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Living room rugs to the trade
Living room rugs to the trade: 5,635 styles suited to a seating group, from Couristan (556), Prestige Mills (522), Harcourt Collection (520) and Kane Carpet (350). Hand-loomed (1,226), Wilton (957), tufted (988) and machine woven (832) lead the constructions, wool (2,061) and wool blend (1,187) the fibers; 433 can be made custom.
For a living room that gets daily use, specify wool or a wool blend in a hand-loomed, hand-knotted or Wilton construction with a pile of a half inch or less. Low pile keeps doors clearing, chairs sliding and the pattern legible; a plush or a shag belongs in a formal room that is sat in, not walked through. Under it, a felt and rubber pad about a quarter inch thick on hardwood, a thinner felt over carpet. Viscose and silk blends suit a living room with no pets and no shoes; for a family room, nylon or solution-dyed polypropylene is the honest spec.
Sizing is the 70 percent rule: the rug covers about two thirds of the seating area with the front legs of every piece on it and 18 inches of floor shows at the walls. In most living rooms that is a 9x12 or 10x14; large living room rugs beyond 12x15 are made to the drawing through the custom program. The living room rug size guide covers the layouts and living room carpet installed wall to wall is at carpet.
