Love it or hate it?

Many of you may be surprised to know that I don�t subscribe to any decor magazines. Zip. Zero. Zilch.

I appreciate a good decorating mag, don�t get me wrong. But I find most of them are WAY over my head. I�m much more of a Do It Yourself or Lowe�s magazine kind of girl. But my favorite periodicals aren�t even magazines � they�re catalogs.  ;)

The day the Ballard Designs, Pottery Barn or even Crate and Barrel catalogs come in the mail is a VERY good day. I skip up the drive way, positively giddy.

Although there are times I see an item and wonder what in the heck they are thinking�then after flipping past it 20 times or so as I look for items-to-make-on-my-own-for-$200-cheaper, it starts to grow on me.

This one did that. It�s the Le Poeme Indoor/Outdoor Rug. I love the strong graphic print, but at the same time I�m not sure about the writing on the rug . (Get it? The writing on the rug? OH I�m clever.)

I keep going back and forth on this one. I think I like the larger version better, with the more neutral font:

I don�t know, I don�t know! What do you think?

I think it�s one of those you�d have to see in your space. I know the French writing is part of the beauty of this rug, but I can�t help thinking I�d like it better if I knew what it said?

I don�t know French. I know Spanish, maybe in Spanish I would like it better? Es posible. No se.  ;)

So what do you think? Love it or hate it? OK, hate may be a strong word. Strongly dislike? (By the way, I�m not buying this � I just love to hear your thoughts!)

Anyone see these beauties in the Ballard Catalog last year?:OK, I�m gonna go ahead and say �strongly dislike� may not truly convey my thoughts on those. ;)