Cheap Area Rugs
The primary materials used in cheap area rugs are wool, cotton and silk. Most cheap area rugs are wool pile and wool foundation. Cheap area rugs natural fibers have the durability, beauty and value those synthetic materials can never match. The most durable, easy to clean cheap area rugs fiber is wool.
Cheap area rugs are luxurious and beautiful but not meant for very high traffic areas. There are many cheap area rugs grades of wool. Generally cheap area rugs wool from sheep that are from higher altitude areas is finer, the neck and belly area also have finer wool. The cheap area rugs wool from young healthy animals is better.
Live wool, the only kind you want for your cheap area rugs, is sheared from a live animal, while dead wool is chemically removed from dead animal. The cheap area rugs made of dead wool have no oils and are rough to the touch.