Today, I’ll be evaluating rugs:
- Great alternative to carpets. Where a carpet requires covering every square inch of floor space, a rug allows for just a section to be covered. If you’ve got couches or bookcases in the room, they’ll be covering up carpet space, meaning you’re paying for nothing. Rugs let you cover the business zones whilst leaving unnecessary areas uncovered.
- Compliments hardwood floors. The sight of an entire room worth of wood can be a little daunting. A rug not only subdues this effect, it also draws attentions to the places where the floor is visible. Guests will appreciate your good taste in flooring, as well as complimenting your ability to match a rug to the floor color and thanking you for not scalding their eyes with the sight of a vast expanse of wood.
- Really ties the room together, man.
- Absorbs spilled juice and wine better than linoleum.
- Provides something fuzzy for your feet to touch, instead of placing them on cold, unfeeling tile or, worse, marble.
- Doubles as a tapestry for your jam space in the event that you are a single male musician between the age of 18 and 30.
- Some versions are made from bears. Extra points for the ones that have the head taxidermied and still attached, preferably in a menacing expression.
Cons:
- Elaborate designs. While some may like this, others may find that the multicolored patterns can be a bit distracting. Eye-catching is a great feature for a painting or a sculpture, but for something which is designed to fill more of a background role, it can be a problem. Eyes are going to be drawn downward, which means that less attention is going to be paid to you, the host, and more towards your choice of footwear.
- Expensive. Especially the fancier ones. For something which only fills up part of a room, these things sure cost a lot. I googled “rugs” and looked at the first product on the first result. The price tag ranges from $44.99 to $559.49. That’s a lot of clams for something you’ll be walking all over.
- Bunching. While a carpet’s location is relatively static, a rug can be moved by something so careless as a chair scootch. Rugs have to be repositioned on a fairly regular basis in any area where human activity occurs, and this can prove to be a real pain for careless rugowners.
Rating: 6.7 Caribou
I love a good rug. They’re a great alternative to carpets and a nifty way to add a bit of variety to the room. So long as you shop sensibly and take care of it, a rug is an excellent investment which leaves owners feeling warm-footed and satisfied.