Walk All Over Cthulhu With These Amazing Carpets

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Walk All Over Cthulhu With These Amazing Carpets

You, too, can gaze upon Those Who Rest Below whenever you want. Provided you're cool with putting some crazy carpets in your house.

When it comes to home and office décor, H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu (and associated minions) is a theme that probably doesn't come to most people's minds. That's a shame, because it turns out that the Chtulhu Mythos can provide some truly excellent design options, as demonstrated by these truly excellent carpets.

The designs were created by Russian artist Kirill Rozhkov, who used only a pen and ink to draw them out. That's right: He kept this old school while he used nothing but his imagination to and Lovecraft's stories for inspiration. They were crafted as a line called "Dark Water" for Danish carpet company EGE.

A couple of the illustrations are in the gallery below, but you can see more samples over at peruse its catalog of Dark Water designs and color/size options.

You really should check out the way these carpets are presented in the catalog, simply because it's amazing how well the designs work in a variety of environments. Besides, who wouldn't want to into a board meeting, look down, and see a very angry Great Old One staring back up at them?

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Source: <a href=http://io9.com/5877964/these-gorgeous-hp-lovecraft-inspired-monster-rugs-can-be-on-your-floors/gallery/1>io9

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[Absimilliard]

Oh my old gods, those are fantastic! However, I don't think I'll buy any, as I don't want to offend any elder horrors by walking on them...

Edit: but I do have a wall that's pretty empty...

 

[Doneeee]

It would be awesome to own one of these but when I read this I pictured coming home one day seeing my dog take a dump on c'thulu. That would be awesome because then I could say "Damn it Charlie quit crapping on the elder gods!"

 

[Daystar Clarion]

Blaspheming the Old Ones never felt so good on the feet.

 

[TheMann]

Now I know who to call when I carpet the rec room of my newly completed Fortress of Evil.

 

[Kristian Fischer]

Good Lord, that's creepy. The productivity level would just be suuuuuucked out of the room. No thanks.

Also, slightly embarassed that this is sold by a company in my country. Sorry about that.

 

[BanicRhys]

I think I'll stick with off white, thanks. Seriously, that's just ugly.

 

[Knusper]

Come to think of it, my bedroom carpet is getting a bit worn out. They probably cost an arm and a leg (and your sanity) though.

 

[GrimTuesday]

And now I know what to carpet my house with when I get one.

 

[Moonlight Butterfly]

I would love to decorate a really bright and cheerful room with the more subtle patterns and see if anyone realises why they feel slightly uncomfortable in it.

 

[xdavidio92x]

Hmmm, I dunno about getting this for myself, but I have a friend who might be interested...

How do I look into buying some?

 

[Zen Toombs]

In his house at R'lyeh, dead Cthulhu waits to be stepped on.

 

[Neonit]

awesome! that should scare off those Jehovah witnesses!

i dunno, they seem cool, but wouldt the "oh my good its so cool!" effect wear out pretty quick? and then you are left with a carpet, that every time someone new comes over for visit - you have to explain wth is on the floor? also use smelling salts..... probably not in that order.


but yeah, its still cool xD

 

[Sporky111]

I would love to decorate a really bright and cheerful room with the more subtle patterns and if anyone realises why they feel slightly uncomfortable in it.

I was kinda thinking the same thing. The colour pallete page made me think it could pass as a bright, busy design and not a horror when it's not stark black-and-white.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

Come to think of it, my bedroom carpet is getting a bit worn out. They probably cost an arm and a leg (and your sanity) though.

Actually it's crazy cheap! they're prices are insane! you'd be mad to miss out! so get down there as fast as you cantentacles!

 

[sketch_zeppelin]

I call foul. the old gods are suppose to be unknowable so unless looking down at one of these rugs causes me to go insane and possibley become possesed than i want my money back.

 

[Tanakh]

I call foul. the old gods are suppose to be unknowable so unless looking down at one of these rugs causes me to go insane and possibley become possesed than i want my money back.

This, as much as i like the Lovecraft universe; i have always disliked it being represented in a knowable fashion. The one in the OP is specially bad, it seems like a monster from battletoads, not a multidimentional monster which will unravel your mind with only gazing it.