Best Area Rugs

 

You have to look back in history to Colonial America to find the origins of the braided rug. The people back then were looking for a way to cover their wooden floors, by braiding strips of spare cloth and then sewing them together they had made themselves an inexpensive rug. In the long cold winter braiding became a popular and practical hobby to pass the time till spring.

Braided rugs are still practical, durable, and as popular as ever. These days they are made with cotton, wool or synthetic fabrics and come in stylish and attractive colors that compliment every décor. Braided rugs can work in your home or office décor in any look from traditional to country to contemporary to classic, or anything in between.

A braided rug can add warmth, style and color to hard floor surfaces such as ceramic tile or hardwood and also help dampen the noise level of a room. You can also place a braided rug over top of wall-to-wall carpeting to help coordinate with other decorative elements of a room, be sure to use padding specially designed for carpet-to-carpet contact that keeps the area rug from moving and prevents color transference.