How pretty is this indoor/outdoor area rug from CSN Rugs?! I was thrilled when I was contacted by CSN to do a giveaway for the blog. They have such a huge selection of rugs at all price points, so definitely check them out if you're in the market for a new rug. I think this rug would be perfect outside or in an entryway.To enter to win this rug above (in 3'9" x 5'5") all you have to do is:
1) leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite smell.
2) click to become a follower of Pure Style Home (on the right sidebar)
I'll pick a random winner by Sunday night! The winner can email me his/ her mailing address & CSN will ship the rug directly.
xoxo,
lauren
ps- my favorite smell might be lily of the valley or honeysuckle... (although i have so many it's hard to decide!!! :).. WAIT!!! more comments came in and I HAVE to add gardenia!! hahahha
As a decorator & a textile designer, this is my place to muse... perfection doesn't interest me; Reality and charm do. Fresh floppy flowers from the garden over long-stemmed roses any day, I love it when things are slightly off and tell a story. 
112 comments:
I think my favorite smell is a toss up between fresh cut grass or chocolate chip cookies! The rug is gorgeous!
My favorite smell has to be *clean* newborn-baby smell. Nothing better.
My favorite smell is vanilla. I can never get enough!
My fave smell is baby powder.
My favorite smell right now is lemon verbena. It's so clean and refreshing.
I love clean laundry, just out of the dryer.
Fresh cut Christmas trees! I look forward to it every winter.
My favorite smell depends on the season - lilly of the valley in the spring/summer and paper white narcissus in the winter!
My favorite smell right now is lavender!
That rug is so pretty!
A few of my favorite smells: Freshly cut grass, the smell of summer rain, vanilla, the Starbucks aroma when you open the door and get the first smell of the coffee, lemons and oranges...I guess I have a few!
My first reaction is citrus, anything citrus-y! But after reading these previous posts, I remember how much I love the smell of clothing hung outside to dry! With the dreary weather here in New England this spring (& Summer!), I haven't been able to take advantage of that old-fashioned pleasure!
My favorite smell is something "clean". Something like clothes being dry outside.
I subscribe to you but will follow as well. ;)
Love the rug! It'd be perfect on my back porch. :)
My favorite smells...agree with you on the honeysuckle (especially driving through back roads in Virginia), anything with lavender, my husband's cologne, and the smell that hits you when you walk inside after having a crock pot going all day.
Favorite smell has got to be anything cooking in my kitchen! Love the smell of all foods :)
I love your blog and am glad to become a follower!
Also just moved into a new house and would be thrilled to add this rug to it!
My favorite smell is freshly baked sourdough bread. Yummy!
My favorite smell is gardenias. They remind me of my mom and my childhood.
Thanks for the opportunity to win a fabulous rug! My email is lablaylock@gmail.com
Gardenia!
I've been a happy follower for a while now .. so that box ticked. But smell.. so many, how to choose? .. anything citrus is a winner, but my daily fix is peppermint.. fresh clean happy peppermint. Beautiful rug!
Definately the clean newborn smell, and I love Plumeria.
I love fresh clean smells and citrus. My favorite perfumes are Gap Heaven and Banana Republic Classic. I also really really love Bath and Body Works Daffodil fields, but they stopped making that almost 10 years ago. :(
Love that rug!!!
My favorite smell is vanilla and cinnamon together. :-)
My favourite smell is clothes just taken off the clothesline after drying in the breeze - which is a bit of a novelty after all the rain Tasmania (island state of AUS).
Right now my fav. smell is lavender! LOVEIT! I just bought a Lavender Vanilla candle today. Yum
gardenia...I had a pretty gardenia tree outside my door in Phoenix & a week ago when we got to our new rental house(only saw pictures on-line B4 we got here!) in Memphis...there was Huge (overgrown!) gardenia bush in the back yard waiting to welcome us home! I'll have to plant one when we find a house to buy!
