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5 rugs to spruce up your home

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Boasting funky, colorful prints and chic weaves, these fashionable floor spreads are sure to spruce up your home.

The rugs
   

1. Urban Outfitters Ikat rug, $59, www.urbanoutfitters.com
   

2. Jonathan Adler Mondrian rug, $695, www.jonathanadler.com
   

3. Ikea Tarnby rug, $100, www.ikea.com
  

4. CB2 color field rug, $399, www.cb2.com
   

5. Anthropologie Huari rug, $398-$1,998, www.anthropologie.com


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