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Below you will find a brief description of our Services as well as terminology you may find useful when contacting us to develop your area rug package.

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Area Rugs: Sculpted, Inlay (BACK)
What is a Sculpted Rug? Detail, detail and more detail. Cutting the edges around the design in a area rug gives an added dimension that beckons "oohs and ahhs" from all eyes. What is an inlay in an Area Rug? An inlay is a set in pattern of separate colors or textures creating a visually tantalizing area rug. The only limit is your imagination.

Backings: Felt vs Non/skid Reback (BACK)
Backing an area rug comes out of necessity. When placing an area rug over hardwood, vinyl composition floors or tile, the rug will either damage the surface or slip around on the surface. Non/skid is used on small area rugs to keep the rug from sliding around. Felt is used to protect the surface from scratches and abrasions and on larger area rugs. Felt is also used when placing an area rug over existing carpet.

Bas Relief Carving/Sculpturing
Using the tool and sometimes a template, a design is cut into the field of carpet. This can be freeform or a rigid defining line, meticulously cut, to complete the pattern. Rugs To Market uses both techniques producing magnificently, intricately designed custom area rugs.

Beveled:
A angled edge is shaved prior to binding. This is used in two areas. In a formal application or when the material technically requires it. An extremely clean line for the area rug.

Binding:
A fabric finish to the edge of the carpet done by machine or hand. Offering a polyester or fiber type of material. Achieve a different look with the two types of carpet binding depending upon your decor. The interior designer will assist you to determine which style is correct--based on colour offerings, size and material.

Borders:
A bordered rug may have an inset piece to the pattern or the bordered piece may be around the outside of the area rug. Size may vary from one inch to two feet depending on the proportions of the finished area rug. Borders lend an artistic dimension using depth, texture, pattern and colour. Separately, or stacked together, a border can give an area rug the dynamic punch and desired look one is trying to achieve.

Broadloom:
Loomed carpet constructed out of the newest generation of nylon, wool, polyester, olefin.

Carving/Sculpturing (BACK)
A special tool used to emphasize the connecting pieces of a design in a area rug. Carving offers an added dimension where two pieces of material touch or cross each other. The tool is used to shave and trim the carpet dramatically affecting the visual appearance.

Carved/Sculptured Inlaid
An area rug with set in design pieces allowing for endless pattern, dimension, and texture contrasts. Inlaying carpet is a tedious three step process resulting in an extremely durable, handcrafted, high end decorative area rug. An inlaid area rug may be used as wall art or flooring art and can be the focal point or the catalyst, that brings the area together.

Commercially:
20 years of excellence supplying the demands of the commercial market using promotional logo signage, monogram lettering, trade show designs and showroom displays. Small custom rugs can be excellent promotional tools to market a business or product. A custom inlaid and sculptured area rug can dramatically enhance any marketing strategy.

Designs Ours: (BACK)
Our Art Department can fulfill the needs of understanding the clients personal preference of style. Our goal is to promote 100% client satisfaction. The soft flooring needs are accessed, the budget checked, and the design renderings are presented. We suggest material content, size, shape, texture, and design. The time frame is coordinated, and the area rug creation begins.

Designs Yours:
Many times an Interior Designer has the rug style drawn, a picture, a piece of fabric, or a wallpaper sample. We simply create the pattern and fabricate the area rug for their client: Using our knowledge to optimize your ideas into a rug design you can call all your own. This is your true personal statement. Whether contemporary, traditional, eclectic or European, we can supply the area rug package.

Fiber edging: (BACK)
An edge for the carpet offering a woven type of finish. Similar to carpet serging but much more resilient. This is an extremely durable edge and recently introduced by Indiana Rug Company.

Fringes: Nylon, Wool, Polyester and Cotton
Sometimes an area rug needs just a little more pizzazz. Fringe? Each type of fringe has the perfect application. Fringe can be a simple brush stroke, a single small knot or a knot of smashing magnitude. Elegant or casual, the choice is yours. Offered in four material forms and many colors Ask about knot size. We currently offer a simple brush fringe, single small knotted fringe, medium knotted fringe and large knotted fringe. Our polyester fringe is khaki in colour and ornate in design. Our cotton fringe is off white and offered in brush or single knot. Our wool and nylon fringe have the broadest selection of colour and style.

Tapestry: (BACK)
Heavy weighted fabric constructed of polyester, olefin, cotton. Please feel free to consult with us on requirements.

Tapestry Border:
A fabric border gives the right mix of color and pattern and flaunts individuality. A fabric is wrapped around a base mat to create an appealing appearance that can be coordinated into any decor. For an original area rug, this gives yet an additional option. Offered in widths of three inches to two feet.

Tassels:
Traditional or funky, a tassel in each corner of the area rug adds distinguished flair.

Residential: (BACK)
Indiana Rug Company offers a wide array of custom area rugs for the residential client. Individually, artistically designed, meeting the requirements of the task at hand Rugs to Market supplies the residential client with the latest innovations in interior design: Fitting their personal decorating theme in stock designs, shapes, sizes and colors.

RV Industry section
Indiana Rug Company has developed and marketed to the recreational vehicle industry over the past ten years. A sculpted or inlaid accent rug for a recreational vehicle offers a magnificent design statement. Even though a recreational vehicle has limited floor space, a rug designer can tie the entire unit together. We can work with you to pick up a pattern from the upholstery fabric, wallpaper, or wood trim. The possibilities are endless. Our technical knowledge of blueprints, walk space, and HVAC systems, as well as our understanding of strict production schedules, makes us a perfect addition to your design team. We can help your unit stand above others.