Innovations in Floorcovering - Modern Area Rugs
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The art of interior decorating takes on a whole new meaning with the new crop of area rugs. Vibrant colors and unconventional patterns are taking the ordinary room to the extraordinary. Wool and nylon are still heavy favorites, but unusual materials such as leather or cork are making their points known.
While custom rugs are still favored by interior designers for their unique patterns, many cutting edge designers are doing their takes on unusual patterns. Jenifer Kobylarz has created a collection for Warp and Weft using large scale concepts taken from natural imagery. Her organic shapes and rich palette lend themselves well to any room.
Shaggy Area Rugs - Shaggy Eyeball Rug
The Shaggy Eyeball rug from www.sofarsonear.com will wow you with its hand woven wool and highly defined landscape. Custom colors and sizes available. So Far So Near offers a wide variety of hand tufted styles, as well as hand knotted in kinetic, modern styles.
Cowhide Rugs - Capel Rugs - Four Corners Area Rug
Capel Rugs offers affordable alternative to the custom lines with trendy, unique products of their own. Following the “hair-on-hide” furniture trend comes a resurgence of animal skins for rugs. Cowhides in varying colors and sizes dominate the market. Their Four Corners introduction combines small squares of premium leather cut and sewn together to create a sort of mosaic design. The result is a stunning and textural appearance.
Rose Rug - Modern Area Rugs
Taking the textural leather rug idea several steps further is Vivida designer Svetlana Shellshear. Her Rose rug offers stylized floral motifs composed of leather in dimensional layers of blossoms and leaves. Svetlana Shellshear’s arty, painterly style is original and fresh for interiors.
Rose Rug - Modern Area Rugs
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The new rugs offer a more unique approach to interior decorating. These styles mentioned are not content to be the backdrop, but rather the statement. Choose furnishings with restraint in order to not compete.
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Hi, Nice blog it really impressed me a lot. Great information of rugs.
Grr Overstock wont ship here so i had a 8x10 ft rug shipped to my Moms house...from there I was going to pay to have it shipped here to Guam.
Wool rugs are made in a variety of shapes and sizes, including round, rectangular and oval. Because wool can be dyed easily, wool rugs are an easy palate for the contemporary designs that are defining rooms with style and color. The contemporary styles range from bright and bold floral, to geometric designs both large and small, avant-garde inspired designs, animal print and even soft and fluid shapes. Many of the contemporary designs look like works of art alone, and can serve as inspiration for color on walls and furniture choices in the surrounding areas. Wool rugs are also ideal foils for the home trends of hardwood flooring and travertine or slate tile, in addition to the fact that the natural wool fibers can add warmth in the winter and stay cool in the summer. The advantages to using a wool rug are many; they can protect the flooring underneath in a high-traffic area, which can be used in a large space to buffer noise.
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A New Zealand wool area rug is very soft and can provide an elegant look to any room. They are very popular for decorating because they are comfortable and durable. New Zealand wool is very fine in quality and much softer than other types of wools. A New Zealand wool area rug is environmentally friendly and this makes them even more popular. Wool is great for anyone that has allergies, children, and pets. It is very resilient and handles spills better than any other type of material. These rugs are ideal in the home or office. Many styles, colors, and designs are available for any sized room. They make great noise reducers and are fire resistant. If you already have one of these great rugs decorating your home or office, the benefits might already be known. Taking good care of these rugs is essential to ensure good use of all the benefits they offer. Part of this care is having someone wash, dry, and repair the rug when needed.
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Making your house a welcoming comfort zone is easy when you decorate your space with contemporary wool rugs. Rugs made with wool, which is a soft, natural fiber made from hair shorn from sheep, can be more durable than other fibers, stain resistant, and even flame retardant due to the natural qualities of the fiber. Some of the different ways that the rugs can be constructed are by hand knotting, weaving or braiding, hand tufting, or machinery made, and the method by which they are made can greatly influence the price of the rug. The natural fibers of wool are superior to those used in synthetic rugs for many reasons. They are an eco-friendly choice because they are made from a renewable resource that is naturally non-toxic, non-allergenic and biodegradable.