Rug on Top of Carpet: Layers Done Right
I own six rugs sitting directly on top of wall to wall carpet right now, in an apartment where every single room already came carpeted before I moved a single…
Layering a Rug Over Carpet the Designer Way
I own eleven rugs. Eleven. I counted them properly last week while looking for a runner I was sure I still had, laid them all out mentally room by room,…
An Outdoor Rug Straight on Dirt
Everyone acts like “outdoor rug” is basically synonymous with “throw it wherever, it’s outdoor, it can take it.” That’s the whole marketing pitch, right there in the name. Outdoor. As…
Outdoor Rugs in the Rain: Does It Really Not Matter?
I keep a rain gauge on my back porch that I never look at, but I will tell you exactly what I do look at every single time a storm…
Square Rug, Round Table: Does the Shape Fight Back?
I own eleven rugs. Eleven. Across a one bedroom condo with, generously, five zones that could plausibly need floor covering, which means I’m carrying almost double the inventory the space…
Outdoor Rugs Out in the Weather All Year?
I was out on the back steps hanging a load of towels on the line, the cheap collapsible one from the corner store that always tips over if you clip…
Borrowing the Carpet Shampooer for the Mattress
Okay so the internet’s official stance on carpet shampooers and mattresses is basically “absolutely not, are you insane, you will summon mold from another dimension.” I’ve read the forum threads.…
A Carpet Cleaner and a Mattress: Tempting, but Wait
Every fall, right around the time the Rug Doctor rental machines start reappearing by the door at my hardware store, someone on my street posts in the neighborhood group asking…
A Rug That Actually Protects Hardwood Floors
Okay so here’s the thing everyone assumes about area rugs: that just having one down is basically an act of floor protection. Like the rug is doing the wood a…
Rugs for Mid Century Modern Rooms
Ask anyone who’s furnished a mid century room and they’ll tell you the rug barely matters. The sofa’s the hero, the walnut credenza’s the hero, the pendant light gets photographed…