Cowhide Rugs – A Touch of Beauty for Every Home
The popularity of rugs as an important piece of home décor is increasing day by day and carpet manufacturers are making use of this opportunity and introducing different types of rugs in various sizes, colors, shapes, materials and prices. In most of the homes today, we find that hard floors have become a preferred choice of many home-owners. The main reason for this is that these floors enhance the look of the room. These floors are affordable and very comfortable, and most of the home-owners have realized that a wooden floor can be made to look more attractive with area rugs and the preferred choice of rug is the cowhide rug.
Buying a rug is easy, because you can purchase them from a carpet dealer or through online shopping, but deciding which type of rug to buy is not as easy as you think. With unlimited choice in materials, types, colors and prints, you will be in confusion as to what to buy. The most preferred choice of rugs are those which are soft, versatile, long lasting, beautiful and easy to maintain, and the type of rug that has all these qualities, is none other than the cow hide rug. The cowhide, which is the natural hide of the cow, is tanned made into leather and used for making a number of items, clothing, upholstery, boots, belts, rugs etc.
Cowhides are tanned by two processes, one is the Chrome Tanning Process and the other is Vegetable Tanning Processes. The cowhides are first cleaned before tanning. The tanning is done by a substance known as tannin. Chrome tanning is done with chrome salts and vegetable tanning is done with tannins made from wood, bark, fruit and leaves of trees. Vegetable tanned cowhides are flexible, durable and eco-friendly, and when converted into rugs, they are in great demand.
Cowhide rug is an excellent choice for any flooring because, they last for many years and are easily maintainable and stain resistant, making them a great floor decorator even in a highly traffic area. Apart from this, the Cow hide rugs are very safe for your children as they are hypo-allergenic. The cowhide rugs are available in their natural look and are in much demand because no two cowhides are similar and this is a very unique feature of cowhides. The cowhides are also colored to resemble the skins of various animals like zebras, leopards, tigers, giraffes etc, which not only adds color to your floor, but gives it a very rustic look.
Cow hide rugs have caught a place in most of the interior decorating magazines and home makers have realized how beautiful it can make a room look. It can be used as a piece of art in any room. It can be placed in front of the fir-place, as a focal point in a room.
Cleaning a cow hide rug is very easy. Just shaking it will get rid of dirt and dust, or you can light vacuum it. But make sure you don’t immerse it in water or wash it in a washing machine.
The author has a business where he is having a natural or exotic animal print cowhide rug to suit every decor & budget, and matching decorator pillows too.
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