Our First Big Investment

In San Diego, the downstairs area of our house were all hardwood floors. So after a few years living there we accumulated a number of area rugs and runners from Lowes and Walmart every now and then. Moving to Japan, everyone told us "bring as many rugs as you can...you're going to need them and they aren't cheap here!". They weren't joking. We brought our rugs from San Diego which included an area rug for our dining room, a small rug for the kitchen in front of the sink, your usual bathroom rugs and a runner for the hallway. It wasn't long before Tim and I knew we would have to invest in more rugs is we wanted to be comfortable in our house.

Going from a house that was half carpeted to an entire house with hardwood floors is such a huge difference and one that our feet aren't appreciating much lately. You never know how bad your feet hurt walking on nothing but hard floors until you lay down to sleep at night!

Today while Tim was at work, I checked out a Bazaar on base. They are usually sponsored by different commands or organizations. Our last one where we found our Obi (that we plan to use as a table runner) was sponsored by the USO. Today the ATG (Afloat Training Group) held theirs and they had some of the same vendors as last time. I had one thing to accomplish today and that was purchasing a rug for our Master Bedroom.

Not just any rug, though. These are hand stitched, silk rugs. They are beautifully detailed and absolutely to die for! Choosing just one out of the few they had there for the size we needed wasn't an easy decision. They actually feel like silk when you touch them...I felt bad when the man told me to take my shoes off right there and walk on it. :) The rugs are made right here in Japan and usual sell for $3,000-$8,000 depending on the size. Fortunately, I only needed a 6x10 for our bedroom!

With it being Father's Day they were also selling the ones they had left at half price so I didn't feel too guilty spending an insane amount of money on a rug. After a few texts to Tim to reassure me that this was a good investment not only for our home but something we will always be able to bring with us no matter where we live in the years to come. This will be something we can look back twenty or thirty years from now and it will always remind us of living in Japan!