Wow that is a hard one to answer since I love so many smells, I guess the smell of fresh cut grass and I love the smell of little puppies (weird... I know). As for an actual scent, Walmart has a candle called Pineapple Fusion that smells so good. Love it.
Wow, what a beautiful rug! would look at my front door. Besides flowers, my favorite is a fresh bathed baby.
hugs
janet
Mine would be lavender! the best..
I've been subscribed to you for months, but it didn't make me a follower :-( so I re-upped officially again today. My favorite smell is something few people outside of the southwest are familiar with- pinon wood burning in a fireplace or stove ~ nothing like it on a crisp fall day or winter night....
Definitely verbena, but anything lemony or citrusy will do - love them all!
I love the smell of doughnuts! Not so much a fan of the taste, but the smell does me in every time :) Close second? Cilantro! yum....
My baby daughter's breath. Weird, I know...
I can't decided between brownies and a clean baby smell.
right now my favorite smell is no smell. I am 7 weeks pregnant and any smell kills me! I used to love the smell of lavender!
I'm moving next week and am on the look-out for some new rugs. Perfect timing! My favorite smell is crayons.
Best smell in the universe: a well-worn saddle. Between the earthy smell of the horse sweat and the perfumey saddle soap, it's the smell of life!
Love love love this rug, and your blog!
Beautiful rug! I love it. My favorite smell is the new car smell. :)
megancdavey@gmail.com
Put me down for the scent of grapefruit! I want that rug!!!
I love the smell of library books! It's the smell of my childhood.
Hi Lauren:
I'm already a follower and enjoy your blog. I love how it shows up in my Dashboard and I don't have to go looking for it :)
Favorite smells...there are so many really...fresh coffee, mowed grass, lilacs, even dirt. I love it when my dog has been out digging and she smells like soil! I'm also a big fan of garlic cooking in butter.
Lately, I've become a big fan of lemon verbena. I've been getting soaps and lotions in that scent and really enjoy it, so I guess I'd have to go with that.
D.
My favorite smell is fig! I love the mixture of fresh green and fruity sweetness.
my daughter. or my cat.:) they both are the smells of love. one is people one is beast.
xoj
My favorite smell is Johnson & Johnson baby wash. I love to smell my children right after bathtime.
A toss up between fresh washed baby smell and ripe mangos. Love your blog!
I love the smell of my mint plant in the backyard.
Hey..i too follow your blog religiously and love it.
My all time favorite smell is the top of my 3 year old sons head.
Strange, yes....but don't you love the smell of your sons head too? I can never get enough.
A close second is Dunkin Donuts coffee!!!
My favorite smell is fresh cut grass in the summer and a wood burning stove in the winter- love it!
I am a follower already, happy to say one of the first :) xoxoxo
PS- love the giveaway :)
I will sign up to be a follower for sure...that rug is gorgeous......
Suzanne
and my favorite smells....oh my goodness. The smell of an infant, gardenia, mock orange, Moonlight Path from BB&Body Works.....lots of favs!
Favorite smell without a doubt is Mint. I hung my washing line over a patch I have growing and now my laundry has just a tiny hint of mint when it comes in from drying....so clean and fresh and easy to grow.
I love the pear smell from Bath and Body....I think it smells like summer. I already follow your blog :)
love lily of the valley & honeysuckle too. Love the smell of a a blooming lilac tree. Love the smell of coconut oil, my little girls now & when they were babies, coffee beans, leather and horses.
L love the rug!!!!
My favorite smells are: the smell of a freshly baked bread, and jasmine.
Already a 'follower'.
Definitely newborn babies, and then cinnamon, I guess best would be holding a newborn baby while cinnamon bread is baking! Yes, now that would be my favorite smell!
My favorite smell has to be my husband right out of the shower! Does that count?
