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Trend Question of the Week: The 'Anti-Soft': Do Wood Rugs Defeat the Purpose?

Posted by Elana Safronsky Monday, September 27, 2010 3:29 PM


Elisa Strozyk via Inhabitat

A few years ago I started noticing the proliferation of wooden slat carpets. I'm not talking traditional bamboo mats, but literally hardwood slats woven together for a look akin to a square of hardwood on top of whatever floor you already have. Those were interesting, but didn't quite make it over to our Canadian market.

This year, the wood rug trend persists. Following last year's "Kona" rug, Crate & Barrel is showing a wooden bathmat of the same ilk.  West Elm is serving up a similar rug (left) for your living room in Ebony; and then I saw Elisa Stroyzk's creation made from offcuts of veneer (above)...

I love the look, but aren't carpets and rugs a refuge for your tired feet, an island of soft reprieve amid the hard, unforgiving expanse of floor? Is a wood carpet kinda like a steel bean bag? 

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Comments:

I vote passing fad. Bathrooms and patios are one thing, bedside, ugh no way.

Jennifer Myers

September 27, 2010 4:49 PM

 

I have always preferred them in the bathroom, kitchen and on the deck.  I hate, hate, hate damp rugs in the bathroom.

Rose Culley

September 27, 2010 5:33 PM

 

I too voted passing fad.   Re Jenn's comment .... ditto.    Also,

I think of them as havens for earwigs, so double ugh. :)

-Brenda-

mrsben

September 28, 2010 4:44 PM

 

I like them! Personally, I like the way a rug can frame a space, but I get grossed out by fraying and lint and spills on a rug. Maintenance is a big turn off.

Jessica McLaughlin

October 1, 2010 12:22 PM

 
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