Braided Rug

For fans of the show that like looking for meta or Easter eggs, many have noticed a particular brown, orange, and cream colored braided rug that keeps popping up on the show. Some have associated the rug with Castiel and Gabriel, or other angels, Heaven, and religious themes. Other variations exist, like the red one seen in Bobby's Heaven in "Inside Man," and a more brown version.

One Tumblr user revealed that their aunt was commissioned to make the rugs that were used for the show:

my aunt actually made these rugs for the show, she told me about it so nonchalantly, she was just like, “yeah have you heard of a show Supernatural? [...] they commissioned me to make these rugs and they were very specific about the details but they didn’t tell me why, only how they wanted to look!"

Also known as:

• Orange Rug
• Brown Rug
• Red Rug
• Castiel's Carpet
• Gabriel's Rug
• Cas Rug
• Rag Rug
• Braided Rag Rug

Episodes

3.01 The Magnificent Seven

3.15 Time Is on My Side

4.08 Wishful Thinking

4.19 Jump the Shark

5.13 The Song Remains the Same

5.16 Dark Side of the Moon

6.12 Like a Virgin

6.22 The Man Who Knew Too Much

8.08 Hunteri Heroici

8.17 Goodbye Stranger

9.09 Holy Terror

9.18 Meta Fiction

10.01 Black

10.02 Reichenbach

10.13 Halt & Catch Fire

10.15 The Things They Carried

10.17 Inside Man

10.18 Book of the Damned

10.20 Angel Heart

11.19 The Chitters

12.04 American Nightmare

12.06 Celebrating the Life of Asa Fox

12.12 Stuck in the Middle (With You)

12.22 Who We Are

Meta

• Castiel and his rag rugs - an immigrant trying to find a home in a new world while still feeling beholden to the duty of the old one. larinah, November 2014; archive link