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Decorating a room with contemporary rugs is not a difficult task given the vast selection of modern rugs available today. Some might think modern interiors are cold and not very homey, well if that’s what you think, maybe  this style is not for you. However, a modern room today can be very comfortable and welcoming if it’s put together properly. Remember, whichever style you choose to go with, should be a reflection of your personality and where YOU feel at home. If you enjoy things that are contemporary and of today, then this style is for you. Keep your focus on space, shape and color to get a slick and fresh look.

Shag rugs are very popular in today's modern homes. In contemporary style less is more!

Contemporary area rugs come in variety of colors but the most common are neutrals, black, white with some bold accent colors. If your furniture and most other colors in your room are neutral, then you may want to select a bold color for background of your rug to make it stand out. It looks better not to have the furniture and rug color predominantly the same. Choose a rug which has color of your furniture in details not in the primary color.

Normally modern carpet and rugs have clean, smooth and geometric lines. Among the hottest contemporary rugs are New Wave Collection by Momeni, Many  collections by Dynamic Rugs and Sphinx Rugs. When selecting a rug, if your furniture is plain, go with large patterns and use smaller ones if you big prints in your furniture’s fabric. Alternatively, you can choose a shag rug which is also very popular today.

Keep in mind, with contemporary style less is more! Try not to use objects with excessive details and floral patterns. You will achieve the best look by going basic, bold and uncluttered.

Have fun decorating!

Tina V
Sales Team

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Posted on September 2nd, 2010 under Area Rugs, Momeni. Tags: Contemporary Rugs, Dynamic Rugs, Momeni New Wave. Comments: None

Decorating With Contemporary Rugs

If you are pondering the idea of perhaps becoming a bit more modern or making a fashion statement with your home decor you may be considering contemporary rugs.  So if they are contemporary rugs what do they not have? Well they won’t be floral designs and very likely not paisley either. There are no symmetries and they will have a clean sharp defined look to them.

Contemporary rugs usually come with geomatric designs; however, they can be found without a strait line and still look very modern.

The easiest way to identify contemporary area rugs is by their geometric or linear patterns, which are the most favored. Interestingly enough though there are now some contemporary rugs hitting the market that has uniquely incorporated the traditional designs yet manage to maintain the status of contemporary. They are a whole new category by themselves called Transitional Rugs.

When it comes to decor values and deciding between a contemporary or traditional rug what do you want to use as your criteria? To begin with recognizing the fact that contemporary rugs are very easy to fit in with the basic decor scheme of your room, whereas traditional rugs are a little more difficult to match. Mostly because of the patterns they product. A contemporary rug feels natural and homey, whereas a traditional rug is very rich looking and almost gives a formal aura to it. Therefore you decor is really going to dictate as to whether you are going to go with the contemporary rugs or not. If you are thinking modern in any way then you most definitely need to go with contemporary rugs.

Just like most, any other types of rugs contemporary rugs come in a whole variety of materials. You can even have bamboo if you so desire. Remember though that the materials also play an important” role in the overall blend of the decor as well. These rugs are available both in natural and synthetic materials.

All too often people feel that because they home is more of an older model the contemporary carpets will just not fit in with the ambiance of the home. That is simply not true. In fact you create an entirely new modernized look to that old house just by making your contemporary rugs work for you.

You are going to have to follow the same thinking being contemporary for your accessories though if you are going with contemporary carpets. It just wouldn’t fit well to have a bright geometrical contemporary carpet with a Victorian couch holding traditional floral pillows. That doesn’t mean that you have to change all of the furniture in your room over to contemporary. It means making it work for you in a more modernized fashion.

For example if that Victorian couch happens to be a cream color then some throw cushions picking up the vibrant colors of the contemporary carpet is going to work well (However, you will probably end up on the eclectic side). Going with one of the new neutral tones for the walls is going to downplay the age of the home and allow you some freedom with working with the colors in the contemporary rugs.

The other deciding factor is just how contemporary do you want to go? In other words, are you contemplating a large area rug or are you thinking about a few accent rugs. Either way there should be nothing stopping you if you really want the contemporary carpets. Just plan carefully and make the minor accessory changes that may be called for.

Even accessories like geometric vases and ornaments will help to tie the contemporary style together. Then don’t forget about modern artwork. That will most likely be the finishing touches to your overall room.

Don’t be under the misconception that you have to go with bold brassy vibrant colors to be contemporary either. There are some beautiful contemporary carpets that focus on the geometric lines with earth tones that are absolutely beautiful.

One of the important things to remember is to not to go after inferior contemporary carpets. They must be of good quality to really do the job they are being used for which is to enhance the decor of your house and put you into the latest fashion.

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Posted on August 5th, 2009 under Area Rugs. Tags: Area Rugs, Contemporary Rugs, decor, rugs, Transitional Rugs. Comments: 1

DEFINING TRANSITIONAL RUGS

Transitional area rugs stand between traditional and contemporary rugs and boldly encompass the two. Unlike contemporary rugs, their designs are evidently classical, but unlike traditional area rugs, designs acquire new meaning through usage of bold colors and sharper lines and styles. The transitional area rug encompasses a large array of designs, motifs and styles. They are a good blend of the ancient and the modern, the traditional and the contemporary, and herein lies the special appeal of transitional area rugs. They provide original interpretations of floral and classic designs and when combined with modern senses of color and motifs they provide unique accents to your room.

Transitional rugs integrate the floral and botanical patterns of a good old traditional rug with bold lines and colors of impressionistic art, giving us the best of both worlds.

Consider a room in a traditional home that has or seeks to have modern furniture; a transitional area rug easily pulls together all the design elements of that multi-hued room and seamlessly gives it a sense of style that is neither ancient nor modern but a perfect blend of the best of the two. In such a scenario, neither an ancient rug from Persia nor a contemporary rug from Andy Warhol collection would have done the job; only a perfect blend of these two worlds, the transitional area rug, can truly and simply bring the two design elements of such a room together.

Floral and botanical patterns are good examples of transitional area rug elements. These were the chief elements of traditional designs, and, being too directly beautiful and realistic, therefore not falling within the concepts of impressionism, are conspicuously absent in contemporary artwork.  Yet transitional rugs integrate the floral and botanical patterns of a good old traditional rug with bold lines and colors of impressionistic art, giving us the best of both worlds.  Some of the best of such designs are to be found in Sphinx Generations collection and in the Soho collection by Safavieh.

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Posted on March 20th, 2009 under Area Rugs. Tags: Andy Warhol Collection, Area Rugs, Artworks, Contemporary Rugs, rugs, Safavieh, Soho Collection, Sphinx Generations, Traditional Area Rug, Transitional Area Rugs. Comments: None