Rugs for your winter wonderland

While Christmas may be over, the winter wonderland in many parts of the United States remains in full swing. So how do you know what sort of rug is ideal for an entry way such as a foyer or mud room?

Looking at thousands upon thousands of rugs at a time can seem daunting, and if the focus can be narrowed a bit by selecting the fiber type first, the user may find that not only is the right sort of rug being considered but also that the choice itself becomes much easier since they do not have to sort through a countless number of area rugs that are really not made the right way for their application.

For a very busy mud room or foyer, the staff at Rugs To My Door strongly suggests selecting a rug made of Polypropylene. Polypropylene is a synthetic fiber that is very similar in it's composition to soda and laundry detergent bottles. The main difference is that instead of the material being shaped into a bottle, it is shaped into a very long slender string--or yarn. That yarn is what is used to make Polypropylene area rugs.

Polypropylene rugs are so stain resistant-that you can even use household bleach on them to remove the most stubborn stains. The one thing to keep in mind about this method of cleaning is that it oftentimes voids the manufacturer's warranty for texture retention, since bleach may (while removing stains from a rug) also causes the yarn structure to degrade.

To test the viability of Polypropylene rugs the team at Rugs To My Door installed a white Polypropylene rug in their warehouse. The boldly colored Andy Warhol Matchsticks pattern was put smack dab in the middle of high traffic. Hand carts and foot traffic came back and forth over the rug for over two years.

At the end of the experiment, we cleaned the area rug with a Bissell home cleaning machine by following the instructions included with the machine. Amazingly, the area rug spots and stains were almost entirely gone after the cleaning.

So when you are considering a new area rug for your winter wonderland, look no further than the advanced stain resistance of Polypropylene. While the name sounds scary-the thought of stains surely will not.

Until next time, thank you for reading and have a great weekend.