THE LAST RUG LEFT – LINKING THE CHAIN

Chain Rug -5’x8′ – on sale $139.99; regular $349 – Pottery Barn, Princeton Market Fair store, (609)419-0099 (Display model is last one left. Oversized, almond-toned links connect across the navy ground of our looped rug in a refreshing seaside style. Made from self-bound pure wool) (above)

Was breezing through the Pottery Barn store in Princeton, NJ this weekend…running through with NS and her two adorable daughters (after having been over to the mall to buy a gift for the girlies). We were running because the cute little two year old was having a not so cute little two year old type of meltdown…we had to get out of the mall, the store, the parking lot, just out of any public space immediately. Everyone was staring…

“What’s the problem?”, I thought as I glared back at the appalled shoppers, “You’ve never seen a two year old throw a temper tantrum in a store?”. As I was racing through the store holding the bubbly little four year old’s hand, CM (my goddaughter), I overheard a little boy disdainfully say, “Boy that doesn’t look fun.” Hmmm…..

Once we reached the door, there was a sigh of relief from all of us, including from 4 year old CM…no more mean customers in Pottery Barn staring us down! Oh did I mention, that the minute we stepped out of the store, the baby stopped crying (only for a minute, but that minute would have been very helpful when we were inside). (Oh, yes …also forgot to mention…flew into Philadelphia on Saturday and have been hanging in New Jersey with NS and her family (which includes her husband, her 14 year old son NSJ, her darling 4 year old daughter CM and lastly and with the most lung power the cute little two year old AM (whose middle name is “Storm” (really)) .)

Anyhoooo, as we were literally sprinting through the store and as I was trying to keep up with NS who was in full mommy “get my kid out of the store mode”, and as I held a child’s hand, and as I juggled several huge packages, and as I shrunk under the gaze of the sneering leering intolerant shoppers who clearly for that moment forgot there are larger issues in the world today than a two year old who is screaming her lungs out in a store, I did manage to glance to my left for a nanosecond and notice a great rug in Pottery Barn…it was this Chain Rug. A family was eyeing the rug…the father glanced at me as I was running and eeked out a smile full of pity for me, NS and NS’s two daughters.

I like this rug…reminds me of a horsey Hermes accessory. Looks kind of like horse bits strung together (oh, did I also forget to mention I rode horses for almost five years and like horse things for home decor?). The Pottery Barn website describes the rug as nautical in nature though…could be that too.

So when I got back to NS’s house, I immediately hopped online only to find that Pottery Barn was saying that the rug was no longer available. No longer available? I just saw it in the Princeton store? How could this be? Quelle jour! Needless to say, I had to wait until the next day to call the Pottery Barn store in Princeton to find out the scoop on this elusive Chain Rug.

Blue and off-white Chain Rug shown in room with red leather chairs, a white sofa and blue and white accessories (polka dot pillows and striped throw). (above)

Okay…it is the next day…am waiting on the phone as a friendly Pottery Barn employee looks for the rug (her name is Monet). There are no more left, she says…the only one that seems to exist is the one hanging in the store!!!

Apparently it came in two different colors – the blue and white shown in this post and a brown espresso and off-white.

Okay…I’m stressing out…should I get, should I let blog readers get, should I leave it behind…oy…? I think this one is for you guys.

THERE IS ONLY ONE CHAIN RUG LEFT IN THE AREA AND MAYBE THE COUNTRY (and it is not available online). Here is the hook up on this last Chain Rug. It is a 5’x8′ rug, in the blue and white…here’s the kicker…it is on AMAZING sale…it was $349 and now it is on sale for just $139.99! Call the Princeton store if you want it at (609)419-0099…ask to speak to Monet or the store’s manager…because it is the display rug!

I put the rug on hold for me…but I am actually going to take it off of hold and allow one of you to snatch it up!

Good luck…may the games begin…let me know who gets this rug…!