Roomba: It's Fun To Say But Will It Kill Me In My Sleep?

November 9, 2010 erin

My handsomer half bought a Roomba, and while he is obsessed -- applauding its every move like a proud parent (wow! look how it sucked that cheerio up from under the couch!) -- I feel like its mother in law. Every morning when we wake up I do an inspection lap, noticing all the stuck on crumbs left behind. Maybe I'm jealous, a little wary that I may somehow be replaced by a stupid robot. Maybe I'm a little concerned about what a freaking cyborg is doing unsupervised in our living room while our soft, vulnerable bodies sleep just a room away. Or maybe I'm just unconvinced a hockey puck that can barely run for 25 minutes without lazily returning home to charge will be any match for a toddler and the drifts of smashed up snacks left in his wake every night. Due to caked on milkyogurtcerealbarfrenchfryturkeyspit, we are probably going to have to burn our current rug. It's disgusting. Perhaps we should replace it with one of these:

Fork Carpet

Army Carpet

Forest Carpet

Band aid Carpet

Pasta Carpet

I feel like this is such a winning idea. I mean, the Roomba will never be able to navigate all these little pieces -- it cries at the thought of schlepping over fringe. Plus, I think these are so practical. I can easily make the forest rug from all the leaves tracked in by our velcro kitty. If we get hungry, I can use the fork rug to eat the pasta rug. The band aid rug will be easy to sponge clean. And the army rug will shoot the Roomba if it tries to kill us.

Problem solved.

Read about creative collective We Make Carpets here.

Redesigned Ditties: I Want A New Rug

June 30, 2010 erin

I want a new rug

One that won't make me sick

One that won't make me spend so hard

I think a Persian might do the trick

I want a new rug

One I hope won't shed

One that really catches the eye

One that just might be red

One that won't make me nervous

Wondering what to do

One that makes me feel like it's a great value

Like it's a great value

I want a new rug

One that won't pill

One that won't cost too much

Or increase the bills

One that won't make me nervous

Wondering what to do

One that makes me feel like it's a great value

Like it's a great value

I want a new rug

One that won't go away

One that won't make Ben put up a fight

When I say that it's got to stay

One that won't make me nervous

Wondering what to do

One that makes me feel like it's a great value

Like it's a great value

I want a new rug

One that does what it should

One that doesn't make me feel too bad

One that does makes me feel oh so good

I want a new rug

One with no doubt

One that won't cost a lot

Or make the bank freak out

One that won't make me nervous

Wondering what to do

One that makes me feel like it's a great value

Like it's a great value

Oh yeah, great value

I Want A New Drug by Huey Lewis & The News

[Sources: 1. Designage, 2. Patric Johansson, 3. Michael Haverland, 4. Studio Ilse, 5. Michael Haverland, 6. Desire to Inspire, 7. Patric Johansson, 8. Steve Giralt, 9. Trina Turk via Elle Decor]

Nodus Rugs

May 12, 2010 erin

Welcome back, me! After a long and lovely family visit, I'm easing into the daily routine. Which means that I'm still feeling a bit lazy. I'm looking forward to catching up with y'alluns, but first I would like to thank the fabulous Collyn of ModFruGal for sharing her amazing, inspiring home while I was away. If you were a naughty imp and you missed her home tour, catch it here.

Greetings and formalities are out of the way, so let's get down to bizness -- rug cruising.

Rug? Who? Wha? Yep, it's a little hard to see past the tongue, but there's a rug in there. Somewhere. Designed by Bartoli, the Rosetum is part of Nodus Rugs' enormous, eclectic rug collection. Featuring everything from the merely mundane to the beyond bizarre, Nodus stands at the forefront of the art rug movement.