Indoor Outdoor Carpet: Practical, Easy, Fun

Carpeting your entire home can be a costly venture. Not only that, but some rooms are clearly too risky to carpet. Enclosed patios get way too much outdoor foot traffic, playrooms are, well, playrooms, and basements are simply too dank. There must be a way to make these rooms more comfortable, however. Cement floors or cold tiles in a playroom are definite no go’s. What you need are indoor outdoor carpet tiles. This carpet form can even be installed at pool sides and outdoor decks.

Indoor outdoor carpeting is made of tough nylon loop that resists unraveling, doesn’t require separate underpadding, and is usually fairly easy to clean. It is by no means plush. Yet it is far better than cement, cold tile, or run down flooring. In fact, there are enough styles and designs of indoor outdoor carpets that you can feel pretty stylish with the final product.

Even more, you’ll have no problem finding indoor outdoor carpet tile. Regular prices are about $1 per square foot. If you do some investigating, you can find even less expensive options. Don’t worry about shopping online for this stuff. It all feels approximately the same. Color schemes are straightforward. Your biggest concern should be quality and installation. For quality, look for known names like Shaw indoor outdoor carpet.

Installing indoor outdoor carpet squares should be incredibly easy. With a good knife and a straight edge, you should be covered. Most brands have self adhesive backing, or “pressure sensitive” adhesive, so that when you press it down, it sticks in place. Legato carpet works with traction, making installation even easier and rotating the squares a cinch.

Look for carpet pieces that can be matched with different shades, textures, or designs. You can make your flooring more interesting by using different colors for the room’s border, or creating a subtle checkerboard design with two textures of gray carpet tile. For something more dramatic, buy equal amounts of white and black indoor outdoor carpet tile and make that rec room into a larger than life chess board! If you’re creative enough and have a rectangular room or are interested in indoor outdoor carpet runners, you may even be able to create a piano keyboard. Now, that is cool.

So your interior exterior flooring problems have been solved! Get yourself some good looking carpet tiles, clear the space, and make creative use of a Sunday afternoon. You’ll hardly worry about dogs, children, or muddy boots coming through again.