Connect A Rug

For all those hard to reach places use the rug doct.

Connect a rug.

Area rugs are often sold in sizes that are not exactly the right size for your room or application. Use a straight edge 1 1 2 2 from the crease and score the rug. They provide cushion are warm on our feet and stay together. Then press the rugs together to make them appear as seamless as possible.

We are placing a rug in our master suite and the room is rectangular in shape 13 2 x 17 7 with a king size bed. Making rugs from carpet remnants is an easy inexpensive way to unique floor covering that match your room décor. Make sure you line up the edge of the carpet first. Rated 5 out of 5 by mmdd from great for basements these mats are great we did our basement wall to wall.

This is 4 in the series so go check out reasons to make a rag rug plus the next 2 post in the series and then come on back. When laying the rug over carpet however the concern is more about the rug wrinkling or rippling which presents a big tripping hazard wrinkling will occur because as one area of the rug is stepped on it will shift assuming it is not properly. You can always fudge the rest a little if needed. Carpet remnants can be purchased from carpet stores at greatly reduced prices or you can use carpeting that you have pulled from your own home or from a friend s home too.

Rug doctor is great for carpets but did you know you can use it on your couches cars and caravans too. We have them under a treadmill and pool table with out any issues. Rags to rugs is an ebook and a series on the day to day adventures blog. Based on the shape of the room we would place the rug to go with the shape of the room 9x 12 rug but this only gives 13 of rug on either side of the bed.

I put the rug back in the space for a few days to make sure it was what i wanted and also to give it a crisp crease before i cut it. Welcome to day to day adventures. If you would like to check out all the posts in the series or get the ebook then go to the main rags to rugs page to see the other 8 posts. Line up the pattern of the other rug and lay the rugs as close together with the tape as you can.

When laying an area rug over a hard surface such as hardwood flooring the biggest concern about the rug s movement is that it will slide around. Apply the tape to one side of the rug. We had to take two out to wash after a spill and they washed up great i dried them and put them back in place. Now you are ready to cut.

It is possible to join two rugs together into a single larger rug particularly if the smaller rugs are rectangular or square in shape and of a similar size.