How to Choose the Best Type of Rug for Your Home

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Excluding natural materials, nylon, polyester, and olefin are the mostly widely used fibers in carpet manufacturing, and each offers qualities useful in specific applications. Even though nylon is the most expensive type of fiber, it is also soft and resilient, which makes it great for any room in your home. Polyester is less durable than nylon, but quite cost efficient – offering a high level of resistance to stains, which makes it an ideal choice for areas such as dining rooms. Olefin is solution dyed, which results in a highly resistant stain carpet that can be cleaned easily without color loss. Unlike many other fibers, olefin is fade and mould resistant, which results in a carpet that works well both indoors or out. Often times carpet requires pads for added cushion that go under your carpet as well.

How to Choose the Best Size Rug For Your Home

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Below is a page taken from my e-course "Everything you Need to know About Interior Design, for the Do It Yourself Homeowner", available for $97

42" Round Table = 96" Round Rug

48" Round Table = 96" Rouns Rug

60" Round Table = 108" Square Rug

60'x 42" Oval Table = 96" x 120" Oval Rug

97" x 49" Oval Table = 60" x 42" Oval Rug

70"x 36" Rectangular Table = 96" x 120" Rectangular Rug

76" x 32" Rectangular Table = 96" x 120" Rectangular Rug

84" x 36" Rectangular Table = 96" x 120" Rectangular Rug

90" x 39" Rectangular Table = 96" x 144" Rectangular Rug

108" x 41" Rectangular Table = 96" x 144" Rectangular Rug

120" x 30" Rectangular Table = 120" x 168" Rectangular Rug 

How to Choose the Best Natural Rug For Your Home

Here are a few of my favorite natural material rugs:

Jute - derived from a plant called Genus Corchorus – is much softer than all the other natural floorings and, for that reason, a lot less durable. It is not recommended for high foot-traffic areas, but an eco-friendly option for the less used areas of the home. Sisal - is created from twisted yarns that imitate that hardy woven grass feel. With a stiff texture, it is particularly good for heavily-trod areas and comes in plenty of designs, colors and weaves. Sisal – unlike most other natural carpets – can be dyed and is available in an assortment of styles and colors, such as silver and blue, as well as all the naturals. It can be pricey but it’s highly durable.                                                                                                                      Seagrass - A strong bit of flooring that is grown in paddy fields in China, and during the growing season, the fields are flooded with sea water. Once harvested, it is dried and spun into yarn to create the well-known sea-grass carpet. The yarn is pretty solid and therefore hard to dye, so it’s often just available in natural shades.                                    

Wool- comes from sheep’s hair that is dyed, spun, and then woven into a rug or carpet. Wool is very durable and the pile/knots are so tightly woven that it is very difficult, if not impossible for dogs and cats to destroy them. wool rugs add durability for high-traffic areas, softness and elegant, earthy natural color to the mix. Wool also holds up to natural sunlight better than most materials and won’t fade nearly as quickly as synthetic materials can.