Rug Rats

When you have chosen your carpet, finish it with a flourish using a tapestry or fabric border. You can create a stunning effect to produce a unique rug.

 To create something unique is the ultimate in interior design. The use of tapestry and fabric's, Leather and Suede, painted canvas, and adding a nailhead finsh, can give you the most stunning results. With this creative touch, you can be as contemporary or traditional as you like.  The flexibility of design makes for an inspirational design strategy, whatever the scale of your room.  Use these creative borders to frame a room or furniture setting or highlight a special feature like a fireplace.  Tapestries, Fabrics, leather, suede, canvas & nailheads will add extra dimension to your home and create unexpected texture and design to a custom rug.

Shown here is a Glen Eden Tapestry Border, displaying how to frame a room and a dining table, while dramatically adding to the decor	This tapestry was cut from a width of fabric and sewn onto a berber carpet.
This is a popular Tapestry by Stanton with a traditional Acanthus leaf.  The tapestry shows up elegantly against the rich wool carpet from Prestige Mills.  The landing on these steps needed to be built on the job.  These are pie shaped steps that create a turn in a set of steps.	Finding rugs to match Oriental rugs can be challenging.  Tapestry's offer a solution.  Here the tapestry and field on the steps were matched to the oriental in the foyer.
A Dragon's Tail on the end of a stair runner.  Created by Barry Dixon  Interiors.  This type edge can be used on any type area rug, using leather or any binding with plain or decorative nail heads.  This make a stunning and elegant statement.	Crocodile Leather with nail head trim on a wool sisal
A Chenille tapestry border on a wool sisal carpet adding an elegant touch to this long hall.	This tapestry was also used as an inset border.  Notice the cord inset in the green outside border.  Cording used in upholstery can also be used as an unusual decorative touch.  this cord was used as an inset in the green outside border.  Cording can ALSO be used as a finished edge to a rug, instead of binding.
This fabric border was cut from a width of 54" fabric and bordering a wool sisal.  The fabric highlights the fireplace.  This technique can also be used to create depth to a room, by not ending the rug at the fireplace, but following the hearth outline.	Custom tapestry border inlaid in a wall to wall installation. The Tapestry and Jute textured center are from Fiberworks.  The plush border is from Custom Weave. There are two room settings and the customer decided to break it up with the plain field  hown in the back.  Notice the edging of the back field has a matching plain cotton binding.
Hand-painted canvas used for Binding - Based on Matisse art	Two different looks on a wool sisal.  Top a Toile Fabric on a wool sisal for an elegant traditonal look.  Bottom a wool wilton border on a wool sisal, simply Eelegant!

 If you are having a piece of furniture upholstered, often you can order extra fabric to border a rug for the room the piece of furniture is in, or an adjoining room.  This creates a very tailored and custom look to your decor. You will need to order the length of the rug plus 6" or a pattern repeat.  For example - If a rug is a 6 x 9, you would order 3 yd's and 6" of fabric to border this size rug.  Often a fabric will have a big repeat.  We can take the best part of the repeat and use it as a border. This can also make a stunning effect to your decor and rug.  

Two great companies for Tapestry borders are: http://www.fibreworks.com/ http://www.meridameridian.com/ If you see a border or even a carpet that you like, e-mail Rug Rats.  We will send you sample swatches for no charge.

Need sample swatches or advice?  E-mail Rug Rats.  We will send samples the same day!

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We can coordinate area rugs to match your fabric, wallpaper, paint, art,etc! Just send us a swatch and we'll send you 3 coordinating samples to choose from absolutely FREE!