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Where should Carpet Runners be placed? 

• Isabella Redding

We may be biased, but at Runrug we’ve seen how carpet runners have elevated homes and gardens. That’s right, they can also add bold design and color to your decking or patio areas! Our curated design collections include traditional rug runners to mirror the grandeur of a stately home, alongside contemporary rug runners to modernize your property.

Due to their narrow design, decorative runner rugs are perfect for brightening practically anywhere around your property. This inspirational article will introduce their many benefits before covering four such locations, exploring hall carpet runner, stair carpet runner, kitchen carpet runner and outdoor runner rug placements.

Table of contents

  • What are carpet runners?
  • Where to place runner rugs in your home
  • A hall carpet runner
  • A stairs carpet runner
  • A kitchen carpet runner
  • An outdoor runner rug
  • Where can I buy carpet runners?

What are carpet runners?

Carpet runners are the icing on your interiors cake. DIY friendly, they warm hard floors, reduce the sound of noisy footsteps, provide cozy walking areas and look simply stunning. As beautiful as they are practical, they can transform the appearance of different interior and exterior room spaces. Did we mention they also protect your staircase and floors from damage?

Shopping for rug runners online is a great way to spruce up dark areas and uninspiring décor. So where exactly can you put our runners (by room)?

Where to place runner rugs in your home?

Having discovered the benefits of carpet runners, let the following runner rug guide confirm they are the right flooring for you so you can plan your next home makeover.

A hall carpet runner

No one wants to experience ‘house embarrassment’ when welcoming visitors and friends. It can limit your socializing or leave you wishing your home’s entranceway looked more like the fashionable properties seen on Pinterest.

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However, layering Runrug’s carpet hallway runners will not only provide a more liveable space but they’ve been designed to impress! Making a stylish statement from the moment you open your front door, there’s no more hiding behind the front door when a delivery arrives.

Whether you plan to add interest, break up the space between the door and your stairs in a grand, luxurious entrance or cozy up the passage to the kitchen on chilly mornings, there is a runner for you!

Carpet hallway runners are also suitable if your home has an L-shaped or short floor area in your hallway. The gorgeous hall carpet runners available from runrug.com offer flexibility here, given the wide choice of lengths and widths that we sell.

Simply choose the desired length on your favorite rug runner product page and look forward to a style upgrade. Having this option allows you to purchase two or more smaller hallway carpet runners without the mess of having to trim a single runner’s length to size.

A stair carpet runner

When we think of luxury staircases, we imagine a crisp stair runner carpet cascading down hardwood stairs accented by coordinating stair rods. Positioned centrally using our underlay & gripper packs, this pairing can be the crowning glory of your hallway if not your entire home.

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Drawing the eye to the architecture of your home, a stair carpet runner will even elongate the look of your stairway. In turn, this helps to make your property appear larger. Stair runners are usually viewed as an attractive selling point should you plan to move.

Runrug’s high-end stair runners will also add interest and texture to a house or apartment building with stairs. Currently, we have hundreds of stair carpet runners to discover across the following style families:

So there’s sure to be a stair carpet runner that reflects your interior style and wall décor. Which will be your number one choice to create a statement feature?

A kitchen carpet runner

No runner room guide would be complete without exploring the stylish workhorse that is a kitchen runner rug. Although it’s the heart of the home, this room tends to become cold underfoot when ceramic or wooden floors have been fitted.

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Thankfully, there’s no need to rip them up when you place a carpet runner in your kitchen. It will save the time, mess and money needed to re-floor this area of your home. Introducing a new kitchen carpet runner is as easy as placing one of our anti-slip underlays underneath.

Your kitchen runner rug should then sit on top and remain in place. Offering further advantages, you can explore the product specifications of each of our underlays to find the best option. This fixed yet easily moveable combination removes any inconvenience when you want to change its location.

Another tip to consider is choosing a mid-dark shade or patterned carpet runner in kitchen areas. Everyday stains and food spills from cooking or baking can blend into the runner.

Kitchen carpet runners also help to soak up water spillages on floors which can extend the life of that surface.

It may not be the first room that springs to mind when thinking about where to place runner rugs, but decorative kitchen carpet runners certainly increase the practical comfort of this family-orientated space.

An outdoor runner rug

If you love the idea of decorating your home with carpet runners (most of which are renter-friendly), then why not continue these pops of color into your garden?

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Many of Runrug’s outdoor runner rug designs are made from 100% polypropylene, a trusted material for interior and exterior runner rugs given its stain resistance and waterproof qualities. Elegant in design, we wish we had introduced outdoor carpet runners sooner!

Not only ideal for decorating your garden and setting the scene for alfresco dining and barbeques, it will breathe new life into the decking you’ve been meaning to restain. And that’s the beauty of a hardwearing outdoor runner rug … it acts as a barrier of protection for your external floors and walkways.

Where can I buy carpet runners?

Whilst you could spend your weekends touring the shops searching for carpet runners, you could instead sit back and explore runner rug designs from the comfort of your home. Trust in our brand’s expertise as the UK’s number one carpet runner specialist and anticipate how great your rug runner will look with our Runrug Visualiser tool.

Email our friendly team if you have technical or design queries. We always aim to exceed your expectations and deliver outstanding customer service.

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