You want to put that where?

With my series on fibers wrapped up, I thought it time to take a vacation which I have just returned from. While on vacation I was looking down a lot, as I always do. I saw lots of rugs. I went camping and on my trek across the great and incredibly lovely state of Michigan I saw rugs in restaurants and rugs in gift shops. When I arrived to the campground in western Michigan, I pitched my tent and put out an indoor outdoor rug in front of it so that I would drag less sand into my tent. I got comfortable and settled into a nice week of sunning and just trying to relax and calm my mind.

A few days went by when a neighbor moved in and set up his tent complete with a rug as well. But when he unrolled it my eyes just about blew out of my head. It was a wool tufted Andy Warhol rug. I could not believe it. I mean the forecast called for sunny weather, but to put a wool rug outdoors? At any rate we both went about our business and enjoyed the campground. We talked about life and sat around the campfire in the evenings. The only difference was he would wipe his feet on a wool rug before calling it a day and retiring to his tent, and I would wipe my feet on a polypropylene rug before calling it a day.

So what is my point you ask? Well, just that there is a great application for each fiber and I thought about how appropriate it was that I would witness a guy using a wool rug outdoors just as I was wrapping up my series on fibers. This dude must have been independently wealthy in his Cadillac of tents...but for the rest of us common folk...a rule of the rug industry is that you cannot go using wool outdoors. Well, I suppose you could but a wool rug outside will last for just about one day. If it rains, say bye to your wool rug.

The moral of the story if that for each application there is a suitable fiber to be used. Please refer to the entries I just posted about fibers. If you are still left with questions, just give us a call. But by all means don't go off willy-nilly buying a rug made of the wrong fiber and then wondering why the heck it looks like heck after only a few days! :)

As always I thank you for reading. I truly enjoy writing this blog and hope that you all enjoy reading it just as much. Rugs are my life. I make a modest living from them and have my feet on a rug now. Allow your life to be enriched with the warmth and elegance of a new area rug. Just be sure you choose the right type for the location you have in mind.

Until next time, I am your rug guide :) Let me know if ever you have a question or comment...I really do look forward to them and will respond to all of them.

Wes.