Area rugs as alternative to new wall to wall carpeting?
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5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoThank you, I definitely will check into having the carpet cleaned first. The rugs are allen + Roth brown rectangular carpets, no design.
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Comments (3)I recently read somewhere on this forum that it's a no-no. I disagree. I have wall to wall in my family room in beige with a 5x7 area rug in the main open space of the rug. I love it and my DH is a floor TV watcher, so it's extra padding. It adds some dimension to my floor, IMO. Keep in mind, my area rug is subtle in design pattern so it accents the wall-2-wall nicely. My girlfriend, who is a re-designer, and has extremely great taste in decorating (her home could be in a magazine) and laying out rooms, also has an area rug over wall to wall. I've heard from designers they are best used on a diagonal with the one end leading you into the room. Mine is not down that way, but it works in our space. Hope that makes sense....See MoreSecuring carpet runners to wall to wall carpeting
Comments (7)You know those 3M hooks that remove without leaving any damage to the wall? They have them like that only not hooks, but with velcro tabs. They are marketed as picture frame attachers. But I think you could use them without worrying that they would leave a residue on the carpet. You'd put some of them on the carpet and some of them on the runners, and then they snap together. You can separate the velcro tabs when you want to wash the runners. I don't think you'd have to remove them, but I'm not sure how the ones on the runners would do in the washing machine. You could always remove the velcro tabs by pulling the glue strip down and put fresh glue strips on the velcro strips on runners after washing. They are pretty cheap. They sell replacement glue strips separately so you could reuse the velcro parts....See MoreArea rug on wall to wall carpet?
Comments (13)Lisa, the decorator I worked with does the area carpet over carpet a lot, I've seen it in several homes he'd helped with - uses it to add color and ground the seating arrangement. I told him No in my living room, partly because it seemed at the time to be an element in several homes I'm in - so maybe a little predictable. And I do my own housework, I didn't want the second carpet edge to deal with when vacuuming. My third reason was the furniture is floated in that room (all of it), and I would have lost the advantage of lamps plugging discreetly into floor outlets, the cords would have come out from under the second carpet and across it back to the lamp tables....See MoreArea rug over wall to wsll carpet in living room.
Comments (10)Yes here is the picture, In the same color. no eating or drinking , mainly conversational. So we r having four of these sofas. 2 on each of the facing walls. The cream 3 seater that I already have will go on the back wall. (we also considered keeping the cream sofas in the same spot as they r right now, and just putting two of these chocolate sofas on the opposite wall , or one chocolate 3 seater opposite cream 3 seater, and one chocolate 2 seater opposite the cream seater. My husband says it would look fine but I think they would look odd. ) no coffee tables , if I get space for end table I would, v small ones. Like those mini round ones, but really they won’t serve any purpose. since i m filling each facing walls with two 3-seaters, I may get space for only two chairs....See MoreRelated Professionals
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