Bed runners are great - especially if you happen to have a bedspread that needs to be dry cleaned. Here's a tip - make it reversible so you have one for each month or season. I made shams and some small pillows to go along with them. It is a great way to practice on blocks that you think you might want to use in a larger quilt. Even made valances (again reversible) to go with it all.
Have a two year old grandson that thinks the runners are his size for laying on the bed...