What to do with your left over carpet

You've just had a lovely new carpet fitted, and you have this piece left over. Sure you can use it as a runner but here we show you how to turn it into a real rug.

Firstly make sure the size fits where you want it to go and that the corners are square and the length straight. If you're not comfortable with this make sure to ask your fitter to cut it before they leave. It's easy for them to do and they may not even charge you for it, if they do it shouldn't be much.

Now you need some way to bind the edges and stop it from fraying. Traditionally rugs are taped and whipped which is a skilled process but we've found something which anyone can use. It's part really strong tape and part braided edge. So you get a fancy finish for minimal effort. You can also use this process to cut down a rug which is too big or damaged, giving it a new lease of life.

Here's one of our favourite instructional videos from YouTube. Many of the products used on YouTube are not available here in the UK at the moment, but Stairrods UK have a product called Easybind which works really well. There are lots of colours to choose from so you can match or contrast to the colour of your soon to be rug.

Stairrods don't sell directly to the public and we struggled to find this in the shops. We did some research and are able to purchase this range for resale, so if you can't find what you need through your normal channels we're happy to get it for you. Just email us your size and colour/range option and we'll come back with a price and availability. We just take a small handling fee so our price should be spot on and in no time you'll have a new rug for the price of some tape and an hour or so of your time.

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