Living room rugs - add texture and color to your floors with these contemporary styles

The living room is by far the most important room in your home for finding just the right area rug. Southwestern and kathy ireland are very popular living room rugs that are normally on sale and offer a large selection of prints and colors.

Most living rooms are decorated inbetween traditional and modern, which is also where your home furnishings and furniture will be. Living room area rugs range anywhere from a southwestern style to a more modern oval or braided rug.

	Modern rugs are not widely different or more upscale than other area rugs. They just have a more modernized look a feel, with colors that that go with today's modern home furnishings and colors, usually with geometric designs.
	Traditional oriental and persian rug selections: tabriz, kashan, shiraz, ghoochan, kashmar and hamadan.  go directly to our supplier to check on selections and prices.  rug sizes range from 3x5 to 3 1/2 by 5 1/2. They go as small as 2 by 3, including round rugs. Choices include veramin, antiquity, tribeca and legacy. For contemporary styles and accent rugs

Contemporary living room rugs are designed to be the bridge between modern and traditional. They range from soft feeling prairie rugs, braided, pile weave rugs with geometric shapes.  Oriental carpets or persian area rugs and rooster rugs are a good choice for a formal living room with an joining formal dining room.

If you need a strong, hard wearing, durable rug, then jute or sisal rugs are a good choice

These carpets area ideal for high traffic areas where you are worried about wearing or scratching a hardwood floor or would like to protect an expensive carpet underneath. They may be a little rough for bare feet but are ideal for main hallways where people come in from the outdoors.  Made from a strong, stable and versatile material that can be woven into boucles and rib weaves, flat weaves, and jacquard patterns and many dyed colors.

Sisal rugs are naturally sound-absorbing, anti-static, and extremely durable as well. This is because of the inherent qualities of the tough, hard-wearing fibers that also acts as a naturally insulating rug. It is also naturally insulating and difficult to ignite. Like most plant fibers, however, sisal absorbs moisture readily, therefore we recommend that these materials be used only indoors, in dry areas of your home or office. Colors include gold, green, blue, yellow, grey, orange, rust color and more. Most have a border edge, which will vary by company and style.  

Generally found in rectangular shapes or as a rug runner. It is not very often you will see these in oval or round shapes. They have a great natural look that fits into most decors easily. 

If the living room rug is used as a floor covering for hardwood or tile floors, you should place a rug pad underneath. This does two things: as a safety precaution it will stop it from slipping and sliding, and it will also extend the life of the rug by adding extra padding, stopping the underside from wearing prematurely.