How Outdoor Winter Rugs Keep The Inside Of Your Home Clean

Not only will these rugs last all winter, they’ll stay beautiful and useful until spring and beyond. Outdoor winter rugs can help you keep your deck, porches, garages, and other outdoor spaces safer and cozier, no matter how cold it gets. Meanwhile, they’ll help keep all that snow and ice out of your home, so you can stay bundled up and happy until the world thaws out.

This guide shares what you should know about Sisal Rugs Direct’s outdoor winter rugs, including how you can get yours right now – before the first flakes fall!

Why have an outdoor winter rug?

There are a lot of benefits to having outdoor winter rugs, such as:

• Keeping your home and floors clean: When you keep a rug outside your home in a location such as your front porch, back deck, or garage, you can have people entering your home wipe their shoes or take them off on that rug before coming inside. This will ensure they don’t track any wetness, dirt, or mud through your home. 
  
  Even if you don’t have a good place to keep your rugs outside, you can still place outdoor winter rugs in your entryway or mudroom. From here, they can catch any grime your home’s visitors may track in with them, keeping it from getting your floors dirty anywhere else.
   
• Safety: Outdoor winter rugs can be a great way to help prevent accidents by making slippery paths much easier to walk on. Consider placing one on your front deck, back porch, in your garage, or even on the path leading up to your home, especially if any of these locations get icy and slippery during the winter. 
  
  If you need to keep a longer walkway safe, you could even use a waterproof runner rug.
   
• Comfort: Placing outdoor winter rugs in your outdoor areas, such as your patio, porch, deck, or garage, can help make them considerably more comfortable to walk through, especially during cold winter days and nights.
   
• Aesthetics: Properly maintained, outdoor winter rugs look great all year round - even during the coldest and snowiest months of the year. Placing a few outdoor rugs in your indoor/outdoor space is a great way to give them a little pop of color and style that will help you keep the winter blues at bay.

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Where should I place an outdoor winter rug?

Feel free to place outdoor winter rugs anywhere you’d like to benefit from the advantages above. A few of the most popular places for these rugs include:

• Entryways: Placing outdoor winter rugs in your entryway is a great way to welcome visitors into your home. It also gives them a place to wipe or take off their shoes before tracking snow through your home.
   
• Decks and porches: If you spend any time on your decks or porches this winter, outdoor winter rugs could be a great way to make the experience more comfortable. 
  
  Indoor/outdoor rugs are waterproof, so you don’t have to worry about snow seeping into the fibers, even if you leave your rugs outside overnight. Just pick up the rug, brush off the snow, and keep using it.
   
• Walkways: Placing an outdoor runner rug over a walkway that tends to get icy during the winter can help prevent slips and falls. 
  
  Try placing a long outdoor winter rug on the most exposed part of the sidewalk leading to your home to help give visitors a safe way to walk up to your front entryway.
   
• Garages: Keeping an outdoor rug in your garage is a great way to make walking across its concrete flooring safer and more comfortable during the winter. 
  
  Outdoor winter rugs are mold-resistant, so you don’t need to worry about leaving them out in your garage for extended periods of time.
   
• Anywhere else: No rule says you can’t bring your outdoor rug inside. If you love the look and benefits of outdoor winter rugs, feel free to place them all over your home! 
  
  Waterproof, low-maintenance outdoor rugs are great for places where they may come into contact with spills or other moisture, such as kitchens, basements, or mudrooms.

What materials are best for outdoor winter rugs?

Not all rugs are suitable for the outdoors, so it's important to choose one that can withstand being exposed to the elements. 

We recommend synthetic fibers for rugs you plan to keep outdoors during the winter:

• Polypropylene: Polypropylene is a synthetic fiber made to look like sisal. It retains all the benefits of the natural fiber without any of its disadvantages. 
  
  For example, while Sisal can’t handle moisture, rugs that are 100 percent polypropylene will not fade from the sun or develop mold or mildew when wet. These types of outdoor rugs are designed with durability in mind and are excellent for wiping off your shoes before entering the home. 

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How to maintain an outdoor winter rug

Outdoor winter rugs made from synthetic fibers like polypropylene are made to be durable and low maintenance, but there are still several ways you can clean and care for them that will increase their longevity.

First, spot-clean any spills or other moisture that you notice on your outdoor winter rugs right away. You can even use a hose when you have larger stains and then dry the rug by elevating it off the ground. 

For ongoing maintenance, make sure you vacuum your outdoor winter rug regularly without the beater bar. Frequent vacuuming gets rid of build-up in your rug and increases its lifespan. 

Sometimes the corners of your outdoor winter rug will curl over time and create a safety hazard. You can moisten the edges to combat curling or invest in a curl stop to prevent it.

What materials are a bad idea for outdoor winter rugs?

When looking for outdoor winter rugs, there are materials you want to avoid. Jute is one of the major ones. Jute doesn’t do well with moisture, being incredibly susceptible to mold and mildew. Since outdoor winter rugs are meant to stand up to snow, a jute rug is not a good option. The same goes for wool and hemp rugs.

Outdoor winter rugs for every home

Browse our winter outdoor rug selection to find the perfect solution for your home. With a wide selection of colors and patterns, you're sure to find the right rug to suit your style.