I used to hate going to stores and shopping around for big purchases. Especially when those big purchases involved my home design and furnishing. It was impossible to make decisions about those things without making a hundred trips to dozens of different places first. Now I can scan around the internet for whatever I want. What a relief.

I was feeling particularly relieved of shopping duty recently when my girlfriend suggested we get a handknotted area rug for the dinning room. I had never bought a rug before and she seemed so confident in herself. On the internet I was able to bone up on what makes an outstanding area rug as well as shop for one.

There was a time where online rug shopping would have seem like a crazy thing to do. The processes now for receiving and when necessary returning large items ordered on the internet is now so easy though that a major purchase like this can go off with out a hitch. I wouldn’t question the decision to furnish a whole house on the internet, so an area rug is hardly a big deal at all.

After a few hours my girlfriend and I found the perfect one. It looks amazing in our dinning room now and I didn’t have to ride the escalator at Macy’s to get it.