Laminate Flooring in La Conner WA 98257

People who look at carpets from low priced shops claiming to have bargain basement priced Oriental rugs look at other rugs often twice the price and ask themselves whats the difference? Why should I care? Meanwhile, admirers of handmade oriental, Indian, Afghan, Pakistani and Persian carpets artwork would scoff at anyone comparing the two. Handcrafting rugs and carpets, after all, is an art form and comparing the Laminate Wood Flooring La Conner WA two is akin to comparing a Van Gogh print with an actual painting by the Dutch master.

Technically, the biggest difference between a handmade rug and a machine made rug is knots. Computer-coded, machine made rugs cannot be knotted. Knots are the result of the human element behind the work, and the knot is the end result of how each individual thread is tied. Machine-made rugs are rigid La Conner WA and uniform, and the thread is glued together or sown through a plastic or latex backing. The end result of this lack of knotting is floor covering lacking in fullness and body, particularly as higher quality handmade offerings have a high knot count. Not only is fullness lacking, but a lack of character, as every part of the weave is monotonously consistent and perfect. The same effect Flooring La Conner WA occurs with the fringe of a rug or carpet which is a natural extension of a handmade carpet. The fluffy border edges are untied ends, which give it an uneven quality and often of varying thickness. Alternately, the fringe on a machine-made rug is an add-on, sown on after production, and often boringly uniform. For most who value quality, and something anyone who has ever been in La Conner WA love can tell you: it is the faults that make something magnificent. The knowledge that there was an imperfect human hand behind the piece of art is the beauty of a handmade rug.

Beyond mere knottage, handmade rugs are often made from natural materials like silks, cottons and wools harvested from the very villages which compose the carpets and rugs. A quality which gives each rug a distinctive La Conner WA feel dependent on its origin. In the sense that wool from New Zealand has a completely different feel than wool from Pakistan, and Indian silk more luxurious than Chinese. On the other side of the coin, machine-made rugs work with synthetic and chemically treated fibers that not only deaden the character of the floorcovering, but the also the richness and feel of the texture as a synthetic La Conner WA is often seen as inferior to the real thing.

In purchases such as these it is important to maintain perspective. If you are thinking of purchasing a rug or carpet, to put in an unimportant space and price is the point of focus- there is little doubt that a machine-made rug can act as a beautiful alternative. And besides the badmouthing machine-made carpets have received here, they are La Conner WA in many ways quality products on their own, with their own unique advantages. But if you plan on having a centerpiece; a heirloom to run through generations of your family; a work of art whose quality you can see, touch and feel: there is no doubt that a handmade option is well worth the price of ownership.