Carpet Runners

Carpet runners or the rug runners are long floor covering item that are used not only to protect the hardwood, tile or marble flooring but also add style to the room where they are installed. Rug or the carpet runners are designed keeping the purpose and the location of the place in mind. For high traffic areas, for example carpet runners with busy all-over pattern, is preferred because it gives the feel of a texture rather than a design.


Features of the Carpet Runners
Some of the important features of the carpet runners are :

• Carpet or rug runners are available in myriad colors, styles and finishes
• To match the requirement of the room, they come in different sizes
• The materials for their construction are many. Carpet runners are constructed out of materials like wool, cotton and wool blend, Synthetic fibers, etc.
• Manufacturers across the world are manufacturing runners with light weight and vibrant colors. The carpet runners so manufactured are durable and have good strength.

Types of Carpet Runners
On the basis of application, carpet runners can be classified as:

Stair Carpet Runners
People have become particular about the interior decoration of their house. Carpet runners are both functional and the object of beauty. Whether you have straight stair or you have spiral stairs, carpet runners can add style to both. Stair carpet runners have become very popular and are used everywhere- in the offices or the residential buildings or the hotels and resorts.

Hall Carpet Runners
Hall is a specific place where generally people gather to attend certain functions, parties or ceremonies. The carpet runner in the hall can enhance the decorative theme and give new touch to the ambiance. Not only the individual residential homes but also big hotels and the ceremonial places which organize parties and ceremonies use this carpet runners to add a touch of the class.

Corridor Carpet Runners
Corridor is a place that cannot be ignored. Though it is a passage, yet it has its own significance. Corridor carpet runner can create lots of notion about your status and lifestyle in the minds of your guests. Not only individual houses but also big hotels and luxurious resorts consider their decorative theme to be incomplete without these carpet runners. Carpet runner adds warmth to the environment and creates smooth passage for your honored guests.

Oriental Carpet Runners
An oriental Carpet Runner is a beautiful carpet runner that is piled or flatwoven. This carpet runner is hand-knotted and is manufactured in the traditional areas of the Middle or Far East. Beautiful and genuine Carpet Runner are manufactured in Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Balkan countries like Romania and Albania, and some North African countries like Morocco and Egypt. The carpet runner from oriental countries are either knotted with pile or woven without pile.