Covering An Old Rug

Needless to say the rug was plenty large enough to cover the ugly carpet.

Covering an old rug.

And i found out that the rug does stretch a bit which is not a huge issue. You may be laying down an area rug because you can t stand the color of the existing wall to wall carpet such as in a rental unit but trust us it will look much worse if you just throw down a rug. The only difference when the rug is going to be used over a carpet is to make sure that the color of the rug complements the color of the carpet. Turn that old carpet into an amazing new area rug with just a little work.

I figured this would be about as close i was going to get to the 10 x 10 size. A neutral color with a cut wool pile and no heathering or interesting variation. Tack strips are difficult to install. But when the rug arrived it ended up being about 8 x 11.

You want the rug to bring life to the floor like in laura s adorable melbourne home shown above where she layered a graphic flat weave over beige carpet and a basic tiled hearth. This is a great idea if you need multiple rugs around the house and want them all to stick to a specific theme. Choose something with a different texture and or fiber like jute sisal silk. The anchoring nails on tack strips run about 3 4 inch long which is far too short to penetrate the old carpet plus a pad if the carpet has one and drive into the subfloor.

In most cases wall to wall carpeting is very basic. Unlike wall to wall carpeting that s fixed in place you can simply lay an area rug over the existing floor covering. Forget about spending a couple hundred dollars for an area rug and just make it yourself from your old carpet.