A leftover carpet remnant that matches or complements home decor can be turned into an attractive area rug.
Bound edge stair carpet.
One of the challenging parts of installing stair carpet is producing a smooth finished edge.
The most common choices for carpet finishing are binding serging and fringing.
To 3 8 inch or 1 1 2 with a cotton canvas binding.
But it is our opinion that a bound edge is a much.
How to finish the side of a carpet on stairs.
Depending on the structure of your stairs there are two.
Serged stair runner edge that needs repair.
If you want to make an area rug from a carpet remnant or from a swath of broadloom carpet off a roll there are several options for finishing the edges to prevent fraying.
Trim the carpet remnant cut the remnant with a sharp utility knife so the carpet piece has.
Generally speaking however these aren t techniques you can do yourself.
Once you discover there is such a product as carpet edge binding it is easy to get hooked because not only is it great at edging a rug to match your carpet or create a stair runner but it also proves to be one of those products that is multi talented.
Most standard carpet binding is folded over the edge of a rug and stitched on with a binding machine that is similar to a commercial sewing machine.
Professional carpet binding can be expensive but you can bind the edges yourself with supplies from a hardware or home improvement store.
The edges of a remnant will ravel and fray unless bound.
Finishing the edges of your stair runner is an important decision.
Often times customers ask us to match the color to the rug.
This allows us to finish off the edges with the cotton binding that blends in best with the material.