Deck Your Halls for the Holidays with Area Rugs

Area Rugs Make It Easy & Affordable to Spruce Up for the Holidays

Want to spruce up your home for the holidays without spending a fortune? It's easy to add holiday flair to floors, by choosing the right area rug. Area rugs can accent a room's color scheme and give it a festive and cheery look for holiday entertaining. Whether you want to dress up the family room or warm up your hardwood floors and ceramic tile, area rugs can do the job quickly and inexpensively.

Add warmth for the holidays

When cold weather comes, there's no better way to create that cozy "hearth and home" feeling than by putting a warm rug on the floor. Area rugs over wood and tile add warmth underfoot, and accent rugs in carpeted rooms add warmth to the decor. Many are available in holiday styles and colors. And if you rearrange furniture, don't worry about furniture indentations in the carpet. To remove them, simply spray water on the matted spot and lift the crushed pile with a grooming brush available at any flooring store.

Artwork for your floors

Think of your floor as the fifth wall in your room. You don’t leave your walls bare — you enhance them with beautiful pieces of art. Area rugs can be artwork for your floors. Light-colored rugs can make a room seem bigger; deeper rug colors create a cozier setting. Decorators often use area rugs to define a conversation area, or to brighten a room and runners in hallways can link rooms and give them a more ‘pulled together’ feeling.”

Today's decorative rugs and machine-made Oriental styles aren't budget-busters, either — they're affordable and versatile. The best part about decorating with area rugs is that you can change your mind. To change the look, just move the rug to a different room and start over.

Whimsical rugs make great gifts

Many people are using affordable area rugs in a whole new way — as gifts. Don’t worry about matching someone’s decor; instead, match his or her personality. Give a rug with a golf design to your favorite golfer, or a kitchen design to an amateur chef. Whimsical rugs can change with the seasons, and there’s no better gift for a college student in the dorm.

More than a welcome mat

Perhaps the most important area rugs in your home are the ones just your front door. People often spend a lot on the interior look of their homes but forget to put down good entry rugs to trap the dirt before it gets inside — and gets ground into your flooring. A quality entry rug collects 90% of tracked-in dirt and absorbs damaging moisture from rain and snow. The pink ribbon welcome mats from Carpet One Floor & Home (like the Evergreen mat pictured here) are a perfect choice, because you can update them each season and they support a great cause! These machine-washable mats will also make a great holiday gift.