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Animal Rugs - Bring on the Wild Side
.jpg) Introduction to Wild Animal Rug Decor
Animal rugs are a perfect way to give any room a wild, "jungle look", in an instant. Very popular with children and young adults who want to give their bedroom an exciting feeling, or adults who wish to bring something adventurous into their home environment, animal rugs can add something special to a room like nothing else. This is the perfect type of area rug to decorate a college dormitory and create a carefree study and living space. And with the modern technology that is currently being used to weave machine-loomed area rugs, it is remarkable how realistic animal rugs can be made to look in depicting the various animal pictures or animal skin patterns. Especially true with the wide variety of synthetic animal rugs available on the market today, not only do these animal rugs look very realistic but they can be actually quite affordable.
Animal Picture Rugs
Throughout history, without a doubt, there probably have been many examples of handmade rugs and tapestries woven to depict animal pictures in their pattern, probably as far back as Man has been creating "art." In this tradition, modern rug manufacturers have been able to create some quite realistic depictions of various wild animals, in picture form, on machine-loomed, synthetic area rugs. Commonly seen are beautiful pictures of lions, tigers, leopards, panthers and wolves shown on 6' x 8' or 4' x 6' rug sizes. Along with these, there are some very realistic depictions of dolphins, whales, bears, elephants and snakes which are currently being manufactured and are quite popular. Usually these beautiful animal picture rugs are in natural or earth-tone colors of brown, tan and green, but in some cases the manufacturer will simply use black and white as the primary colors for the animal picture.
Animal Skin Rugs
Another type of animal rug that one sees gracing home interiors around the world is the "animal skin rug". Of course, when referring to animal skin rugs most people generally think of the classic "real bear skin rug" or "real zebra skin rug". In this case, one is really talking about an animal hide or fur that has been harvested from a real animal after it has been killed. As distasteful as this may seem to some, the practice of using real animal skins as floor covers has been going on for a very long time and in some cases these represent treasured trophies and collector's items of considerable value. However, it is not required that these natural animal hide or fur rugs be of the exotic variety because many can come from domesticated animals such as alpacas, sheep and even cows. Consistent with most handmade or natural products in the world, "real" animal skin rugs tend to be more expensive than the usual area rug one sees in the store. Fortunately, for the average home owner, area rug manufacturers have designed some beautiful animal skin reproductions that are very affordable. While some of these animal skin reproductions are manufactured of "wool" yarn, a majority of these are manufactured from synthetic yarns which tends to keep retail prices of these in the more affordable price range for the average buyer.
Another interesting aspect of decorating with animal rugs is the fact that one has the option of not using the animal print rug as a floor covering, but instead of using it as a "wall hanging." As a matter of fact, it is not unusual when talking to someone who finds an animal rug that they "absolutely love and must buy", for this person to state that they have "no intention of putting their beautiful new rug on the floor", but would do nothing less than hang it on that "perfect spot on their wall."
Hanging an Animal Rug on the Wall Easily
One very easy method of hanging a lighter synthetic animal rug on a wall is to utilize wall-to-wall carpeting wooden "tack strips." These wall-to-wall carpeting tack strips are the strips of wood, with nails pointing out on one side and sharp tacks pointing out at an angle on the other side, that are nailed into a floor or sub-floor around the parameter of a room under wall-to-wall carpet to hold it in place. (If you have ever watched the installation of wall-to-wall carpeting, you've seen the carpet installer "tighten" the carpet to the wall and cut the carpet at the edge of the floor. The tack strips are what is below carpet's edge that the installer is mounting the wall-to-wall carpet into along the edge of the room.) These wall-to-wall carpet wooden tack strips are very inexpensive and can be purchase from most major hardware or home improvement stores. Just go the store department that sells carpet installation supplies and ask for "wall-to-wall carpet tack strips." Then simply figure out where exactly you want the rug to hang on the wall and nail the tack strips into the wall, with the sharp tacks pointing up toward the ceiling, in the exact position where you want the top edge of the rug to be. Keep in mind that the tack strips will be under the rug across the entire length of the top edge of the hanging rug, so you may want to make the tack strip a little shorter so the rug entirely covers the tack strip which is beneath it. Now simply "hang" the rug on the wall with the back side of the rug grabbing the tacks of the tack strip along the top edge, so that the rug is "level" and looks straight on the wall.
Just The Beginning
Hopefully we have been able to provide you with some useful information that could easily begin a "wild" adventure in decorationg your home or office with animal picture and skin rugs. If you have any questions about any of our animal rugs, please feel free to call us, Toll Free at 1-888-360-RUGS, (which is 1-888-360-7847), between 10:00am and 10:00pm (Central Standard Time), any day of the week. Our Customer Service representative will do his or her very best to answer all your questions in a friendly and understandable way. At DesignerFloor Area Rugs, we are dedicated to providing you with the best possible customer service care when purchasing an animal themed area rug on the internet.
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