{"id":13803,"date":"2016-08-29T06:02:05","date_gmt":"2016-08-29T13:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/?p=13803"},"modified":"2016-09-21T03:11:48","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T10:11:48","slug":"how-to-keep-a-rug-from-slipping-on-carpet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/how-to-keep-a-rug-from-slipping-on-carpet\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Keep a Rug From Slipping"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"minimal-white-bedroom-2\"<\/p>\n

A few quick tips on a very annoying problem that’s very hard to ignore, where sometimes just a rug pad isn’t enough. \u00a0I thought I could live with having to readjust this runner rug<\/a>\u00a0that wouldn’t stay in place every other day but that got old after approximately two days. \u00a0No one needs an extra chore, especially when it starts to change our behavior like trying to tread lightly on and around the rug so that it won’t do this: \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Does it make you cringe?? \u00a0It makes me feel like my skin is taking the same shape and form, so\u00a0I had<\/em>\u00a0to do something about it.<\/p>\n

Before I share what worked for me, I need\u00a0to mention that the how-to photos are from my first attempt which wasn’t entirely successful, but I have tips on what I changed the second time around and what will make this work better.<\/p>\n

\"cutI cut a rug pad slightly smaller than the size of the rug. \u00a0Important note: the rug pad<\/a> in the photo should work for hardwood floors, but after using it on carpet I found that it wasn’t sufficient. \u00a0It worked wonderfully for a few days before I noticed that the rug started to travel again, albeit more slowly but still annoying. \u00a0If you’re looking for a rug pad specific to carpet, try\u00a0this one<\/a>\u00a0since it works much better and is what I used on my second attempt.<\/p>\n

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Next I flipped the rug over and applied strips of Carpet Tape<\/a> a few inches apart from each other. \u00a0While I did this in rows, a better method is\u00a0to apply one giant “X” from corner to corner then apply strips of tape in between the “X” lines in the direction that opposes the crinkles and folds the rug was making before.<\/p>\n

\"peel\"<\/p>\n

I peeled off the tape backing before sticking the rug pad back on top of it and pressing firmly all over.<\/p>\n

\"rug<\/p>\n

This is going to keep the pad attached to the rug, which is what I found to be the main problem when using a rug pad only. \u00a0Using carpet tape alone would probably work well, \u00a0but I’ve read that depending on the specific tape and carpet, it might ruin the carpet or leave residue behind, so I wouldn’t risk it unless you want to try a sample first.<\/p>\n

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That about sums up a small victory that has significantly improved my quality of life. \u00a0For the millionth time ever, it’s the little things! \u00a0\u00a0It’s a small problem that makes a\u00a0BIG\u00a0difference to not have to think about.<\/p>\n

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From the\u00a0research\u00a0I’ve done, one thing doesn’t necessarily work for everyone since different rugs and carpet types can have different needs, so it might take some experimentation like it did for me, but hopefully this works for you too.<\/p>\n

Do you have this same issue somewhere in your home? \u00a0Did you come up with a solution different from mine? \u00a0Share in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few quick tips on a very annoying problem that’s very hard to ignore, where sometimes just a rug pad isn’t enough. \u00a0I thought I could live with having to readjust this runner rug\u00a0that wouldn’t stay in place every other day but that got old after approximately two days. \u00a0No one needs an extra chore, … Continue reading “How to Keep a Rug From Slipping”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[524,448],"tags":[370,56,526,58,527,357,367,393,392,525,428,78],"class_list":["post-13803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-our-apartment","category-tips","tag-bedroom","tag-black","tag-carpet","tag-decor","tag-hm","tag-home","tag-minimal","tag-modern","tag-monochrome","tag-rug","tag-scandinavian","tag-white"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13803"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14071,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13803\/revisions\/14071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homeyohmy.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}