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Washing White Furniture, Adding Textures, And Layering With My New “eSaleRugs” Rug

Filed Under: Family Room, Home Tour Tagged With: adding texture, antique, chalk paint, chalk paint recipe, chippy, cottage, cottage style, cozy, crate and barrel, farmhouse, farmhouse decor, farmhouse style, gathered style, home, home decor, house and home, house beautiful, jute rug, kilim rug, layering, living room, living room decor, painted furniture, pottery barn, restoration hardware, texture, thrift store, thrifted, vintage, vintage rug, washing white furniture, white furniture, white sofas, woods and whites

Layering rugs is a great way to add a soft, warm feel to a room. I found this rug at eSaleRugs and I fell in love with the light color and textures. Jute rugs are a great for layering because of their texture and solid color. Layering rugs can also make a space feel larger and more “put together”. I found this old rug that I added on top of my new jute rug at a thrift store, cleaned it up and I love it so much. To clean a thrift store rug, I usually use those steam machines that you can rent from home improvement stores but I also had a friend on Instagram recently tell me that she takes hers out in the drive way and sprays it down with the hose and Dawn dishwashing soap and water and then leaves them in the sun to dry. She said that she has even done that with her jute rugs as well, so I will be trying this in the future.

 

 

Adding different textures to any space always makes a space feel more cozy and homey. I love whites and neutrals as you have probably already figured out, but I also love pops of faded colors such as this old rug atop my eSaleRugs jute rug. I have a lot of questions of how I keep my sofas and white furniture clean. Well, my dog it not allowed on my furniture for one but I also wash these sofas and the pillows probably every other month. I love the fact that I can wash my sofas. It also smells wonderful in here after they are all washed. I’ve shared this before but just in case you missed it, I first soak the covers in warm water in my laundry room sink with a scoop of Oxy Clean for 1-2 hours. I have front loaders. I then take 2-3 scoops of oxy clean, my regular detergent, and 1/2-3/4 cups of Shout and mix in up in the drum of my washer a couple of times before adding my covers. I then wash my covers with a warm water cycle. I do an extra spin cycle after they are washed and then put them back on to my sofas while they are still damp (straight from the washer). I then leave the cushions standing up on my  sofa to dry with my fan on. They actually dry pretty fast here in the desert. Putting them back on when they are damp helps to keep them from shrinking. And, just a side tip…never dry them, they will shrink horribly and not fit back on the sofa. My sofas are both second hand but they can be found at Restoration hardware (sofa on the right) and Pottery Barn. I bought my Pottery Barn one from a yard sale site and just made sure it was the correct dimensions for IKEA slipcovers before I bought it. The IKEA slipcovers were a great fit. The dimensions of their slipcovers are online just in case you want to see if they would fit your sofa.

 

As you can see, one of my blankets has some fluff to it and the other on does not. And even though all of my pillows are white, some have a little texture on them which makes them have more of a cozy look than a bland look on my sofa…makes me want to squish down in. My rugs also have different texutres. This amazing 100% Jute Rug from eSaleRugs pairs great with my old vintage rug. The jute rug, being a solid color, helps bring out the colors even more in my old vintage rug. I have to say that Chester is pretty fond of my new rug too. Adding texture and different styles of wood into my wall decor is another thing that I did to bring out all of the amazing colors in these wood pieces. Having everything chippy on one wall would be too much but adding a chippy door to the rest of this wall scheme was the perfect match. And the beads and shells on my cow skull make it look less stark and cold. Using different heights in design also adds more dimension to a space. I used some thrifted books and a small trunk to add some height to my lamp and I love it. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope this helped you think of ways you can add texture into your own home design. I love the affordable prices that eSaleRugs offers and all of the options that they have. I am so glad I found this rug. It fits perfect right in here in my living room.

