Have you ever been in a carpet shop and been tempted by the low prices of carpet remnants? There may not be enough of it to carpet someone’s complete home, it might not even cover an entire room which is why the price is so low. However, there are some great uses for carpet remnants that thrifty people will love.
You can use carpet binding services to attach several remnants together and form a delightful rug, use them for hall runners or even to carpet your wardrobes. Here’s some great tips on how to use those leftover bits:
DIY remnants into rugs
Looking to save some money on turning those leftovers into a beautiful area rug for your home? Here’s a great tutorial on carrying out this process at home:
This can be done to fit any size and shape, while the demonstration only shows a basic rectangular rug, where you can go with this is down to your creativity! You could cut out custom shapes, letters, numbers and even silhouettes. The one thing you need to consider is whether or not the carpet is made out of fibres that partially melt when heated – if they are likely to burn it could be a potential disaster!
Binding rugs together
Sometimes remnants are just not wide enough for the area you need and the only solution is to join several pieces together to get the area you require. It is best to use carpet binding services for this task, as carpet binding machines do not come cheap – averaging around £2,000! Unless you plan on setting up your own business, it makes more sense to pay for the one off as it will generally be a lot less! When buying carpet remnants it may be worth asking the supplier about deals including their carpet binding services. It may be that they have lots of customers who ask this question, which resulted in them offering it as an extra.
Quality rugs at low prices
Because remnants are essentially bits of carpet that can’t be sold in large bulk you can get very plush carpets for low, low prices. This is ideal if you just need a surface rug or are planning on decking out a small room – by turning those remnants into rugs you can get a beautiful and lavish carpet well within your budget. It may even be possible to carpet an entire room solely with these sections, although it would have to be a very small area such as a utility room, hallways, walk in wardrobe or a cwtch. If you want to save even more money it is possible to install it yourself, there are many intractable YouTube videos that show you the best ways of doing this. There are a variety of thrifty uses for carpet remnants, making area rugs is just the tip of the iceberg, you may surprise yourself with what you can create!
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