Winter is almost here and with it comes days spent indoors, staying snug and warm in rooms filled with light, sound, music and plush fabrics. The last thing you want to feel is a cold, hard floor beneath your feet, but fear not—with the right choice of area rugs you can transform your surroundings into the cozy environment you love.
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Style Shifts
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Area Assignment
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The most obvious reason for using rugs in your home is for the appearance. You can take a neutral room and change its appearance every season by having a few different rugs strategically positioned. Try orange and black for some Halloween fun, or red and green for holiday joy. In January when you’re tired of the cold give your spirits a lift with beach house colors, like turquoise and soft grey. Or save that for summer and go for a minimalistic look with flatter-pile, patio rugs to suit the season.
Noise Reduction
If your home sounds like a train station during the winter, installing rugs will decrease the volume significantly. Not only will they reduce the sound of movement on hardwood flooring especially, your high-traffic areas will be quieter because carpeting also absorbs sound from the air. In larger rooms, if you’re experiencing the odd echo by laying rugs you’ll solve that problem too.
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A common reason for using area rugs is to demarcate areas in an open-plan environment. Choose a small rug for your reading nook, a larger one for the dining area and a mid-sized, brightly-colored rug for the children’s play location.
Warmth and Comfort
Because carpeting has greater insulation value than hard surfaces, surface area rugs make the whole house warmer. If you have hardwood or ceramic flooring anywhere in the home, your rooms can be especially chilly in the cold season. Covering as much of the floor as possible with rugs that include a good, thick padding can make a tremendous difference to the indoor temperatures.
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Allergy Control
Popular thinking has demanded for years that homeowners remove all forms of carpeting from homes if any family members suffer from allergies. It was commonly believed that carpet traps allergens, causing them to reproduce and trigger attacks in patients. A 2005 German study suggests the opposite, however, and shows that rooms with a hard floor surface are more likely to have air-borne particulates moving around than a carpeted room. Surface rugs trap them and prevent them from being inhaled, reducing the risk of respiratory distress.
Contact Brentwood Flooring America for the latest rugs at the best prices, and transform your home today.
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