 

 

 

 

Source List:

 

White sofas: Second hand but from Restoration Hardware (left) and Pottery Barn with new Ikea Slipcover (right)

Lamps: Thrifted

Old Wood Side Table: Antique Mall

Old Trunk: Craigslist

Side Table Decor: Thrifted and small vases from Joss and Main

Old Door: Craigslist

Cow Skull: Antique Fair

Pillows: Ikea

Curtains: Ikea

Jute Rug: eSaleRugs

Bowl on Coffee Table: House of Herringbone

Coffee Table: Southern Sunshine Shop

Mirror: Thrifted and Painted with my chalk paint recipe here

Wood Sign: Salted Words

“Farmhouse” Sign: DIY (video tutorial on my you tube channel “My Vintage Porch”) with transfer from thepaintednestshop.com

Standing Mirror in the Hallway: DIY (will have a diy blog post eventually)

Blinds: Lowes

TV Stand: Sam’s Club (quite a few years ago) and painted white with my chalk paint recipe

Pallet Wood Wall Behind the TV: DIY

Antique Cabinet with Milk Glass: Garage Sale

Printed Pillow: Porter Lane Home

Checker Board Side Table: Thrifted and Painted with my chalk paint recipe linked above

Fluffy Blanket: Home Goods

Faux Fir Blanket: World Market

White Chandelier: Thrifted and Painted with my chalk paint recipe linked above

Old Milk Can: Craigslist

 

 

Affiliate links have been added throughout this post to assist in finding materials for projects and/or home decor. I only link companies that I trust.

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  1. Nancy says

    May 24, 2017 at 3:58 pm

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!
    Such great information!!
    Much love!!

    • My Vintage Porch says

      May 24, 2017 at 5:27 pm

      Thank you so much Nancy!! Glad it could help you out. ?

  2. Adrianne Rabensburg says

    May 24, 2017 at 8:35 pm

    Thank you so much for posting this at such a perfect time! I order my white couch on Friday and was sure to pin this post for future reference! ?

    • My Vintage Porch says

      May 25, 2017 at 11:08 pm

      That’s awesome! You will love having a white sofa. ?

  3. Phongthuy says

    June 27, 2017 at 2:38 am

    Hi Craigslist, thanks for the great sharing in your post!

  4. Regina says

    October 25, 2017 at 8:51 am

    I love everything about your home, it’s beautiful and cozy. I’m not brave enough to try white furniture yet, if you knew my hubby you’d understand, but I have all white bedding and I recently found Oxiclean White Revive and It. Is. AMAZING! It’s a 6 hour soak, so I do it overnight, and everything, including dingy tshirts, are so incredibly white! I love it so I just thought I’d share. ????

    • My Vintage Porch says

      October 25, 2017 at 10:15 am

      So awesome, Regina! I know what you mean. My family is not great about keeping them clean either but I too use Oxy clean to wash mine.

  5. Debi says

    October 30, 2017 at 12:26 pm

    I have the couches from IKEA and I always throw mine in the dryer for 20 min before putting them back on. I have never had them shrink yet.

    • My Vintage Porch says

      November 1, 2017 at 6:45 am

      Oh that’s good, glad they don’t shrink for you.

  6. Cathie says

    October 30, 2017 at 2:31 pm

    Great info! I made the mistake of drying my covers and now they don’t fit as well ???? I didn’t realize you could put them on wet. I have plans to wash my covers next week so I will try this method.

  7. Natasha says

    December 6, 2017 at 2:29 pm

    Can I use a slip cover on a leather couch? The cushions are the only thing that has fabric, the rest of the couch is leather. I want to purchase a slip cover but I’m wondering if it will stay on leather. I have never purchased a slip cover before. So I would appreciate any tips or suggestions.

    • My Vintage Porch says

      December 19, 2017 at 5:02 pm

      It depends what type of slipcover you are using. Sometimes leather is more slippery that fabric furniture but if it’s a slipcover that actually covers your whole cushion and zips up, it may be ok. Hope that helps. Good luck. So fun!

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