Choosing the Perfect Area Rug for Your Home - By: Jim Knight

“A woman telling her true age is like a buyer confiding his final price to an Armenian rug dealer.”
- Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983), American journalist and author.

As you can decipher from the above quote, buying a rug is not an easy task. Hopefully, this article can make that task a little easier.

Before we embark on the tips that will tell you how to choose to the perfect area rug for your home, let us spend a few minutes on what rugs are important for. For one, they keep your feet warm and cozy, sheltered from the cold floor. Secondly, they can markedly improve the appearance of the interiors. Thirdly, rugs are good sound absorbers, helping maintain the peace in your home.

Now, let’s move on to some tips for buying the ideal area rug for your home. The six things that need to determine your choice are traffic, location, size & shape, pattern, texture and price.

If you are buying the area rug for your drawing room that is frequented by a lot of people, you should be caring about wear and tear due to numerous footfalls. accordingly, you should look at rugs made of durable materials like nylon, wool or sisal.

If the area rug is going to be in the sun a lot, choose acrylic as the material is absolutely resistant to the fading effects of sunlight. If there is the likelihood of moisture all round the rug, polypropylene is a good choice. Jute is a bad choice in duo situations as it is adversely affected by sunlight and water.

Area rugs come in many shapes and sizes. It is obvious that your choice should depend on where in your home you want to keep it - what kind of space is available. Be sure to measure out this space correctly before going out for your purchase. If you want the rug to feel soft on your toes, opt for cotton or jute rugs. However, be warned that these are not very durable.

Also, there are a a certain number of patterns available and the choice here is a matter of personal advice. At the same time, there are certain patterns that work well in a certain situations. For example, if you want to make the area rug the center of attention, choose a center medallion pattern. If you want some other showpiece to hold center stage, opt for a repetitive pattern. If you earlier have a lot of patterned upholstery in the room, a solid color is the best choice.

Now, we come to price. As with almost any other product that you purchase from the market, price is an important determinant. Know that area rugs made of natural materials like wool and jute cost more than those made of artificial fibers like acrylic and polypropylene. Also, higher the stitch count and more ornate the pattern, higher is the price.

As you can see, there are lots of things to be considered when buying an area rug. However, with these guidelines, you can make the right choice.

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