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16
Aug, 2017

By Bob Dole

Protect Your Outdoor Rug With These 4 Steps

An outdoor rug may be built to last, but they endure more wear and tear than most. Inclement weather, heavy foot traffic, and time can all take their toll. Fortunately, there are a few ways to protect your outdoor rug looking as fresh as the day you bought it.

Store it When You’re Not Using it

This may seem like an obvious tip, but some people take the “all seasons” label on a rug at face value. If you’re not going to be using your rug for weeks or months at a time, roll it up and keep it in storage. Cover it with a plastic tarp and hold it together with bungee cords. In the spring, you can roll it out looking fresh and vibrant.

Clean the Rug Regularly

Outdoor rugs take on heavy foot traffic, torrential rainfall, and more than their fair share of dirt. Protect your investment by cleaning your outdoor rug monthly. Take this easy DIY approach: make a solution of mild dish soap and water, lightly scrubbing with a nylon brush. After scrubbing, rinse with a hose and let dry.

Tackle Tough Stains Immediately

If you’re hosting parties and run into a spill with wine or a tomato-based product like ketchup, clean it right away. Start by blotting the stain with a clean cloth, removing excess moisture. Next, use club soda to neutralize the acid in the spill and prevent permanent staining.

Minimize Sun Exposure

This may seem like a tall order, but the sun’s rays can be damaging to vibrant colors and fabrics. Consider placing your rug in the shade or under a patio umbrella to prevent sunwashing. An exception to this rule is after cleaning – you’ll want to dry your rug in the sun to prevent mold growth.

Your outdoor rug is an investment. Protect your outdoor rug this season and in the years to come with these simple yet effective tips.

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09
Aug, 2017

By Koeckritz Rugs

How to Make Your Small Room Appear Spacious Using an Area Rug

Small living spaces can pose a challenge to homeowners when they are trying to decide furniture placement within a room. While you want to make the most of your home’s available space, you also don’t want it to appear cluttered or crowded.

Fortunately, you can make the most of your small spaces using an area rug and these simple tips.

Consider Built-Ins

Built-in shelving is one of the easiest ways to maximize your available space. These investment pieces are ideal because they allow you to create storage and other solutions in an otherwise challenging space. If you’re constrained by your budget, this doesn’t have to be expensive – for example, consider an artful display of shelves to hold books, media, and more.

This is also a good time to consider furniture that serves different functions – for example, a sitting room can easily double as a guest room with the addition of a sofa bed.

Let There Be Light

One of the easiest ways to make a room appear more spacious is to let in natural light. Sunshine is a simple and effective way to create a feeling of openness. To achieve this with little effort, hang a mirror where it will reflect natural light from the window. It also works to create the optical illusion of more space.

Add an Area Rug

If you want to make your small space appear larger, look to this surprising space: the floor. Adding an area rug that goes beyond your furniture perimeter actually creates the illusion of more space because it draws a visitor’s eyes to the outside of the room. They also serve different purposes in different rooms – for example, it adds visual texture to a sitting room, can function as a statement piece in a small bedroom or living area, or brightens up a patio.

You don’t have to settle for small. A few simple tricks can help you maximize space and turn it into a room you love.

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02
Aug, 2017

By Koeckritz Rugs

Four Outdoor Summer Party Décor Ideas

We may be in midst of the summer swelter, but there’s no reason you can’t throw a party outdoors. Beat the summer heat with our cool outdoor summer party décor ideas – we guarantee your friends will be talking about it long after it’s over!

Practical Summer Party Decor

First, take care of the practical considerations. How many guests will you have? Where will they sit? Create zones for cooking, eating, socializing, and outdoor games. This will help guide your decisions regarding décor. For example, a beautiful rug can pull together mismatched outdoor furniture and create a chic, intimate conversation area perfect to fit in with your other summer party decor. If you plan on your party lingering into the night, don’t forget the citronella candles or torches. They can create a festive mood while providing bug protection.

Choose Your Flowers

Floral arrangements bring life to a tablescape and make for a beautiful conversation piece. To save money on yours, pluck some blooms from your own garden and display them in a pretty vase or watering can. There’s no need to go overboard – mother nature provides much of the natural beauty to your outdoor arrangement.