My favorite smell is gardenia. When on medical leave taking care of my very ill father this Spring in Florida, the gardenia bushes were blooming. When Mom and I would take walks, she told me how much she loves this scent. She would stop and get blooms from her neighbors bushes and bring them home so we could smell them all day. You cannot touch the blooms themselves or the flowers will die right away. My father was hospitalized three times, had two surgeries. He also had a heart attack after the first surgery while Mom and I were in the room. He is better now, although his recover is slow. He is 84 and Mom is 82. Thank you for your beautiful web site which I read daily.
Cynthia
My favorite smell would be a spring day with the windows open, a neighbor or two mowing the lawn, with the great smell of a BBQ! Wow, I miss that smell right now on such a cold night!
Can't wait to see more entries and all your new ideas and pictures! Take Care!
Lovely rug.
I happen to LOVE the smell of a new, new born baby. amazing.And such a priveledge to be a part of (my real job)
But in terms of my home and on me...I love essential oils of lemon and peppermint and a bit of ylang ylang and nutmeg...Sounds weird...but as a fellow synesthete..you might get it.
I have to say my favorite right now is Lavender!!!
Ok, I am now a follower (always was in my mind, darling!).
My favorite scent is fresh rain. Or lilac.
Count me in for the draw. CSN contacted me a while back but I didn't have time to do it and now lots of folks are doing the giveaway so I don't feel so bad for ignoring them!!
xo Terri
My favorite smell is rosemary, I love it! But I also like other herbal smells like basil or pennyroyal. So mediterranean!
My favorite smell is gardenia. When on medical leave taking care of my very ill father this Spring in Florida, the gardenia bushes were blooming. When Mom and I would take walks, she told me how much she loves this scent. She would stop and get blooms from her neighbors bushes and bring them home so we could smell them all day. You cannot touch the blooms themselves or the flowers will die right away. My father was hospitalized three times, had two surgeries. He also had a heart attack after the first surgery while Mom and I were in the room. He is better now, although his recover is slow. He is 84 and Mom is 82. Thank you for your beautiful web site which I read daily.
Cynthia
At this moment, it's actually chinese or vietnamese food... Lol, it's insane what pregnancy can do to you! :D :D
The pregnancy is actually going great except for low blood pressure (which is healthy for the baby, but makes me dizzy). What about you? Everything ok? We had the ultra sound last week, and it was amazing. :) :)
Beautiful rug.
It's a toss up between anything pumpkin scented in the fall season or the way my baby girl's hair smells just after a bath...
Lavender flowers dried or fresh or lavender essential oil are my favorites. Thanks for the chance to win the lovely rug.
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So hard to choose one scent. I love lilac, anything grapefruit or citrus, and the smell of my grandmother's meatballs and "gravy". :)
I love the smell of the air just after a spring rain and fresh baked bread.
I love the smell of the air just after a spring rain and fresh baked bread.
I'm with you on this one. So many favorite smells. Probably at the top of my list would be magnolia. But I do love the smell of brand new dollar bills. Is that wrong? Maybe it's just the accountant still in me!!
My favorite smell is clean sheets.
The. Beach. :) Just found you... Like the rug, love the blog! Thanks for the inspiration.
My favorite spice smell is cinnamon. My favorite flower smell is iris and carnation. My favorite natural smell is clean clothes dried in the sunshine on a clothesline. Mmmm.
My favorite smell right now is Basil. I've got it growing in my garden and it smells soooo good.
That is a gorgeous rug. I hope I win!
I have a couple. I love the smell of rain. Wonderful! I also love the smell of fresh rosemary. I have around 7 rosemary plants and just touch them and your hand smells WONDERFUL!!
I love your blog. I tried to add my name as a follower but it will not let me. I'll try again later.
joni
My favorite smell is almond. YUM!
There are too many smells to name that I love- my current diffuser smell is amazing- fresh and "citrusy", but a more common smell that people might know- the light green clorox wipes. :)
Peonies or french fries - hard to choose.
