10 Tips For Buying Rugs Online – Part 1

Check The Store Reputation Before You Buy Online.

That immediately brings us to our first and most important tip for buying rugs online. Take time to research about the rug you are going to buy and the store you want to use. Otherwise, it’d very likely that you fell prey to one of the online scams or end up with a rug that has big holes or an ugly stain. Believe me, this happens to a lot of people.
Always check the credibility of the website before ordering online. To get rid of scams, it’s always a good idea to only buy from trustworthy businesses owned and operated from your country.
Check the shop profile and contact info to see and ask people about buying experience from the store. To make sure that the store you are real and reliable. You may want to call the phone number on the website and ask them some questions about their product.  Most of the time, you can find the address and phone number of the store office in “About Us” page.
To test whether the rug store provides good customer support, contact the site support or sale person and request them to give you more information about the rug you like. If they gave you satisfactory answers in a couple of minutes, you can probably count on their customer support, even after you clicked on the Pay Button.

Always Examine Return And Refund Policies Carefully

In the case that rugs won’t fit into your room, specs of rug you purchased was not exactly the same as you ordered or the worse, you cannot live with your rug, you may decide to return the rug to the store.
Remember that ‘Rugs are notoriously hard to send back”. When buying online, check the return and refund policy of the website. This helps you prevent future expenses and hassles.

Measure Your Room For Rugs

Measuring the rug size before purchasing seems like an obvious step, but most people only know the importance of exact measurement after they received the ordered rug and found that it doesn’t fit into the room.
Exact measurement helps you avoid the tragedy of calling an online store when the seller site refuses to return or replace the rug. Besides, you’ll find a wide variety of rugs in online stores. So, to avoid confusing and time-waist, it’s better to determine what rug size you need before surfing online for rugs.
When measuring the room size for rugs, you should consider some factors such as the room’s shape, furniture placement, door openings, etc. To figure out how to the rug will position with the furniture and other room items, you can lay sheet, newspapers or blanket in the rug location and fold it up to the size you desire. Once you have a clear visual effect about the rug size and position, you can take your measurements and shop online with more confidence.

The Bigger Is It Better

When it comes to rugs, the bigger is more stylish and magnificent.  Apart from appearance, you generally need a larger rug than you think. It’s a very common mistake that people order too-small rugs.
As a rule of thumb, you’d better choose a rug size that leaves only a couple of feet of the exposed flooring around the edge. For open spaces, pick a rug that is large enough to run from on side to the other. To define the space, it should cover all ground between furniture.

Decide On Modern Or Traditional Design

Knowing the style of your room before getting online will give you an idea what type of rugs you are looking for.  Consider what role the rug will have on your space. Do you need a rug that is “unique, one-of-a-kind item” and shine like a star? Then you should for the vintage design.
On the other hand, if you live in a room with modern decoration, it’s better to go for the more contemporary or patterned rugs. Modern rugs are often less expensive than hand-made or tufted rugs and you have a range of colours and material to choose from.