Hiya Barbara, We put in a kitchen rug when our dog's hips were starting to give her trouble, because we have a kitchen/dining room connected sort of layout in our house that is all tile. I went to Home Depot with the approximate measurements, and sought out a remnant piece of carpet. (You can also try a carpet store that handles commercial buildings, because we got a good size piece of commercial carpet that is easy to vacuum, with a burba pattern that doesn't show stains for next to nothing. We edged the carpet where it led out of the kitchen with a piece of trim also bought at Home Depot, this plastic thing you can jam the rough edge of the rug into, and adhere to the floor so you have no raw edges. The carpet went down fine, it had a non-slip base, and I used a good carpet knife to trim right up to the edge of the cabinets and the walls. If you are really ambitious and have molding where you do not have cabinets, you can pull that off, sit the carpet snug, and re-tack in the molding to really keep the rug in there tight. I think my whole project cost me about $90 for the carpet (almost 10x11), carpet knife with extra blades, and two plastic saddles meant for gripping carpet. There's probably a name for the things, but I didn't bother to learn it after the carpet guy handed me one. :)
Good luck, Joe Best, Joe Monks Every day you haven't written is a day you've written off... Chanting Monks Press http://www.chantingmonks.com Sight Unseen Pictures http://www.sightunseenpictures.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 5:22 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Kitchen Rug Hey folks, I have a question. I want to replace my kitchen rug but certainly not with carpet. I am totally blind so I would like to know what would be the simplest rug or maybe possibly tile to put down. I don't want to have to take my stove, washer and dryer out of the area and of course, not the lower cabinets either. I sure do love this list; find it very informative. Suggestion welcomed, thanks. Barbara [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]