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Does Your Rug Need Extra Padding?

Once you’ve found that perfect rug or rugs for your foyer, hallway, living room, bedroom or other living space, it is more than likely that the first question to arise might be, do my new rugs need extra padding? The answer is a resounding "yes!" Almost all area rugs need a pad underneath. Here are a few of the reasons that just like your wall-to-wall carpet is made better by padding...

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The Average Cost of Rugs: Are You Overpaying for Retail?

Give us good value for our money--that’s all we ask. (Well, that and a fabulous area rug.) Regardless of our financial circumstances or the size of our interior decorating budget, we ALL want to get the best value for the money we spend. That’s also true when it comes to purchasing beautiful area rugs to bring comfort underfoot.

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Pairing Rugs with Your Bed: A Bedroom Rug-Sizing and Placement Guide

Suggestions for the ideal pairing of area rugs with beds are born of need, practical experience, and a desire for the best possible visual impact and are meant as suggestions that can be altered to meet the needs of a specific bedroom. We know that, on the whole, these tips work time after time in bedroom after bedroom. This guide is offered as a starting point to make your job easier and more enjoyable as you finish your bedroom project. For ease of use, we’ve divided our guide into two parts:

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Design Lessons from the Lock-down

As we’ve had to shelter in place or self-isolate as some prefer to call our recent foray into staying at home for weeks or even months on end, we’ve learned a thing or two about what’s most important to us and also how interesting our decor daydreams can be.

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Upgrade Your Home Office With Rugs

No matter the size, large or small, any home office can be elevated with beautiful and comfortable area rugs. Now that the rugs are laid, it’s time to tackle the rest of your home office refresh!

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Buying Rugs Online: 5 Tips to Get It Right

Once you learn about and use the best practices for buying area rugs online, you can expect to be very satisfied with the beautiful rug or rugs you purchase, just as satisfied as you would be with purchases from a brick and mortar store. When done right, rug-buying online can be an easy and exciting experience. Consider it a virtual adventure. Just be sure you do your homework and think carefully before you click that BUY button. Happy rug-shopping

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5 Tips to Master Spring Cleaning

As everyone around the world is spending most of their time at home right now we wanted to share 5 master tips for this year's unprecedented Spring Cleaning. Now that you have the time, and cleaning is more important than ever, you should relish this opportunity to give your space a facelift and a propper cleaning!  

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Updating Your Decor with Floral Area Rugs

Springtime brings a renewed sense for us all, and this is especially true when it comes to our home interiors. As longer days, warmer weather and color return to the landscape so does our intuition to sweep away the cobwebs, clear the clutter and make some fresh new changes to our living spaces.

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5 Things to Look for in a Vintage Rug

One motif in particular that will never go out of style; vintage. While vintage can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people, in general, it simply means the opposite of contemporary. Vintage patterns feature colors and design elements that are classic, accessible and will stand the test of time. 

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4 Reasons to Add Rugs to Your Bedroom

Perhaps one of the most neglected spaces in the home when it comes to home decor is, unfortunately, our bedrooms. The average person spends about a third of their life sleeping … so why is it that when it comes to our most-used space, we forget all about comfort and style?

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How to Add Colorful Rugs to Any Space

Picking the perfect area rug can be a bit intimidating for some, especially if style and design aren’t your strong suit. A quality area rug is an investment, and most people worry about choosing the wrong colors, patterns or sizes to fit their space. As a result, it’s common to end up playing it safe and select an underwhelming rug that doesn’t really fit your style or aesthetic.

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How to Work Your Rug's Sheen

It’s a matter of perspective. Some folks hate the look while others fully embrace it. We’re talking about the apparent difference in color that is visible on woven rugs and carpets depending on the direction of the fibers and light reflecting off of them. This creates sheen, sometimes called “pile reversal”. This effect is especially notable after vacuuming because pushing the vacuum across the floor instantly changes the direction in which the fibers are bent. It also occurs over time as the rug fibers are bent by walking on them.

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