Some of the most innovative interior decorating ideas can be inspired by something as simple as rugs. Maybe it’s that subtle colour, rich and deeply woven into the fibers of the design that inspires you to go right out and get a new paint color customized for your favourite room of the house. Maybe the big idea is hiding somewhere in the geometric patterns of some contemporary area rugs that will help you to select an architecturally-amazing lamp shade to polish off that one drab corner of your sitting room. Or perhaps, the area rug you found generates so much excitement in your imagination that you decide to just begin from scratch to create the room of your dreams.

Wherever you find your inspiration – be it in a texture or a particular decorating style, area rugs can add either the final, finishing touch - or give you a place to just get started. After all, interior decorating ideas are everywhere. There is no idea too big, or too small. Opportunities to explore your mind’s eye are all around you. Think outside the rug. Is it round, oval, rectangular or square? What pieces do you still need to find to put outside the rug? An ottoman?

What about the front entrance? Might you need a lengthy area rug to guide your steps from a fabulous foyer into the posh and elegant dining room? What about when your feet hit the floor first thing in the morning? Are they greeted by a hard unwelcoming surface? No! That’s no way to start your day! Consider instead the luxurious feel of a tufted rug in super-soft cotton. Cool in the summer, and cuddly-warm in winter, there’s a reason why this style has endured since it busted out all over (in glamorous gold) in the late 60s and early 70s.  

The bathroom is an often un-thought space to place a designer area rug. Why should anyone be relegated to buying a department store nylon, rubber-backed matching set of boring and predictable toilet rugs and bath mats? That’s just wrong. With washable area rugs in endless sizes and shapes, your family bath can have display the personality that you do. And what’s more, it should. Your bathroom should be a place to indulge in relaxing refinements and luxury. Don’t spoil your Queen Sheba milk and vanilla bath by stepping out of the deep tub of wonderfulness and onto a trashy, plastic-y mess of a typecast bath mat.

Area rugs are forever the most attractive solution to covering hardwoods or ceramic tiling. With quality wall-to-wall carpeting costing so much, and an obvious no-no for anyone with indoor allergies, why would you ever commit to only one colour or style? With area rugs, you can switch it up from room to room, artistically, affordably, almost magically!

The customer service experts at Abingdon Rug can help to guide your early ideas into exploring all the 20,000 in-stock inexpensive area rugs options open to you. Think outside the rug. There lies your most beautiful inspiration.

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strong>New Meaning To Green Thumb?

In today’s world we constantly hear about such things as global warming, carbon footprints, deforestation. We also hear about “going green” and being “eco friendly.” So, what does this all mean? With the loss of so much of our old growth hardwood forests we are seeing a heavy increase in lumber prices. As the timber is lost, so too is an important part of our planet’s fragile ecosystem. Trees are nature’s way of cleaning the air so that we have plenty of oxygen to breath. So, where does bamboo fit into all this?

When someone installs hardwood flooring in their home or business they are contributing to the deforestation process. By making the choice to use bamboo you are actually helping to conserve those hardwoods that would have normally been used. This is what “going green” means. It is the choice to use materials that have a greatly reduced impact on the environment. Bamboo is one such material.  With over one thousand species of bamboo found throughout the world, bamboo can be considered one of the world most renewable resources.

What Makes Bamboo Green?

Many species of bamboo grow quite quickly. Some are ready for harvest within four to six years. Past this point the quality actually begins to degrade. This is much quicker than the decades that hardwoods take to mature. What makes bamboo grow so quick? Bamboo is actually not a type of tree at all. It is really a type of grass. Even though it is a grass there are species of bamboo that can grow up to four feet a day! This means that the time between harvests is greatly reduced allowing for a much quicker harvest.

Another benefit to bamboo can be seen when harvesting it. Bamboo forests are actually made up of a few plants that grow underground through a series of nodes. Once you harvest a bamboo plant one or more new shoots will begin to grow. This means there is no costly or time-consuming process of replanting required. This also means that no fossil fuels will be used to replant the bamboo thereby lowering the harvester’s carbon footprint. Doesn’t it feel good to know that you would have a hand in helping reduce the amount of pollution being released into the environment?

Ready To Go Green?

Now that you know some of the benefits when making bamboo flooring your choice of flooring material, you are all set. Make the choice to go green and help to make the world a more enjoyable place. Help to conserve our beautiful and majestic hardwood forests. Be sure to spread the word to any of your friends that are considering a hardwood floor as well. If we all pitch in and do our part we can soon have the world in a much better condition. So, whether you do the work yourself or have a contractor install the floor for you, make sure that you ask for the most eco-friendly flooring material of all; bamboo!

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Trying to improve the usefulness of your garage?  Swap out that concrete floor for a nicer one! Covering your garage floor can go a long way towards improving the usefulness of your garage, as well as it looks.  There are a lot of options for covering your garage floor, but we will focus on garage floor mats in this article.

Simply a large vinyl mat for your garage floor that helps protect and cover your concrete floor.  These mats are easy to install, and work great.

Leaving your garage floor unfinished is not a good idea, since it will be succeptable to cracking and staining from all sorts of sources.  A plain concrete floor is also slippery when wet, which can make it dangerous.

Using garage floor coverings such as vinyl mats can help solve these problems.  Vinyl mats will help protect against liquids and stain, help prevent cracks, and provide a nice looking, no slip flooring material.  Quite simply, there are many reasons to choose garage floor mats.

Installing a garage floor mat is quite easy.  Simply buy the mat, rool it out on your garage floor, and cut it to size. Seams can be overlapped, or cut to a precise fit.  One way or the other, your garage is sure to benefit from this flooring.

By simply rolling the mats up, the floor can be “uninstalled.”  These mats are avaiable in a wide variety of different textures, thicknesses, and sizes.  If you’re looking for a slip resistant floor, you be able to find one.  If you’re looking for a fancier look, you can find that as well. There is no end to the options you have for garage floor coverinsgs.

If this sounds like something you’d like, be sure to check into the many online retailer who offer garage floor mats for sale. You’re sure to find something that will work great for your unique flooring needs.

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