Use Colorful Tableware

Save yourself time doing dishes and opt for colorful, disposable tableware and flatware. Buy plenty extra and store them in caddies on the food table. When guests inevitably drop their knives or spoons, they’ll know where to find more. Choose two or three colors, and mix and match patterns and shades for an eclectic look.

Decorate in Lights

Use a mix of candles, paper lanterns, and twinkly lights to create a fun atmosphere for your guests once the sun goes down. Consider adding solar lamps to light the entrance to your house for your guests.

An outdoor party is more casual and shouldn’t be stressful. Have fun with decorating, and your guests will love it as much as you do.

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28
Jul, 2017

By Bob Dole

Create a Stylish Patio With an Outdoor Summer Rug

Summer is officially in full swing.

Each weekend, we gather with family and friends around our porches and gazebos and enjoy the relaxing tranquility that we associate with warmer weather. Our outdoor living areas provide the perfect place to gather and unwind from a long day or week, and floor coverings make them even more comfortable and appealing. Here’s how to choose the perfect outdoor summer rug for your space:

Consider Your Needs

Take a look at your current outdoor setup. Is it a place for people to gather around and eat a multiple course dinner? Or is it full of comfy lounges and chairs? If it’s the former, consider placing a rug directly under your outdoor dining area. If it’s the latter, a large area rug to center all your outdoor furniture will create a conversation piece.

Add an Outdoor Summer Rug with Color

Do you love the look of a bold hue but have always been afraid of using bright colors indoors? A sunny outdoor setting provides the perfect venue to experiment with different colors. An abstract pattern plays well with neutral outdoor dining furniture, while bright solid hues or alternating brights and whites adds a preppy flair.

Create Zones

If you’re working with limited space, an assortment of rugs with similar patterns can help create designated areas for eating, drinking, and conversation. The right rugs create effective “zones” that make even the smallest of spaces seem warm, inviting, and large enough to accommodate a crowd. Mix and match to create an eclectic look, or keep it all in the same color family to evoke a minimalist feel.

Your outdoor living space is a reflection of your personal style, and a rug helps bring it all together. No matter your style or price point, there’s a rug out there that will perfectly capture your chosen outdoor mood. Which will you choose this summer season?

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12
Jul, 2017

By Koeckritz Rugs

How a Children’s Circle Seat Can Help Teachers, Librarians, and Parents

Are you a teacher?  Librarian?  Maybe a babysitter watching several children?

Then we have a product for you!

Our child circle seat is a great addition to any playroom, classroom, library, or home.

What is a Circle Seat

Circle seats are a standard broadloom carpet turned into wonderful, fun & colorful round rug seat.  They are perfect for sitting on indoor and outdoor in the grass or on a bench. Each one is hand cut and edges are sewn with a fabric tape to prevent fraying in the U.S.

All rugs are 18″ in diameter.

How Would a Circle Seat Benefit Children

They’re available in many fun, vibrant colors, and offer various uses to parents and caregivers. They can be used in games and activities for your children, but you can also use them as a learning tool. Not only are they useful as a visual cue and an easy way to give every child his or her space in classroom settings, but you can use them to help your kids stay organized.

Mom’s and Dad’s love ’em.  So do Aunts and Uncles, Grandparents, School Teachers, Preschools, Schools, Kindergartens, Daycare’s, Bible Studies, Churches, Jewish Day Schools, Boys and Girls Clubs, Camps and much more.

You can use children’s circle seats as spots for the kids’ toys. This is a fun way to encourage your children when it is time to clean up the playroom or participate in a different activity. They’ll be excited to clean up if they see it as a game. In a daycare or school setting, having the children each have a designated carpet circle will help you keep the room orderly, and they’ll enjoy having special spots of their own.

Mom’s Best Friend

At home, children’s circle seats are great for movie time, play time, or any time they need a spot to relax and play comfortably. Children’s circle seats are easily storable, so you can use them for a clean-up game at the end of the day, and then tuck them under the bed until tomorrow.

You can purchase several children’s circle seats in different colors and help your child organize his or her toys. Repetition helps children’s memories develop, so show your child each toy’s spot and they’ll quickly catch on to which toys belong on which colors.

Every parent knows that keeping kids’ things organized each day is a tall order, but children’s circle seats offer several solutions. Regardless of whether you’ll use them in a classroom or at home, children’s circle seats are comfortable, versatile, and you can find them in colors to fit every décor.

