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indoor/outdoor rugs for kitchens??

14 years ago

Has anyone used the Indoor/ Outdoor Polypropylene Rugs for their kitchens and if so what is your opinon on them please.. I am having such a hard time finding a good kitchen rug that is easy to clean yet looks great. I know that overstock.com has several of these rugs but I'm wondering if they are easy to clean and feel good to stand on while your doing dishes.. it seems like the simple things can be the hardest to find! Thanks for your input :)

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jem199
14 years ago
I have a Home Decorators rug in my kitchen. I've had it for 6 years. It still looks brand new. I run the carpet cleaner over it a couple times a year. We have HEAVY traffic where this rug is. It feels great under foot.
http://www.homedecorators.com/P/Sphere_Area_Rug/420/

We have this wool one in our laundry area and it's gorgeous:
http://www.homedecorators.com/P/Spark_Area_Rug/640/

I don't know about the rugs you mention. We are getting FLOR rug tiles for our rec room. They use them at the college I work at and they look new after 4 years of commercial use.

I would look into FLOR or Home Decorators. They are both worth the cost.
sw_in_austin
14 years ago
I have a pair of Chilewich rugs in my kitchen. I bought them at Crate and Barrel (where they sell them as kitchen mats; they're about 2x3, I think). The Chilewich rugs are available in other colors and other sizes at many online retailers. They're made of some kind of woven synthetic material (I don't know that it's polypropylene). I love that I can just take them outside and hose them off but they still look good and feel good underfoot.

Here is a link that might be useful: Chilewich utility mats
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For my money, ya can't beat the rug prices,the variety of color and size, the shipping charge ($2.95 no matter how large your order) and quality of the outdoor rugs at Overstock dot com. I have several of their Indoor/Outdoor rugs. I live in Southern Calif. I have several outdoor rugs and only one of those is under a complete cover. I also have them indoors....nothing beats the ease of cleaning and upkeep of an indoor/outdoor rug in the kitchen where spills of all kinds are a daily occurrence at my house. Outside; If you have a leaf blower, you can blow the leaves off. If not, you can sweep, or if the rug is small enough, you can shake it out. For a good cleaning, you pour a tablespoon of liquid laundry detergent onto the rug, hit it with the hard spray of the hose to make suds, use a broom to scrub it around a bit and then rinse with the hard spray to rinse. The rugs come out looking just like new no matter how much mud has collected on them. During our Southern Calif. summer I don't bother hanging the rugs to dry out. They seem to dry out rather quickly after getting wet, either from a washing or the grandkidlets playing in the hose with their water balloons. If you happen to have a question about the rug/color/backing/etc. you can email Overstock through their 'Help' section or you can have a live IM with a salesperson who will try their best to answer your questions. No, I have NO affiliation with Overstock but I've purchased several indoor/outdoor rugs from them and I have been totally satisfied with the rugs and their customer service. Here is a link that might be useful: Overstock's pages of Indoor/Outdoor Rugs
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remodelfla
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I have these kind of rugs in my home because I have small dogs and well... small dogs can "mess". When needed, we take them outside and DH uses the pressure washer on them then we hang over the fence to dry. It's the only kind of area rug I'd buy for my home.
Maria410
14 years ago
I have FLOR tiles in the kitchen and love them. They are easy to clean even when I spill badly on them. Just use a sponge and wipe them up. I cook barefoot in the summer and I am not sure the outdoor rugs would work for me -p they are not as soft as the floor tiles. I have the outdoor rugs on my covered porch and they are great for that use. Clean up easily with a hose. Don't see why they wouldn't work in the kitchen.
renayy
Original Author
14 years ago
Wow I love this forum :) Thank you for all these great ideas..Jem your rugs are beautiful!
sw in austin.. such a great site for those chilewich rugs and I think I'm going to send for some sample colors. These might really work for me.
ALSO thank you remodelfla and maria.. if the other one doesn't work out I may try out your ideas.
I'll be posting pictures in the next month of my finished kitchen hopefully!! It's those small touches that can really add to the overall look that your trying to achieve as you all probably know!

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