I have gotten 2 great rugs from ebay…pakobelrugs. Really colorful, unique, and covered in tassels. Large too 6 by 8 for $60, 4 x 6 for $50. Also great source if you ever want a rug covered in uzis.

Wow, cute rugs. For a feature on rugs, I’d settle for a selection of larger rugs (say, 6×9 and 8×10) for under $1,000 and under $500.

At our house, the rugs have to be good enough quality to withstand kid traffic (so, not cheap), yet not so expensive that you have to ban kids from setting foot on them.

overstock.com and rugs direct have an amazing selection of rugs at great prices including a much cheaper version of west elm’s zigzag rug.

These are all really awesome! Great price points, too! I’m looking for something fun for our kitchen. Thanks for the guidance!

So many great styles and patterns for so little! I’ll take one of each :)

Just when I thought I figured out what rug I wanted…now I have a TON of options. Overwhelmed with happy choices :)

Rugs *truly are* the hardest thing to find within a budget (unless your budget is a bijillion dollars of course ;)
These are some great options – thanks!
And to know Anthropologie has rugs…as if I didn’t love that place enough already. (sigh).

Wow! I struggled for so long to find an affordable rug I liked. This is a great post!

This is awesome!!! Thank you so much!!!

I have been looking at rugs like crazy lately so this is perfect! That peacock rug from UO is calling me!

These are incredible choices! I’d been happy with my simple jute rugs, but they’re starting to unravel after 5 years. It’s overwhelming to think about shopping again, and my taste is almost always outside of my budget! Thanks!

Zach Zaman of Heirloom sells amazing handmade antique rugs, many under $100 at the Brooklyn Flea on Sundays. He’s @heirloomrugs on twitter.

i’ve been rug shopping lately… and it feels like such an impossible task!

UO has a promo going in the US right now (thru tomorrow) if you enter MOREGREEN at check out you get 15 bucks off 75! even cheaper :o)

I usually really love your recommendations, but I am a little disappointed by this post. A lot of these gorgeous rugs are from Anthropologie which made me a bit skeptical of the under $100 limit. Yes, the rugs you mentioned are $78 but for a 2×3 rug which is basically a glorified doormat. I think overstock.com is a better resource for affordable rugs (4×6, 5×8).

omg. this is my favorite post ever.

wonderful round up! just wish i could afford the larger sizes of some of those rugs from anthro.

the andelusia and the round peackock rugs are my favorites although the andelusia one wouldn’t match any of my decor. I love when you can find reasonable and fashionable items!

Also try the rugs at garnethill.com. They have some cute (smaller options) rugs for under $100.

Wake up eyeballs!
What a riot of colour and texture – so inspiring.

Great post. It is near impossible to find reasonable rugs. Good to know there are options. Thanks!

thanks for this! i am always on the lookout for less money:) i love the doily one!

Thank You!!!!

overstock.com!!! they have an incredible collection of non-hideous contemporary rugs for incredible prices. Only a few are as great as Anthropologie rugs, but still.

What a fabulous selection of budget friendly rugs! One of my personal favorites is the Circle Fret rug by Dash and Albert. West Elm also has a great selection of budget-friendly rugs, including a couple of my favorites: http://bit.ly/bRXibH, http://bit.ly/5uAb4q, and http://bit.ly/bI6df1.

All the rugs are beautiful! Thanks for sharing!

I’ve been looking for that UNNI rug from IKEA for a few months now, and had been told that it was discontinued. A quick check of the inventory online would suggest that this is the case, but if there’s any incredibly lucky, helpful, nice person out there who has one of these rugs and wants to sell it, or has a local IKEA that contains hidden mystery stocks of it, can you contact me? I’d be glad to do some sort of ebay/craigslist/paypal transaction with you.

Hey, I’d love to see a post on under $100 craft room organizers/accessories/ etc.

Thank you SO much for doing this round up! It is JUST what I needed! I know how much work this must have been so, thank you :)
xo
Melis

One of each please! Thank you for these fab finds!
Annamaria :)

Although quite a pretty selection, I do not consider a 2×3 rug at $78.00 to be budget-friendly.

Great post! I understand some folks might be looking for larger rugs at a budget-friendly price, but I think that most of us who have searched for that have found that beautiful rugs in the 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 sizes are a little higher. But for those looking – after an extensive search, I found West Elm’s jute boucle rug to one of the best, most affordable rugs to cover larger spaces (you have to like that natural look though). $199 for an 8×10, and wait for a discount/free shipping. And then you can buy a gorgeous, smaller Anthropologie rug for the foyer or something.

oh, thank you so much for posting this!!! I’m on the hunt for a few good rugs!

What a wonderful selection…thanks so much!

I love this post!!!

i’m loving all the patterns and colors in this post! i’m currently shopping for a rug and recognize a lot of these from various stores. great finds!

I don’t recommend Ikea’s Unni rug. I owned it for several years in college as the only thing between my feet and the cold dormitory tiles. It’s hard to clean and constantly sheds balls of wool *everywhere*. You get what you pay for, I guess.

I’m graduating in a month and cannot wait to decorate! These rugs are great ideas for my first real-world place.

Love these rugs! They’re all so beautiful. Thanks for featuring bargains!

