How To Make Two Area Rugs Into One Big Rug

When picking out a rug for our bedroom i found some faux sheepskin rugs that i loved and were majorly on sale but there wasn t a size that was big enough to cover the area i needed.

How to make two area rugs into one big rug.

Then press the rugs together to make them appear as seamless as possible. Rag rugs work best for this process because we re going to stitch through the strands. They can be integrated into the rug by taking a flat head screwdriver and running it around the edges where the carpet pieces meet. The key to getting a custom look from off the shelf area rugs is to combine several together giving the appearance of a large custom sized version.

Lay out your rugs on a flat surface and line up the edges to form a seam. One of the easiest ways to do this is to transform ready made area rugs into a perfectly sized custom rug. Head on over to apartment therapy to find out how to do it. You will probably have a lot of carpet fibers showing on the underside of the rug.

Line up the pattern of the other rug and lay the rugs as close together with the tape as you can. Make sure you line up the edge of the carpet first. I needed 4 total rugs. I was about to close the tab and walk away defeated when i remembered that you can easily morph two rugs into one larger one.

Work from the underside of the rug pressing the cut out pieces firmly into the base. You can always fudge the rest a little if needed. This is more of a hack than a make from scratch tutorial. Step 2 arrange your layout.