Accenting with red rugs

Red is the color of passion. Red is the color associated with leadership and energy. Because of the intense emotion that red evokes, many people will not choose to decorate entire rooms with red paint and furniture but instead to accent areas with the hue to give an area more intensity. One of the best ways to accent your room with red and not overwhelm the space with the energetic color is to skillfully place red rugs. By doing so any room will be given a new vibrancy and life.

You can purchase area rugs and red rugs at any home decor stores or online. From classic pattern designs such as paisley and ruby garden to new and trendy styles like geometry and abstract you can find the right fit for any room. If you are looking to cover the cold wood floors in your house you will want to make special note of the floor space and buy an area rug that covers the allotted space. Also take into consideration that the rug will create a slight grade change in your floor, so measure for couches coffee tables and other furniture that will be placed a top the rug. It can be cumbersome and annoying to have your couch wobble on three legs, being unevenly set up on the floor. So it is important to measure the rug to either end short of the beginning of the couch or make sure it covers the area to the back of the legs.

In the same way, take the time to decide what purpose you will want the rug to fill. If it is to keep your wood floors in good condition, it will not matter as much what kind you buy. However, if you want the rug to be a special decoration accenting your space, be sure to factor in how much traffic it will get.

On Where to Use a Red Rug

Decorators know how to add a spot of color to a drab looking room. Sometimes, they suggest the addition of a simple red rug. A plain colored rug can help to dress up any room. Yet a decorator might shy away from using a single color in any very large area rugs.

Such floor coverings appear more elegant when they contain multiple colors. Persian carpets often cover a large area, and they contain a great many different colors. Indeed any of the Oriental carpets can fill a large floor area with multiple colors.

Now it should be noted that any large area rug works best, when placed on a wood or stone floor. The rug owner that tries placing a large floor covering in a room with wall to wall carpeting is going to run into problems. That large floor covering is going to bunch up in places.

Persian carpets were designed for use in homes without carpeting on the floor. In Iran, families normally roll their carpets up during the summer, and store them on the roof. During the hot Iranian summers, they prefer to sleep in proximity to a cold floor.

During the cold winter months, Iranians tend to use carpets in a variety of ways. Sometimes they use a small pile of carpets in place of a mattress. Sometimes they use a large carpet in place of a blanket. In addition, Persians have long taken to hanging carpets on the walls.

Iranian children have learned how to incorporate Persian rugs into their play activities. They know how to hide behind a floor covering that hangs on the wall. They respect the beauty of such items, and they remove their shoes as soon as they get inside of their home.

Yet when young children get older, they realize that no technology can safeguard every carpet. Some Iranian teens have confiscated and sold a stolen rug.

Have Fun Decorating with Zebra Print Rugs

You can use area rugs in all kinds of ways. They add color to your floor. They add warmth and comfort. But you can also have fun with them when you decorating especially when they have an interesting pattern like zebra print rugs.

Zebra rugs have such a striking black and white design that they tend to make an impression on visitors as soon as they walk into a room so you can make the most of that by keeping up the level of interest with other unusual items. Here are some examples of themes you could create with your rug as inspiration.

You could create a distinctive look of the world traveler in your living room by adding objects of African origin (or which look as if they come out of Africa) to your room. For example, some naive carvings of giraffes in wood, a tribal mask or wall hanging on your walls and some African print fabrics for cushions and curtains will bring your theme alive. There are stores specializing in African artwork to help you along, if you have not just returned from an African safari, laden with items.

In a child’s room, you could use the use the zebra print simply as an unusual pattern. You will find at least one designer who has created a whole lot of accessories in a zebra print edged in hot pink but you could make your own combination with some zebra themed accessories and your child’s favorite color. In this case do not add too much of the zebra pattern as it could be overwhelming and make the room so busy that your child does not get to sleep! Choose just two or three items along with your floor rug to create the theme.

Use a zebra print rug in the bathroom and you could create a jungle theme there. (Even though zebras are not from the jungle, it seems to work!) Use some large green foliage in pots, colonial window shutters and one or two pieces of African pottery along with your bath rug and you are done.