTY DOLLARS!

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  18. Love your new cowhide and the layering!! You are my hostess pick this week come by the Inspiration Monday Party today at 11:00am to party with us!!

    xoxo, Tanya

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  19. Never thought a cowhide rug would be my style, but now you've got me thinking twice. lol! Looks fabulous Christine. Thanks for sharing it with SYC and enjoy your break!
    hugs,
    Jann

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  20. Looks amazing. Thanks for sharing at Home Sweet Home.
    Sherry

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  21. I saw this post a few days ago and now I'm inspired to get one for our house!!! Thanks for sharing with us on What You Wish Wednesday!!! Join us again today!

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  22. I love your new cowhide rug - they're so great for under dining room tables because there's pretty much nothing you can spill on them that you can't clean off. Thanks for sharing on Best of the Nest!

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  23. Fabulous! I love the way it looks in your room! The room is coming along nicely, can't wait to see the finished space! Enjoy your summer blog break...

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  24. Your new chair looks perfect in your room. I think you made the right choice leaving the original fabric on the cushions. The room is beautiful from every angle!
    Decorate your Dining Table

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  25. I love your Dining Chairs and the rug is great!!

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  26. Wow!nice article and containing allot of information about the Fur blanket well done.

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