Hooked Rugs Are No Longer Restricted To Just The Bathroom Or Kitchen Area
One of the better choices in rugs are those which will add to the appearance of your home and so choosing hand hooked rugs which are available from various sources and which are also made by many designers including names such as Jane Keltner, Sally Dailey and Tracy Porter as too Dena will be to your advantage. If you do decide to go for designer hand hooked rugs, you will find beautiful floral as well as animal designs and a number of other patterns that will help you to even use these kinds of rugs by using them in more than one room and in places other than just the bathroom or kitchen.
Many Warm Colors
Another notable feature regarding hand hooked rugs is that they come in warm colors that in turn lend to harmonizing with different decors including ones such as nautical, cottage and even chic themes.
The origins of the hooked rug are believed to be that it came out of rural New England during the end of the eighteenth century and which then developed its roots in Colonial America. At one time these rugs were extremely popular and even in the present contemporary times they are still considered a useful adornment. In the beginning, the patterns used on hooked rugs were mainly those that were borrowed from quilts and which were most often depicted in the form of a house pet or even a horse.
Those early patterns included also gay sprays of flowers and the designs were mostly naïve as well as bold and these hooked rugs helped to personalize a room or even a home, though of late, the hand hooked rugs are available in more contemporary designs such as theme rugs and ones that also have very intricate designing and which contain myriads of colors to make for a more lively as well as rich appearance.
Another feature about such rugs' designs and patterns is that they still pay attention to the ingenuity of early American craftswomen and so you will find modern hooked rugs still having those same aesthetic components as well as high quality. There are also round hand such rugs to choose from that are available in many colors as well as designs and even many different styles, and the round shape make these hooked rugs ideal for being placed beneath a round dining table in order to add more liveliness to your dining area.
If you have ever watched popular shows such as the Oprah Winfrey Show, and HGTV, you may have noticed hand hooked rugs on the floor that are the creation of noted designer Tracy Porter, which are wonderful works of art that have been set in many colors as well as design combinations. What's more the usability of such rugs has changed from being restricted to the kitchen or bathrooms and are now finding their way to the bedroom as well as living room and the reason is that hand hooked rugs add more authenticity to the needs of a room and thus endears them to everyone.
