You Can’t Beat Oriental Rugs For Elegance

Oriental rug will add timeless beauty to your home, will coordinate with any decor, and enhance every room, hallway, or entrance. They are also a favorite choice when decorating a home office, and is an excellent choice for high traffic areas because of the complexity of their design, which hides wear and tear. The term “oriental” refers to rugs produced in Asia, such as Persian (from Iran), India, China, and Turkish carpets. Imitation of the popular oriental patterns are also available and are produced by manufacturers such as Nourison in the United States, and the Sphinx, also in the United States but with its parent company in Egypt.

Making carpet by hand is an ancient art and design reflects the old religious and ethnic structure of time in countries or regions of origin. Many of the ancient designs are still produced today, sometimes hand-woven and hand-knitted, other times woven by machine. The most traditional patterns are those with floral or garden, or a geometric design or curved around the central medallion or painting scenes such as the center. Oriental rugs used to be built only with natural fibers such as wool, cotton, silk goats, or and camel’s hair, or a mixture of several ingredients, but now you can find them made with more expensive synthetic materials such as olefin (polypropylene), nylon, polyester, and acrylic. Wool rugs remain the first choice in durable resistant, soft, dirt-and-fire, warm rugs, but synthetic reproductions make oriental rugs more affordable. They come in various colors, sizes, and shapes – round, oval, rectangle, and, of course, the popular runner.

How to Choose Oriental Rugs for Your Home
Decide how you will use each area rug. Whether to define furniture groupings or unify all the elements in the room? Is the primary use to protect the floor or carpet? Is the main function to add warmth and comfort? The use of carpet will determine the size and shape. In addition, you should keep these points in mind:
· The colors should be harmonious with other colors in the room.
· If the center of the carpet will look, medallions or central scenes is a good choice, but if the center will be fully or partially hidden under a table or other furniture, it’s better to go with recurrent or complicated designs and attractive border.
· A family with health problems will appreciate rugs with natural fibers because they have the advantage of not releasing chemicals into the air as synthetics do.
· The design is very colorful and busy can make oriental rugs in a room focal point, but if the room is colorful with intricate designs and the curtains upholstery, choose a simple design and subtle colors.
· If you are going to use two different rugs in one room, make sure the colors and patterns blend and complement each other.

Important Cost Considerations
It is not as difficult as you might think to find good quality, cheap rugs with oriental designs. When you shop online, you deal directly with online retailers who may offer discounts and price warehouse stores because there are costs and there is no middleman to pay. As with any online shopping, here are other considerations that can make your dream of an oriental rug affordable:
· An antique rug is the most expensive and must have documentation that proves its authenticity; much cheaper imitations.
· Natural fibers are more expensive than synthetic.
· Hand-made, hand woven, and hand-knotted rugs made by weavers are more durable and far more expensive than machine woven and tied.
· The number of knots per square inch indicates the quality, and a higher number means a higher cost.
· Very intricate designs of the most expensive and rare.
· The country or area of ​​origin affects the price.

Did you spring for genuine antique oriental wool rugs that have been woven and hand knotted in Iran, or you choose a machine with a design woven polypropylene oriental rugs manufactured in North America, you will add beauty, warmth and comfort to your home. Enjoy!