The most
frequent blunder that buyers make is selecting a rug that’s too small.
Leave
a border of 18-36 inches around the edge of the rug.
To
install a rug in a dining room, start by adding four feet to the width and
length of your dining table and work up from there.
A
hallway
carpet runner should be no more than four inches narrower than the hall and
18-24 inches shorter.
Know
Your Rugs
From the
stylish hand-knotted rugs of Ancient Persia to the braided rag rugs of the
earliest American pioneers, rugs have been part of history and culture right
through the ages. Some of the rugs available today are:
Hand
Hooked –
hooked rugs are made
by pushing yarn through the back of a canvas cloth until a design is created. A
protective backing cloth is attached once the rug is finished.
Woven/Flat-woven
– looms controlled
by hand, machine and computer are used to weave this type of rug. Computerized
looms can now copy patterns once only produced by hand, such as Spanish berbers.
Kilims and dhurries are examples of flat-woven rugs, both of which are
reversible.
Braided Rugs– the first braided rugs were
made from strips torn from blankets and canvas, and then made into a braid. An
innovative mechanized process at the turn of the century turned continuous yarn
into beautiful braided rugs.
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