Our New Bedroom Rug (+ Your Jute Rug Questions Answered)!

Last week I spent hours getting our dustbowl of a master bedroom back into shape following the chaos of our bathroom addition (the amount of construction dust that had migrated into our bedroom was seriously unreal!).  A new bedroom rug was part of my mini-makeover since the old one was already looking a little ragged after years of use and then really ragged by the time the addition was wrapping up since the guys working on our bathroom had to walk across it to get to and from that space each day.

I chose a gorgeous jute rug and not only do I have that rug to share with you but through my partnership with Rugs.com they generously sent me smaller sizes of some other favorite rug options to share too! Plus, I’m answering the two questions about jute rugs that I get time and time again. Ready to jump in? (post includes affiliate links – full disclosure statement available {here})

Let’s kick things off with the three jute rugs that I decided between – do you think you can guess which one I went with? They are… 

1. White Framed Jute Rug

If you’re all about simple style like I am, this white framed jute rug found at Rugs.com {here} is perfect! It’s an especially good choice if you already have a lot of pattern going on in your room but want something a little more stylish than a plain jute rug:

2. Patterned Square Jute Rug

This patterned square jute rug found {here} is the most highly patterned of the three – it’s a great choice if you want to add a pattern to your room that will work with any colors you already have in your space:

3. Braided Diamond Jute Rug

This diamond jute rug found {here} is the Goldilocks of jutes with not too much but not too little pattern. It would look great in pretty much any space you put it:

It also comes in black & white and gray & white options that are beautiful too!

I usually find online rug shopping to be such a headache because you have to wade through tons of rugs that aren’t your style to find the few you like but I LOVED using Rugs.com Visual Search {here} – trust me and try it! You can narrow down your selections by things like Color, Size, and Price at the top like other websites but what’s unique is that you can then simply click on the photo of the rug that’s most your style and then it will show you pics of other similar ones. You can keep clicking until you get to a page of images that are all the style that you’re looking for – so, so helpful (and actually pretty fun too)!

Also Rugs.com has free shipping and free returns which is amazing since it makes rug purchases risk free. 

So which rug did I choose?? I went with {this beauty}: 

The rug I previously had in our bedroom was a solid color and I decided I wanted to mix things up a bit by bringing in some pattern. I’m so, so happy with my choice and just love what it adds to my space! It looks great with my gray and white print duvet – I love the contrast in colors and textures:

My rug is an 8 x 10 with the 10 foot size running in the same direction as the headboard. With our two smaller nightstands, it’s the perfect size for fitting the front legs of both nightstands on top of the rug:

and having room for twin benches at the end of the bed:

I’ve used jute rugs for years so am always getting questions about them so thought I’d share answers to the two most common questions I get…

Are Jute Rugs Soft?

It’s going to differ a bit from rug to rug but overall, jute rugs are comfortable on your feet (they’re not scratchy like some sisals) but they’re not plush like a thick piled rug. I’ve used jute rugs in our entryway, home office, and bedroom and have always been happy with them, feeling like they were soft enough with bare feet. But I might choose a different type of rug in a space where you’re doing a lot of hanging out on the floor like a kids playroom or even a family room.

For spaces where you want a rug that’s super plush and soft (it’s legitimately the softest rug I’ve ever walked on), {this Moroccan shag rug} from Rugs.com is amazing – just ask Hope!

And if you’re looking for a rug that’s soft but low pile, {this gray patterned rug} from Rugs.com is a great choice:

It’s made of synthetic material so if you want something that’s highly cleanable (like if you have pets that have accidents) it’s a winner. 

Do Jute Rugs Shed?

Jute rugs shed like other rugs do but in a different way. For example, when I first put our previous bedroom rug (which wasn’t jute) in our space, it shed white fibers all over the room for the first few months so I was getting the vacuum out constantly. With jute rugs, it’s not wispy fibers that get all over the room – it’s more debris that sheds underneath the rug so when you lift it up, you’ll see it. Because of this, with jute rugs I’m more diligent about vacuuming under the edges than I am with other types of rugs.

I’ve had jute rugs that shed quite a bit of debris (once I called the seller to return it because it was shedding so much crap I was convinced it was a used rug!) and others that don’t shed much at all. None of the three jutes I tried in my bedroom seem to be big shedders. This may or may not hold true, but it seems to me like most of the jute rugs with some white in them (like all 3 I tried) don’t tend to shed as much as some solid colored jute rugs.

Other Jute Rugs Pros & Cons..

One of the biggest pros of jute rugs is that they’re neutral so you can change up your bedding, furniture, and pretty much anything else in your space but your jute rug will still “go” with everything. Right now I’ve got mostly gray and white in my bedroom but if I decide to change to using different colors or want to use my patterned jute rug in another room in the future it will be no problem – it’s not something I’ll have to worry about decorating around!

I love the look of them and also love that they’re usually a medium thickness – thick enough so that they provide some cushioning but not so thick that they don’t fit under doors or cause furniture that’s half on/half off the rug like my nightstands to be wobbly:

I also love that they’re amazing for layering – having a large jute rug that covers most of the room covered by a smaller patterned rug is a beautiful look! They also add warmth and texture to a room which makes spaces more interesting and welcoming. 

As far as other cons, the only other con I can think of is that jute rugs that don’t have bound edges tend to have a lot of flexibility and “give” so that the edges of the rug aren’t completely straight when you first roll it out. But what I’ve found is that if you take some time and go along the edges and push and pull the fibers at the edges you can create a pretty straight edge if that’s important to you:

So what do you think? Any other jute rug questions? Here are easy links to the five jute rugs I shared if you want to check on sizing or get more details on any of them (scroll & click/tap image):

And these are some other Rugs.com rugs that I think would make great additions to my home or yours: 

You may have noticed that I swapped out a few other things (drapes, nightstands, & lamps) to freshen up our space – I’ll be sharing details on that soon but you can see my updated sources for our master bedroom {here} if you can’t wait. Now that my bedroom is put back together, it’s time to finish off all of the little details of our master bathroom! We’re down to hanging towel bars, getting bath mats, and all of the other little pretties that will complete the space. I’m so excited to share it!

XO,