BENEFITS OF AREA RUGS

The benefits of area rugs in your home go far beyond appearance and style such as color, pattern and texture (although those are definitely important considerations).

For example, an area rug does have the exceptional ability to bring the decorative elements of a room together, such as pulling together all the colors. This is an obvious benefit. They can be a great cover up for tired and worn wall-to-wall carpet as well.

Even though area rugs can add many benefits to your home, if you have beautiful wood, laminate or tile floors, you may wonder why you should cover them up.

Below are some more of the benefits of area rugs that can actually help to improve spaces in your home:

MORE BENEFITS OF AREA RUGS

SOFTNESS UNDERFOOT

Obviously, the softness of an area rug makes it more comfortable to stand or walk on than a hard surface floor. But that softness also gives it the flexibility to absorb some of the impacts of your footsteps, taking some of the pressure off your body.

NOISE REDUCTION

An area rug, especially with a pad underneath it, can notably decrease the noise in a room. Hard surface floors cannot absorb sound the way an area rug does because the area rug also absorbs sound from the air as well.

INSULATION

An area rug, especially when placed on a proper rug pad, is much warmer than hard surface flooring and offers a great insulating benefit.

ALLERGY RELIEF

Rugs in the home, as well as wall-to-wall carpets, trap allergens from the air. Allergens on hard surface flooring are constantly being recycled to the air where they can be breathed in. Rugs and carpets will hold those allergens until regular vacuuming takes place. The alleviation of some allergy symptoms can be a real benefit of area rugs in the home.

SPACE DEFINITION

An area rug has the ability to create a relaxed and comfortable space by helping to anchor the furniture in a room. This placement gives definition to the space, preventing the feel that the main pieces of furniture are just floating in the space. If a room is especially large, conversation areas can be defined by more than one area rug placement.

A SENSE OF CALM

Another benefit of area rugs is they can bring a calmness to a room by slowing down the energy that normally flows through a home. Energy moves more quickly over hard surfaces, but more slowly over soft surfaces. Fast flowing energy can create anxiety and feelings of excitability. With nothing to slow down that energy flow, the space can feel disorganized or chaotic.

AREA RUGS ARE EASIER TO KEEP CLEAN

Taking your area rugs to a certified rug plant, such as ABC, for periodic cleaning, is obviously much easier than carpet cleaning or floor refinishing.

AREA RUGS ARE EASIER TO REPLACE

Tired of an area rug? It is much easier to replace than the wall-to-wall carpet or the hard surface flooring in your home.

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