Some of the best times, I have had as far as parties and fun go, have been outside on my patio. True enough, I do have other rooms in my house, but I spend as much time as I can outside on my patio.
I have a nice roof overhead on the patio and sidewalls to block the wind and a fabulously comfortable chaise lounge. My wife accuses me of spending more time reclining in my chaise than doing maintenance on the house.
Well, yeah. 
Truthfully, though, no messing around, we live in a great part of the world if you love the outdoors as much as we do. In the desert part of southern California, it is practically summer most of the year, and Susan and I take advantage of that.
We put a lot of thought into our patio when we first decided to make ours an integral part of our home. And one of the things that she insisted on was an outdoor area rug.
At first, I though she was meaning one of those indoor outdoor carpet things like the ones that people had in their garages and patios when I was growing up. But it turns out she had her eye on a lovely hunter green and brown outdoor braided rug that she had seen online.
If you are going to have a great outdoor area rug for your patio, then you need to do a couple of things like Susan did. First of all, you have to decide what kind of mood your patio is going to be done in as far as furniture design goes.
Now, where we live, many of the homes are kind of southwestern looking with those tiles on the roof that look like red clay. Most are not, because they break so easy, but I digress. Anyway, our house is kind of southwestern looking with stucco walls and such, but we have it decorated in a back East kind of style, because that is where we are both from originally.
And the entrance to our patio is so integrated with our great room, that it wouldn’t make a lot of sense to completely change styles in the patio area. So, for patio furniture we went with teak, and for the patio floor itself, she chose a nice braided rug. That style looks like one of those homemade rugs the way they used to make them, but this one is machine woven and is made out of great long lasting material to stand up to the weather here.
Its polypropylene, flat braided, and air entangled which is a way of producing the thread they weave the rug out of. It sure looks nice, which is why I like it. I do find lots of things interesting in the world and that is ne reason why I like the internet, but with this outdoor patio rug, I pretty much like the way it feels on my bare feet when I have coffee on the patio in the morning.
And the color is stunning.
There are a lot of various shapes and styles of outdoor patio rugs you can choose from, if a braided one is not the style for you. Many come with low pile and backing on them so they are real easy to clean. Ours, we just use the house vacuum on. But there are some you can sweep with a push broom and then drag out on the lawn to wash them down with soap and water and a hose.
Real easy maintenance and very sharp looking. If you have the kind of patio where it looks like an extension of your house, then consider getting a nice looking outdoor area rug for your self. The internet is a great place to find bargains and discounts on these rugs and sometimes, you can even find an outdoor rug clearance sale. Even better. Good looking and affordable as well. They add a perfect touch of class to your patio.
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