Decorating with Runners

Rug runners are versatile and can be used in many areas of your home. In fact, if you counted the number of runners in your house, you might be surprised at how many you already have: in the hallway leading from your front and back doors, in the kitchen in front of the sink, in your upstairs hallways, up and down your stairs – that’s six runners that I have in my house and there are probably more.

Runners can help quiet and cushion the sound of footsteps on your stairs or in a hallway. They can protect your carpet or hardwood floors in high traffic areas. A beautiful, long runner down a long wooden staircase is very attractive.

You can change your runners with the season and you can take them with you if you move.

Decorating with area rug runners is an easy and less expensive way to update or revitalize the look in the rooms of your home. Sisal Rugs Direct is the best place to shop for runners. We offer runners in most of our rug styles in a wide variety of colors and border colors. Order a runner to match the area rug in the same or adjoining room.

We have two standard width runners: 24” and 28” x whatever length you want (up to 98’!) Click on Runner as the Product Type in the Custom Options tab. You can also order a runner any width or length as a Custom Rug in the Custom Options tab.

Enjoy the beauty and durability of these runner area rugs in your home today.

It's Complicated L/R Makeover at an Uncomplicated Price!

Living Room designed by Ginger Rodriguez and intern Luc Thia. PHOTO BY DANIEL BLOOM OF WWW.DANIELBLOOM.COM

Have you seen the movie It's Complicated with Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin? If you have, you will probably remember the living room and maybe even wished your living room could look like that.  Well, Ginger Rodriguez in her column "Coffee with Ginger" in the North Virginia lifestyle magazine - Zebra - recreated the living room designed by movie set designers and did it at more down to earth prices.

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For the rug, that really anchors the whole room; she used our Sienna Brasilia rug with Honey Extra Wide Binding, Blind Stitched in the custom  size of 14' 4" x 14'4"  .

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If you missed the show, here it is: Tiny Apartment Makeover. Nate made over  a tiny – as in 375 sq. ft. -apartment in NY.  And I thought our first apartment in NY was tiny! He used all "Made in America" products, including a sisal rug from us. He chose a 6x9 Khaki Brasilia Sisal Rugs serged to match.  Check out the close up on our rug. The sisal rug defines her seating area and allowed Nate to match it with bright pinks, blacks and neutrals in the small space.  See him below with happy Apartment Makeover Recipient...

In the premier episode “Loads of Layers vs. Less is More” of the new HGTV show “Showhouse Showdown” the Layers won. With the many fabric patterns and layers tied together by a common color scheme, Shazalynn was able to pair neutral, natural fiber rugs from Sisal Rugs Direct that did not compete with the patterns and colors in the furniture, walls and window treatments. The natural fiber rugs in each room provided a neutral backdrop to showcase each room’s unique decor. See below to get the look for your home.

Dining Room - Sunshade Sun Collection Sisal rug with Dark Taupe Designer’s Cotton Binding.

 

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Kitchen Family Room - Mushroom Chanelle Sisal Wool with Natural Designer’s Cotton Binding.

 

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Living Room - Sundial Sun Collection Sisal rug serged in Olive.

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Family Room - Sunlight Sun Collection Sisal rug serged in Dark Brown.

 

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Master Bedroom - Jute Basketweave rug with Tan Extra Wide Canvas Binding.

 

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Image Credit: Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey –SCW Interiors

Loads of Layers vs. Less is More - 

Based on the Irish format by the same name, Showhouse Showdown is a competition between two professional interior designers who take over two newly-built and identical homes or townhomes with identical budgets to create a winning interior design. At the end of each episode one designer is voted the winner by members of the public who represent the developer’s target market.

In Stone Ridge, Virginia, within commuting distance of our nation's capital, Alexandria designer Shazalynn Cavin-Winfrey takes on Washington, D.C. designer Eric Kole, leading to a huge clash of design styles as well as their totally opposite personalities. Working in matching model homes, with two completely different approaches to the same five rooms, these highly competitive designers have one week to complete a dining room, rec room, master bedroom, living room and a challenging combination kitchen-family room. Then, potential buyers from around Northern Virginia tour the finished homes, which could not be more different looking, and their votes pick the winner of this Showhouse Showdown.

We're voting for Shazlalynn Cavin-Winfrey. See who wins on the premier show, Monday, September 12^th at 10 pm and 1 am EST.