To find out more, please visit our circle seat page.

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05
Jul, 2017

By Koeckritz Rugs

How to Use Pet Assist Stair Treads

Hardwood stairs can easily pose problems to people with various health concerns, or anyone who has difficulty ascending stairs. Additionally, hardwood can be a slip and fall hazard for people of any age. If humans can have trouble with slippery hardwood steps, your pets certainly can, as well.

Pets of any size may have trouble getting proper traction to go up and down hardwood steps, but small pets and aging pets in particular are probably going to need a helping hand. One simple solution is to install pet assist stair treads for extra traction.

What are Pet Assist Stair Treads?

Stair treads are small sections of carpet designed to fit on every step in a staircase. Skid-resistant stair treads hold their grip firmly to the hardwood without damaging it. Although stair treads with rubber backing won’t slip easily, you can add double-sided tape for extra security. You can find stair treads for your outdoor stairs, as well. Many pets have to climb up and down stairs when entering or leaving their homes, and outdoor carpet stair treads help them find more secure footing. Additionally, outdoor varieties typically stand up to severe weather for quite some time.

Carpet stair treads are helpful to humans because they supply traction as a person goes up and down the steps. When ascending or descending on bare hardwood, people wearing socks or slippery shoes risk losing their footing, and a fall onto or down hardwood stairs is rarely a pleasant experience. For pets with long hair who often slip on smooth surfaces, stair treads allow them to traverse the stairs with confidence and prevent injury.

Even the most playful, energetic pets will eventually slow down and need help from time to time, and stair treads can help your pets feel more comfortable in their homes. Thanks to the versatility of carpet stair treads, you can easily add extra traction for your furry friends on any kind of staircase, indoors or outdoors.

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30
Jun, 2017

By Koeckritz Rugs

Tips for Choosing the Best Area Rug for Your Home

Interior design trends change all the time, but everyone has their own ideas about how they want their homes to look inside. Choosing the right area rug for your budget and your design scheme can be a stressful venture. The sheer number of choices can seem daunting. When it comes time to choose a rug for your home, think about the following factors to find the right one for you.

Area Rug Size and Placement

How large a space do you intend to cover with the rug? Consider how large a rug you want, and this will help you narrow down your choices. Of course, you’re going to have to consider the rug’s placement while shopping. You probably have a specific spot in mind if you’re shopping for a rug, but think about other places you could put it. One of the best aspects of area rugs is you can easily move them around, so think about how you may rearrange things in the future and find one that fits in several places.

Area Rug Shape

Next, you’re going to have to consider the rug’s shape. Rugs come in various shapes, and you want one that is going to flow well with the other design elements of the room in which you place it. For example, a quadrilateral carpet may not look as appealing surrounded by more organic shapes. Consider the placement and how you intend to use it, then think about which shape will fit the room best.

Area Rug Color

Of course, you want a beautiful rug that will match your décor and work in the spot you’ve chosen for it. Rugs are available in countless patterns, prints, and solid colors. There’s no “best answer” for this part, so go with whatever feels best to you out of the shapes and sizes you’ve chosen.

Area Rug Texture

You’re going to have to decide how you want your rug to feel. If you’re planning on placing it somewhere in your home that will see lots of foot traffic, it may be best to buy a rug with a very low profile. Higher profile, plushier rugs are going to be more susceptible to pressure trails over time from repeated traffic. However, highly textured rugs can offer pleasing effects when used in less-traveled parts of your home.

Once you start visualizing the finished space you want to make in your home, deciding on the right rug will be a snap. Take your time and shop around until you’ve determined a few possibilities before deciding, and you’re sure to be pleased with the results.

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21
Jun, 2017

By Koeckritz Rugs

Enhance Your Backyard Garden with an Outdoor Rug

If you have spent countless hours maintaining and working on your garden, you should find the best way to relax and enjoy the space. While you can create stunning effects with your choice of plants, pottery, lighting, furniture, decorations, and structures like gazebos and awnings, have you considered how an outdoor rug may enhance your garden spaces?

Wisely utilizing a rug in your garden space can create an oasis in your backyard.

