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Penny Rugs

Penny rugs are the best among crafted and hand-made rugs. All-time favorites, penny rugs combine best elements from all rugs pieces of which are used in them. Penny rugs got their name because in first rugs of this type pennies were used to cut out circles of cloth to go into the rug.
The tradition of creating penny rugs comes from late nineteenth century.

First penny rugs were made by poor women to decorate their living. They took all the worn off clothes, cut pieces from them and combined them into new rugs, later called penny rugs. This allowed them to decorate their house without spending additional money and find new application to the clothes no longer wearable.

Nowadays penny rugs are made on factories and sold everywhere. Penny rugs can be a good decoration to any house - they add fun elements, freshen up the entire place. Penny rugs add a feeling of home, shelter to the household which makes the all-time favorites among hand-made rugs.

Try adding penny rugs to your rooms and see how incredibly fun and interesting they can become instantly.