Sometimes when you’re shopping, you see something you really can’t afford and you think….I want it! I want it! This was the case when I saw Bill’s Blanket Rug in my local John Lewis. So colourful! So different! So beautiful! The rug was originally designed by a carpet seller (Bill) to showcase all the colours in his range and each coloured square has a 4-digit number on it which reminds me of HTML hex codes… But £295 is a lot of money for a rug, right? At the time, I was job-hunting, so I definitely couldn’t afford it, but I promised myself that I would buy the rug with my first wage packet. The day finally came and – disaster – John Lewis had discontinued the rug!! I nearly cried. In a bid to track one down I phoned nearly every branch in the UK until a lovely sales assistant in Nottingham said that they had one left in stock! Hurrah! The rug was mine! Now, I just have to find somewhere to put it….
By the way – if anyone else wants to track one of these rugs down, I’d recommend phoning John Lewis customer services on 08456 049 049 or see: http://www.johnlewis.com/Help/HelpHome.aspx
Good luck!