tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197942725902776726.post4741438145402858803..comments2024-03-19T02:19:59.665-07:00Comments on Centerpointe Communicator: Using area rugs as wall artCenterpointe Moderatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10895145672338559659noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197942725902776726.post-70800473494410779882012-12-23T06:50:39.718-08:002012-12-23T06:50:39.718-08:00I have yet to find a single one that I like. I wa...I have yet to find a single one that I like. I was tending to avoid the term "carpet" because it invokes an avalanche of ethnic references, largely Middle Eastern and Asian but some Native American as well. Some cultures seem to use the terms "carpet", "rug", and "textile" interchangeably which results in considerable search engine pollution. <br /><br />The other problem I have is that many of those "carpet" references over-engineer the wall-mounting process, referring to the addition of velcro, cloth loops, metal rings, or other hardware. I've actually been hanging rugs for about 15 years now, and I find that elaborate mechanisms create a lot of extra work for no good reason. If someone has a thinner or hand-made rug such as a kilim which perhaps they don't wish to put nails through, the easiest way to do it is to mount a long curtain rod to the wall and use ordinary drapery ring clips to string the rug across (i.e., nothing needs to be sewn or added to the rug itself). The only difference then being that you leave it stretched neatly across the rod rather than pulling it back like you would a drapery panel. And of course if the rug is heavy, you have to add several extra brackets to the curtain rod so that it will not sag. Mounting an area rug that way also adds a bit of dimensionality if that kind of effect is desired, because it stands out a few inches from the wall. I did that for many years in previous houses I owned. <br /><br />The other great potential idea here is using carpet tiles to do some sort of a large-scale elaborate and not-necessarily-rectangle design on the wall, which would look even more like true "art". The company called FLOR makes some fascinating products and they are only about $8.00 - $20.00 per individual tile. I would love to experiment with that, but I've basically run out of rooms at this point. Aesthetically, it doesn't work to over-carpet (or over-rug) a room. If there's an area rug on the floor, it usually doesn't look right to also put one on the wall - it looks like death-by-rugs. I have New Zealand wool area rugs on the floors of the great room and master bedroom (also from Overstock), and wall rugs in the bare-floor'd office and spare room, so I'm pretty much maxed out on rugs now. Centerpointe Moderatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10895145672338559659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6197942725902776726.post-22080148130883723642012-12-22T10:30:29.641-08:002012-12-22T10:30:29.641-08:00thanks for another entertaining and informative po...thanks for another entertaining and informative post. I'm like you, I feel that these huge expanses of plain wall ache for massive pieces of art to fill them up. well designed rugs can be a great way to go.<br />fyi, I found that searching for "hanging carpets on wall", or variations on that, can provide quite a few hits - from home depot to DIY sites, with lots of tips and tricks for rug hanging.Moonbase Alphanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07080446468703376076noreply@blogger.com