New Trends in Red Rugs
Red rugs have been around for centuries. In fact, you are as likely to find a traditional red Persian rug as you are a modern version. Yet fashions do change in rugs as in anything else and the red rugs for contemporary living spaces look a lot different from the red rugs you might find in living rooms fifty years ago (although not always as we will see below).
1. Traditional Becomes Contemporary
There is really quite a trend to use genuine hand made ethnic items as a focal point in a contemporary room. This is probably something to do with our appreciation for craft work when so many things are machine made in the Far East. You feel that you are getting something unique (which you are as every hand crafted item is slightly different from any other). Sometimes hand crafted rugs add just the right touch of quirkiness that sets a room apart. So if you like native American rugs from the southwest, traditional Scandinavian rugs in red and white or rugs which have their roots in Ancient Persia you will be right on trend.
2. Grand Designs
If you want a modern design you will be in luck too as there are many contemporary rugs incorporating red in their design. You will find bold colors and curved large scale geometric patterns everywhere. Generally these rugs incorporate just a few colors so be sure to get the right combination of red and another shade or two to fit your color scheme.
3. Shag Pile
Although you might think of shag pile as something very seventies and retro, it is now back with a vengeance and you will also find shag rugs made in a number of new materials not seen thirty or forty years ago. For example, you will now come across a number of shag rugs made of red leather strips as well as rugs made using strips of stretchy cotton t-shirt fabric.