I love those orangey-red rugs in the first selection!

I always love your rug finds,the colors,and textures are endless. I always feel inspired to go to my studio,and weave!

love the urban options! the anthro ones are beautiful but just out of my price range…

Ditto what Jennifer said. The words budgets and Anthropologie should never be in the same sentence. I like Anthro too, but they are in no way shape or form ever budget.
Honestly it’s more than a bit insulting.

Just found this post, what a great collection of varieties and styles. I will be coming back!

I just ordered the round peacock rug for my baby’s room – EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for and thought I’d never find, much ledd for $39! Thank you soooo much!!

Perfect timing…I am gutting our sun filled den, and am looking for that inspiration piece to build the room around.

THANK YOU for doing the research for us! I’ve been looking into a rug for my bedroom and I see like 3 or 4 here that I want! (and can afford!)

I want that owl rug. It’s too friggin adorable.

bless you, my friend! i owe you a drink when you’re in PDX…your timing could NOT have been better for this one!

I could weep. I would have nearly any and all of these rugs. At prices above or below $100… and I’m looking for a really nice, colourful rug.

BUT I don’t live in the US. Sob.

Back to square 1.

Great post. I am constantly on the rug and curtain hunt. Worldmarket.com has been a great resource lately. Eclectic finds for cheap! I just purchased this one… http://www.worldmarket.com/product/index.jsp?productId=3899950

This is a great post…I feel like I change rugs like other people change socks and somehow never manage to get the right one…too small, too shaggy, too hard, too white, too dark…for me, this post shows that there are lots of great rugs out there and that I am somehow impaired in matching them to my rooms and how I use them!!

cute doormats, but I was hoping for something approaching rug size.

You start the post off by saying that your readers ask for affordable rugs, I get excited and start clicking. Seeing expensive bathmats/doormats from expensive stores is so frustrating. That’s what I mean by insulting, because this is what you think of your reader’s request.
I do appreciate the readers that suggested overstock and rugs direct. I actually need a rug, not a bathmat and found some great options there that didn’t make me feel incredibly poor.

I too live outside the US. Anyone know of cool suppliers in Australia – what the hell, Melbourne! – for rugs like this?
And when the hell is Anthropologie setting up shop here? Honestly, we get everything so much later than the rest of the world. We’re still grappling with this electricity thing.
Oh for a return ticket to New York.

Wow–what a great post! I’m always on the lookout for style on a budget! Thanks! Kathy Peterson Inspired

Thanks for the round-up! As a grad student on a minimal budget I can say that I feel well represented as a reader and agree that an interesting/ good looking rug (whatever the size) for under $100 is 1) a hard find and 2) qualifies as “affordable”. Some items out there might be aspirational… but isn’t that part of the point – to identify items to add to our wishlist and save $2/day for a year so we can afford. Point being: thanks Grace!

Thanks ever so much! I’ve been rug shopping online (and in store) for two years and still have spots to fill. After today, though, I’ll have one or two less. My feet thank you, too!

Thanks for the mention Jennifer. A couple people who have read your comment have actually visited me at the flea! All wonderful people.

Grace, I do offer a few rugs under $100 @bkflea but if you and your readers would be interested in doing a post on handwoven vintage and antique rugs under something like $300 (greater variety) I would love to be involved.

Thanks for running this amazing blog!

This is a great resource!

Rebecca,
Anthropologie 5 x 7 rug on sale for $99 – see link below. You’re welcome.

P.S. – Grace doesn’t feature WalMart stuff. If she did, she wouldn’t have a zillion followers.

http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?pushId=SHOPSALE-DECORATIVE&selectedProductSize=&id=983314&sortProperties=&navCount=295&isProduct=true&templateType=E&catId=SHOPSALE-DECORATIVE&fromCategoryPage=true&selectedProductSize1=&prepushId=&popId=SHOPSALE&isSubcategory=&subCategoryId=

The round rug which has the bird and flowers and is the main image for this post – I cant see it in the round up. maybe im blind but does anyone know details for this one? I love it!

I came across your blog and couldn’t help but add the rug that I purchased from Overstock.com. I has a gold tone accent and it is beautiful. I was looking for a smaller, round affordable rug and it shipped to me in 5 days. Here is the link:
http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Zanzibar-Gold-Floral-Rug-39-Round/5070761/product.html?rcmndsrc=2

@Chela, it’s from Anthropologie too:

http://www.anthropologie.eu/rugs/Conure-Rug-Round/invt/7531601400228&bklist=icat,5,shop,forhome,shopbyhome,rugs

@Grace, thanks so much for your hard work.

Thank you, Stella, for mentioning Pakobel Rugs – so awesome!

I have purchased many of these for my clients and I have to say that 99% of the time they are totally perfect! Also it’s hard to justify spending thousands on a rug to a client who has never purchased one before. Let’s also remember that the rugs are usueally covered by lots of furniture ;)

Please…tv…find this amazing magical lady her own show…she is amazing…and make it an hour long and every day….!!!!

Hi there Grace – brilliant post!
Do you know if it’s possible to source the Conure Rug, Round (2.5) from somewhere/someone that can ship to Australia? I love it dearly but unfortunately Anthro will not ship large items outside of the US..
Thanks very much!!