Area Rug On Carpet

Although placing rugs on carpeted areas is generally considered a design faux pas there are many reasons to put an area rug over your carpet and many ways to do this in a pleasing stylish way.

Area rug on carpet. Wall to wall carpeting shouldn t be a deterrent for buying area rugs in fact look at it as a texturized floor that s strictly for function. 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. When laying the rug over carpet however the concern is more about the rug wrinkling or rippling which presents a big tripping hazard wrinkling will occur because as one area of the rug is stepped on it will shift assuming it is not properly. Rugs should always be anchored whether used on a hardwood floor or on top of carpet.

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. On a hard floor an untethered rug is more likely to slide or slip but when layering area rugs over carpet the rug is more likely to wrinkle or ripple.