subject: Area Rugs: The Fun Way To Decorate The High Traffic Areas Of Your Home [print this page] Area Rugs: The Fun Way To Decorate The High Traffic Areas Of Your Home
Area rugs are very desirable items to own for all rooms in your home. These handy room rugs, spot carpets, and designer throw rugs offer helpful protection to hardwood floors and wall-to-wall carpets in heavily used locations. There are room carpets and floor coverings made in every shade of the rainbow. Designer-inspired rugs and area carpets are made in indoor and outdoor weaves that come with eye-catching patterns or themes.
Area rugs come in styles that include:
Contemporary: Contemporary rug patterns often include modernistic geometric designs and themes that are influenced by nature. Geometric Art Deco patterns, warm-toned modern art themes, and the whimsical animal-print rugs are all contemporary rug fashions. Fur-like shag rugs, sheepskin rugs, and the executive leather shag rugs are all popular contemporary choices today.
Traditional: Beautiful handmade Victorian themed rugs are found in the traditional rug category. Warm hand tufted wools, floral medallion patterns, and rich looking oriental carpets are all forms of traditional rugs. Choices in traditional rugs can be handmade, machine woven, or created through a combination of these processes. It is possible to get room-sized rugs, round or oval rugs, and rugs for hallways or stairways.
Braided & Casual: Country-style braided rugs come in ovals, rounds, or squares. Today, it is possible to get braided rugs in every color combination imaginable. Colorful rag rugs, earthy bamboo rugs, hand braided sea-grass, and the sturdy jute rugs are all popular choices to use in the casual areas of our homes. The popular 9" trivets or step covers for indoor and outdoor use are often found in the braided or casual categories.
Kids & Teens: Children of all ages like room rugs that are bright and colorful room additions. Themed rugs come in animal prints, sports themes, and popular cartoon varieties. It is possible to get polka dots, vivid stripes, and neon-toned rugs. Dorm room rugs are often purchased from the children and teenage categories to use as floor coverings over the supplied floorings to protect those surfaces from active lifestyles.
Outdoor Fashions: Indoor/outdoor rugs are often used on decks or patios, in hot tub rooms, on boats, or indoors where moisture might be a problem. Outdoor rugs are often made from soft-weave polypropylene materials that allow for the same beauty as is seen in many interior styles of rugs. Easy-care outdoor rug fashions will normally offer a non-slip under-surface that makes them appropriate to use inside on slippery floor areas.
Rug Gifts: Fashion rugs can make nice gifts for family members and friends. Stylish rugs are available in patterns or themes that appeal to every type of personality. There are small rugs for kitchen areas or the bathroom, and area rugs that can be used on the floor or trunk area of the car. Welcome mats, mud scrapers, and fireside half-rounds are all forms of inexpensive rugs that people enjoy receiving as gifts.
Many interior designers enjoy decorating with room rugs, spot rugs, and runners because these flooring options are easy to change every season. In some homes, people use light-toned area rugs during the summer and warmer-toned rugs during the winter. With so many different styles available, area rugs are the fun way to decorate and protect the high-traffic areas of your home, office, or business.
