Don’t you just hate it when your kids seem to never run out of stamina and keep running and playing around the house to the point of almost bruising and beating your carpeted flooring?

Of course, kids are naturally hyperactive and playing is their favorite hobby when they’re just young. But also, you wouldn’t want to keep on changing your carpet just because they don’t last or just because one part of it is just about ready to wear out.

Why not get some Seagrass rugs for your living room, then? Apart from the fact that they can add a sophisticated look to your living room spaces, they are also durable enough to endure frequent vacuuming and sweeping. They are sturdy enough to deal with heavy foot traffic, making them last longer.

What’s more: Seagrass rugs are very affordable, too. They also come with different designs and great colors, sizes, and shapes. Exactly the kind that will match your home decor rightfully!

When I was a kid, I’d always wondered why mom kept buying rugs for our home. I didn’t understand why we needed one in the front door, another one in the living room, in the bathroom, in our bedrooms, and in the kitchen. And for all I know, there are more reserved stocks left just in case one gets worn out.

Fast forward today, my hubby and I moved to our new apartment and surprisingly I was quick to include in my grocery list braided area rugs to be placed in the living room and in our bedroom. Our apartment has white tiles flooring, and our walls are painted with white, too. Being the upbeat person that I am, I wanted to put more colors in our home. And since we are unable to change wall paintings, I deemed that braided area rugs are one of the best decors to pick up because it comes with a lot of different colors, and of different sizes. Just with the simple task of picking up something with four color variations is more than enough to make our home livelier. And when it comes to cleaning them, I am in love with the fact that I didn’t have to bring them to the nearest laundry shop for some hard cleaning, rather, I can do them at home by myself with some water to take off some stains. Very easy and convenient. Not to mention a beautiful creation for any home décor.

Gray is often viewed as a drab color.  By itself, it seems dusty, dirty, and drab.  But what most people don't realize is that it's a great color that can be used to control other colors, especially the bright ones.  Gray area rugs are a great way to decorate your floor and incorporate in bright colors without actually making your floor pop out and give people vertigo.  Like black, you can pair up almost any other color with it, although do be careful to not pair up any muddy colors with gray or else your room really will look dirty.  It's best to pair up bright, popping colors with your grays.

If you're having a hard time trying to match your gray rug with the right amount of another color, think of it as a cloud with silver lining, only instead of the gray being the silver lining, it's the cloud, and you're looking for colorful lining to go with it. 

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Taking care of your hardwood floor isn't a hard thing to do, but it's also not always noticeable how dirty your hardwood floor is until you actually clean it.  So here are some tips on keeping your hardwood floor clean and how to clean it.

1) Put mats at doorways.
Placing walk mats, similar to a Welcome mat you'd put at your front door, helps collect dirt off of shoes and prevents it from getting all over the floor. Not only will dirt particles make your floor dirty, but it can also potentially cause damage to your floor by scratching it or staining it. Remember that mats get dirty too, though! So be sure to shake them out every once in a while.

2) Don't wear shoes indoors.
One effective way to prevent the floors from getting dirty is to not walk on floors with shoes on.  That way, you can ensure that your floors will stay clean for a longer period of time, and then you also won't have to place mats all around the house if that's not your personal aesthetic.

3) Sweep and mop weekly
Every Saturday, my mom would make me sweep the floor and my brother mop up after me.  It was always a chore I didn't want to do, but after moving into a college dorm, I soon realized the benefits of weekly sweeping and mopping.  By doing these things daily (which really isn't even a big deal and doesn't take that long to do), you keep your floor clean as well as the bottom of your feet!

4) Retailer Instructions
Some types of hardwood floors have specific care that are instructed by the retailers.  This type of care is only once in a while, maybe a couple times of year, so it's not something to worry too much about, but it's important to remember if you want your floor to last a long time.  Be sure to ask your hardwood floor retailer about any special care you need to take in cleaning them.

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When it comes to any kind of aesthetic look, females are always known to be a tad pickier than men.  And even though children are known to change their minds a lot, there is no doubt that children are even picker when it comes to knowing what they want.  That being said, when it comes to buy a rug for daughters, there are definitely some easier tasks out there…unless you do it the right way.

Start out with asking what are some things your daughter likes.  Simple things, such as flowers or polka dots.  What colors does she like? Solid colors, such as pink, purple, green, white, or an array of colors, like rainbow, pastels, neons? It can also be a bonding moment, to pick out rugs with your child.  Children LOVE to touch things, and rug shopping is great way for them to not only touch, but feel the rug that they want in their room.

Whatever you get, in the end, could become a childhood heirloom that your daughter grows up with.  Even if you're buying a new rug for a teenage daughter going off to college, a rug is something that adds a warm and comfortable touch to the room that can remind any little princess of home.

If you're the type of person who loves all colors and all things rainbows, you must know that decorating your home may not be the easiest to do if you're looking to incorporate every color of the rainbow spectrum into a room.  But here is a cool idea you might want to consider: pixelated rugs.

One company called Tufted creates high quality rugs that are handmade and made of many fabrics that are all different colors.  Their rugs kind of resemble fishscales, and brings to memory the Rainbow Fish.  Some rugs have bigger "scales" than others, but the color changes are definitely something interesting for your floor.

Anthropologie also has it's own version of the pixelated rug, which is just a rug that is literally made out of many "pixels" of fabrics that are all different colors, more random and more chaotic than that of Tufted's.

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Tiled in pennies – now there is a unique floor idea. I’m told this floor comes from the Standard Grill in the Standard Hotel in New York – not having been there I can’t confirm or deny.

Regardless of where the floor is, it certainly is novel.

At www.greayer.com they contemplated this as a way to pave an outdoor path – I would have thought it would get a tad slippery but they though that the copper turning green would look amazing. But then as they point out pennies made since 1983 are now zinc and not copper – and as zinc does not change color, there goes the green path idea.

Still it’s a novel flooring idea – though I reckon it would take a long time to lay.

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If you're looking to add some quirkiness into your home, how about adding some monster mash to it?  Joshua Ben Longo has creatively designed a rug that incorporates the monster feel to it.  It will really be the centerpiece to your room and, while it may look a little strange a quirky, it's still really cute!

This stenciled patio floor is done by Sten Source.

The finished floor looks pretty spectacular and certainly would brighten any dull patio.

Frogs, bugs, lizards and butterflies were added to the floor to bring it to life.

The Stepping Stones were stenciled first and then the flagstones next.

So if you have a bare cement area and feel inspired – get your stencils and some paint and create your very own masterpiece.

I love painting.  it's so fun and I especially love to paint the walls of my house.  I love it so much that sometimes, after all the walls are painted, I look for other things to paint, too!  If you think about it, a floor is like a wall, too, because it's the last flat surface of your room, the only one that appears at the bottom of your feet.  But it can be treated like a wall, too, and is definitely paintable.  This works best if you have concrete floors, but wooden flooring is fine, as well.  If you have tiles, painting the individual tiles will look better than trying to paint one whole image onto the entire floor itself.

There are different ways of painting your floor.  Stenciling is a rather popular option, as it lessens the pressure to paint a masterpiece on your own.  Also, the designs will be more uniform and consistent.  Another possibility is to just free hand it, which may seem difficult at first, but if you already have something in mind, it might actually be an easier solution than stenciling.  A third option would be to combine the two, stenciling and then modifying the stencil paintings after.

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