Rugged beauty

Carol O’Callaghan sings the praises of the versatile rug, adding softness to your floors — as well as dressing them up.

SO you thought wooden floors or tiles throughout the house would be easy to maintain and more practical than carpet, and who could blame you? It’s certainly easier to flick a mop around than hauling out a vacuum cleaner to suck up long hair shed by humans and short hair from pets.

Carpets are cuddly and warm and much beloved by youngsters to stretch themselves upon for television watching and colouring projects, though not exactly top of the list for hygiene and low maintenance in busy living areas.