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
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- 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
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