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Floor Coverings – Hand-made Area Rug Weave Types

If you are going to be buying a hand-made area rug, you should probably know the difference between different types. There are three different types of weave that are used by weavers who make hand-made area rugs. These are: Pile Weave Flat Weave Hand Tufted…


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Floor Coverings – Hand-Made Area Rugs

Hand-made are rugs are the luxury commodities of the carpeting world. They are beautiful, unique, and despite being ultimately flawed, they are lusted after as investment pieces the world over. But how are they made? Well I could boggle your brain using terms like weft…


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Floor Coverings – Machine Made Area Rugs

So area rugs come in two types: Hand-made, which we will get to, and machine made. Machine made area rugs are the fashion jewellery of the flooring world.  They are the bright and affordable accessories that we can use to decorate our homes, and which…


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Floor Coverings – How Area Rugs Are Made

Area rugs are pretty much like wall to wall carpets in miniature. And they are pretty much made the same way. Well the machine made ones are any way. Machine made area rugs are produced on computerised looms using various techniques and come in the…


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Floor Coverings – Area rugs

Right, so we’ve spoken about carpets, the wall to wall kind, now we’re going to talk about area rugs! Area rugs are the oldest kind of carpet. Before there ever were wall to wall carpets, when the only floor available was mud or cave stone,…


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Floor Coverings – Stone Flooring Finishes

One of the last decisions you need to make before installing your stone floor is what sort of finish or texture you wish to have in your home. The choice you make will impact greatly on how your stone floor looks, so taking a little…

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