{"id":35646,"date":"2017-06-19T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=35646"},"modified":"2017-06-14T12:55:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T17:55:20","slug":"adding-a-summer-look-to-the-great-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=35646","title":{"rendered":"Adding a Summer Look to the Great Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been easing into a summer look this year, and my most recent change was to switch out rugs in the great room to add a lighter feel.\u00a0 I originally bought this striped rug for the kitchen, but when I found an <a href=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/2015\/08\/05\/my-new-old-kitchen-rug\/\">antique one<\/a> that I loved, the striped number moved to our bedroom.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35661\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4392-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Summer great room rug - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4392-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4392-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4392-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since we have sisal rugs in the great room, I like to add a smaller rug in front of the sofa for a layered look. I bought an antique tribal Moroccan rug that we use in the fall and winter a few\u00a0 years ago when Jordan and I rode our bicycles through the Sahara desert.\u00a0 One day I decided to just grab the blue and white striped rug and make a switch for the summer.\u00a0 I really liked the way it looks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35660\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4391-e1497379649449-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Summer great room rug - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4391-e1497379649449-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4391-e1497379649449-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4391-e1497379649449-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I will be adding some pillows with red and some pillows with navy for July through August because I love patriot colors in the summer.\u00a0 They just seem easy and festive to me, and that&#8217;s what summer is all about.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-20805\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_6673-1024x681.jpg\" alt=\"Great room rug - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"850\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_6673-1024x681.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_6673-430x286.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is the fall\/winter rug, and although it has my favorite colors in it, it is clearly not a summer time look.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-35661\" src=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4392-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Summer great room rug - The 2 Seasons\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4392-683x1024.jpg 683w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4392-215x323.jpg 215w, http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_4392-300x450.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I love the blue rug because it looks just like one in the movie, <em>Something&#8217;s Gotta Give<\/em>.\u00a0 Her house was located at the beach, and even though we live in a\u00a0 townhouse in the city, I can always pretend I hear the ocean nearby.\u00a0 A girl can dream, right?\u00a0 And this rug makes it easy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Take care.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been easing into a summer look this year, and my most recent change was to switch out rugs in the great room to add a lighter feel.\u00a0 I originally bought this striped rug for the kitchen, but when I found an antique one that I loved, the striped number moved to our bedroom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":35659,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35646"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35646"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35664,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35646\/revisions\/35664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}