Quandry over runners

[thatgirl2478]

How would you handle this decorating quandry?

Our hall is 18' long. I'm looking for a runner that is not overly oriental or traditional in style (preferably contemporary). All the runners I like are way too short, and the runners that are long enough are NMS.

Do I buy one that's too short (at 12 - 14 ft) or do I buy 2 of the same at 8' and hope that they don't move around too much?

FWIW I want a runner b/c the hall is hardwood and the dogs nails on the wood gets NOISY which wakes up our DD (especially in the am when I need her to sleep just a *little* bit longer).

[munkii]

Our hall is also 18'. We purchased 3 5'?" runners and have a some open space between them and on the edges.

[thatgirl2478]

Nov 5, 2012 15:11:59 GMT -5 munkii said:

Our hall is also 18'. We purchased 3 5'?" runners and have a some open space between them and on the edges.

You don't happen to have a picture do you? I'd love to see how this looks.

[munkii]

I can take one when I get home tonight. You have to be nice though; the hallway is one of the few unpainted areas.

[thatgirl2478]

Nov 5, 2012 15:35:43 GMT -5 munkii said:

I can take one when I get home tonight. You have to be nice though; the hallway is one of the few unpainted areas.

Sure. Our's is still unpainted too! Our's is in progress - and will be for a while since DH wants to finish the family room before tackling the living room - which is connected to the hall.

[gnomesweetgnome]

Our hallway is about 16 feet long, so we bought 2 5' runners and spaced them about 18"-2 feet apart. We used rug tape to get them to stay in place, which is working really well so far. Here's a pic:

[thatgirl2478]

Thanks! I'm starting to thing that multiple runners is the way to go. I found one that matches a larger (10x14) rug I'd love to use in my LR.

Or is that too matchy matchy? They are 'connected' and the runners are meer feet from the LR rug.

[gnomesweetgnome]

I had that same question when I was shopping for rugs. I opted to get one from the same brand, with the same colors, but a totally different print (it's still botanical, and you can see all the rugs from certain areas in the house). I like how they look near each other. Here is a pic of the other rug:

[munkii]

All my hall runners are the same but very different than all the other rugs in my house. There is a door that separates my LR from the hall, though. Personally, I wanted to get 3 or 4 different rugs that coordinated with one another (either Kilims or contemporary geometric prints), but I could not get DH on board.

Without further ado, here is our hallway in our disaster of a house:

[thatgirl2478]

nice!

I decided to go with the matchy matchy rugs - it's easier for me that way. Here's what I chose:

tinyurl.com/a2a72ex

[thatgirl2478]

gnome - i like your floors - did you DIY or was it done when you moved in? I thought about doing something like that in our old basement, but it was going to be too much work.

munki - your house looks similar to mine - looong skinny hallway - are you in a ranch too?

[munkii]

Yes, a 1954 one-owner (now 2) ranch.

[thatgirl2478]

Nov 5, 2012 19:23:07 GMT -5 munkii said:

Yes, a 1954 one-owner (now 2) ranch.

Same here - ours is 1959 and I think we're the 3rd owners (builder, people who sold it to us, us).

[gnomesweetgnome]

Yes, we did the floors ourselves! We just finished the project, so I haven't had a chance to post final pics or anything yet.

[midwest07]

How about using FLOR carpet tiles? You can make it as short or long as you want and it will look like one long rug. They shouldn't move around since they are intended to stick together like a rug (I think you actually do stick them together on the bottom). You could use a long rug pad underneath also.

[Deleted]

We just have 2 runners with a space in between. In looks fine though even with anti-slip mats underneath they still move around a lot. Though we have 2 cats that run around like mad men. Under normal circumstances they would probably stay put.

[gnomesweetgnome]

Here is a link to the rug/carpet tape we used:

www.lowes.com/pd_15140-14510-1397992_4294715659__?productId=3277853&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&pl=1¤tURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&facetInfo=

It adheres to the back of the rug and then has a rubbery surface to keep it the rug from slipping around on hard surfaces. So far it's been working great, even with 3 dogs roughhousing on the rugs.

[thatgirl2478]

Thanks Gnome! I'll be stopping by the hardware store later today, this looks good.