Recycle Old Carpet and Rugs

While outdoor rugs are amazing as design elements, did you consider the ways you could put your old rugs and carpet to use outside? A small section of rug or carpet can provide support and padding for your knees when gardening in low places. You can recycle old carpeting in several ways for your garden, such as an underlayment for gravel or to line a new pond. One of the perks of using old carpet under gravel and similar spaces is that while it will prevent weeds from protruding out of your gravel, it will still allow water to drain, so you don’t have to worry about flooding. Old carpet and rugs made of 100% natural fibers like cotton, jute, or wool are biodegradable, so while they’ll last quite a long time, you won’t have to worry about them harming the environment.

Creating Amazing Seating Areas

Many people like to use their flowerbeds as part of their outdoor sitting areas, and choosing a rug that matches the color of your favorite flowers can create dramatic effects. With the right lighting and furniture, you can create truly memorable outdoor spaces in your garden.

Take some time to think about what type of outdoor rug would match perfectly with the flowers, plants, furniture, and other elements of your backyard design. Outdoor rugs are durable, versatile, and fit just about any layout or design scheme. Once you find the right outdoor rug you can enjoy the added comfort and more complete aesthetic of your garden space.

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14
Jun, 2017

By Koeckritz Rugs

Choosing the Right Outdoor Rug for Your Summer Party

Most Americans’ summer months are packed with fun events with friends and family. While you’ve probably already sorted out the pool toys and the grill, have you considered what an outdoor rug could do for your summertime fun spaces?

As you plan your next summer party, think of the activities you have planned and consider how an outdoor rug may be valuable.

Outdoor Rug Makes for Extra Comfy Seating

Finding places to sit and relax in the backyard can sometimes be challenging during summer parties. Chairs may be limited, and not everyone enjoys sitting on the grass. Outdoor area rugs provide comfortable, versatile seating. You can even use them for special occasions, like outside movie nights with the kids and their friends. During summer barbecues, outdoor rugs offer comfortable footing for your guests. If you have a gazebo or pavilion, an area rug underneath can help make the atmosphere more comfortable for enjoying outdoor meals.

Easy Cleanup for Events

Outdoor rugs are great for special occasions like weddings, graduation parties, and July 4th cookouts. You may not be too keen on the idea of keeping a nice rug outdoors for an extended time, but they can add temporary flair and comfort for your summertime occasions. They also help you with clean up after the event. Instead of cleaning dropped food and spilled drinks off of your outdoor flooring or deck, simply roll up the carpet and clean that, instead.

For important events like weddings, outdoor rugs and a carpet for the aisle can help tie the décor from the rest of the ceremony together in stunning ways. Outdoor spaces of the home are comfortable and open but still familiar and intimate, and the right outdoor rug can help create the perfect atmosphere for your most memorable summertime occasions.

How you use your outdoor rugs is up to you. They are incredibly versatile, so the next time you’re wondering how to add a finishing touch to your event decorations or how you can get additional seating for your kid’s next birthday party, consider what outdoor rugs can do for you.  To place your order today, visit the Koeckritz Rugs shop.

 

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28
Aug, 2015

By Koeckritz Rugs

Koeckritz Rugs Custom Carpet and Rugs

Are you looking for custom carpet and rugs for your home? If so, you’ve come to the right place! Koeckritz Rugs, a manufacturer of custom rugs, has been in the flooring business for several years and has vast experience in both retail, commercial and residential applications. Customers are our core focus, so you are guaranteed to receive the product you want in the time you want it.

We make ordering your custom carpet or rug an easy process.  You will choose the size, color, and material of the product to create your perfect carpet or rug.  From beginning to end, we will be there to answer any questions or concerns you may have.

Koeckritz Rugs is frequently recommended when a customer is looking to buy an area rug in a specified size, design, and color as there is a large variety available.  We have dozens of styles, colors, and materials on-site to choose from.

To begin your custom rug or carpet order, please visit our custom carpet webpage or call us at (847) 859-5459.

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Recent Blog Posts

Protect Your Outdoor Rug With These 4 Steps
How to Make Your Small Room Appear Spacious Using an Area Rug
Four Outdoor Summer Party Décor Ideas
How a Children’s Circle Seat Can Help Teachers, Librarians, and Parents
How to Use Pet Assist Stair Treads
Tips for Choosing the Best Area Rug for Your Home
Enhance Your Backyard Garden with an Outdoor Rug
Choosing the Right Outdoor Rug for Your Summer Party