Watermelon, I just cannot get enough of it right now, the smell means Summer through and through! Wow, an outdoor rug would really spiffy up my trasitional living space right not. Thanks for hosting. Love your style.
I would say freshly cut grass, the smell of a summer rain when it hits the hot asphalt/payment, rosemary from my garden and cinnamon sticks. Hope that is not too many. What a beautiful rug. I love your blog and have many of your post starred in my reader.
My favorite smell is rain and here in the Houston area, haven't smelled it lately. I am a lurker of the blog but would love to win.
I love fresh clean sheets right out of the dryer! I also love the smell of chocolate chip cookies baking and the smell of rain is mighty nice too!
My fave smell is either:
1. the smell of the tomato while it's still on the vine: peppery and green
2. my boyfriend's hair, at the end of the day (weird?)
3.a pink grapefruit/blood orange candle I have in my room made from soy wax.
I love the smell of lavender. It calms me down.
I love the smell of babies! Nothing better than that! I want that rug! :)
I am already a follower. I have a candle company and have tested over 300 different scents, so I have to be very in tune to smell! My very favorite cleaning smell is Meyers lavender spray, as far as candles go I have a bunch, but right now I am in love with lemongrass and sage, Mango Coconut, Spicy Orange , Cobblestone, which is a blend of firewood,tobacco and vanilla. I really enjoy your blog. Thanks!
It must be a mother thing...but my favorite smell is my baby girl in the morning...it's the mix of her sweet morning breath and a faint smell of powder from her diaper...I just love it!
My favorite smell is coconut. I am addicted to coconut scented bath salts.
pumpkin pie spice!! just a cozy smell!
Okay, when people contact you for a giveaway (as I haven't had one yet but have been asked) what's in it for you? Or is it just that it gets everyone over to your blog? If you get a moment, I would love if you would pop me a note :)
Love that rug!! I have been looking for an outdoor one to go with my black and white fabric for so long!!
My favorite smell is freshly cut grass.
My favorite smell has to be that of my grandmother's peonies, I've taken them with me whenever we've moved. We have such a long, wet winter in Portland, OR...so I cherish the moment that we can finally drag our furniture out of storage and onto our patio.
My favorite smells are lilac (pretty flower too!) and coconut.
My favorite smell is clean, fresh from the shower skin.
I love the smell of a good beef stew in the Autumn. My favorite right now is Cooking Light's Beef Daube Provencal. amazing smells. Add a hot mulled apple cider and I might as well be in heaven.
Summer
I love the smell of fresh sheets that are dried outside!
It's a "clean air smell"!
Kristen
So many...coffee,lilacs,baby!
My favorite smell is the ocean. We have many great memories there, just the salty smell brings them all back.
My favorite smell is fresh lavender growing in our garden!
I love the smell of the garden: dirt, peonies, fresh basil and tomatoes, fresh cut grass.
It's a tie -- lilac and baby scent.
I am now a follower!!
And my favorite smell is the smell of a newborn baby's skin...mine in particular! I LOVE it!
But if you want my second, it's peach!
I love the small of a new car!
Carla
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Oh, I need an outdoor rug! My absolute favorite scent is grapefruit. Verbena is a close second.
Certainly one of my favorite smells is black licorice or anise!
Pure lavender essential oil is my favorite smell...I put a few drops in my bath every night!
Great giveaway!
warm chocolate chip cookies in the oven... i eat them every night.
My boys, freshly scrubbed, especially the top of their heads! But a close second is my MIL's jasmine that is in bloom right now. And citrus would have to be a runner-up. Those three combined would make for an interesting fragrance.
Thanks for the chance to win...I'm excited! :0)
My favorite smell is fresh mint, whether in a mint julep, mojito, or Andes mints.
favorite right now - gardenia. In the winter, it's vanilla or hazelnut coffee. Oh, or orange vanilla. yep that one is year round!
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