Most people don't give much thought to carpets until they live someplace with wood or laminate floors. I know I'm in that boat myself, which helped inspire this slideshow of unconventional carpets and ridiculous rugs.
From typography rugs to faux pebble floors, these carpets showcase the best creations you won't find in your local home decor store.
Implications - Thanks to the magic of the Internet, however, it is becoming increasingly easy to check out some of the most creative floor-covering designs that the world has to offer. Who wouldn't want a typography rug that can be customized to say whatever you want? I know that I definitely do!
40 Unconventional Carpets
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Faux Stone Floors
2 Form Design Pebble Rugs Are Made of Felted Balls of Wool
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Rugs from Dead Pets
DogCarpets
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Intelligent Carpet Can Autodiscriminate
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Striking Floor Decor
Embellish Your Home with HZL Arty Style and Luxury Rugs
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Carpet Alarm Clock
Stand Up to Turn Off
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Faux Pebble Floors
Pachamama ‘Eclipse' Leather Rugs Look Like River Rocks
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Cardboard Carpets
Ravishing Recycled Rugs Made of Flattened Boxes by Wendy Plomp
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Living Bath Mats
The Moss Carpet Brings the Outdoors Into Your Bathroom
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Living Medieval Carpets
Gigantic Carpet of 700,000 Begonias in the Grand-Place, Brussels
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Super-Sized Knitting
Flocks Aran Wool Rugs Created With Giant Knitting Needles
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Criss-Cross Carpets
Rockin' Rugs to Create Serious Style for Floors
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Campaigns To Make Carpets Appealing
The Fun on the Floor House
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Novelty Toilet Cover & Rugs
The Butler Did It
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Faux Animal Skin Rugs
Vintage Dutch Blanket Polar Bear Carpets
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Heated Snake Rugs
The Eva
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Fake Blood Carpets
The Fluid Stairway
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Moss Carpets
Biodegradable Moss Planter is Mother Nature-Approved
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Permanent Outdoor Red Carpets
Switzerland's City Lounge
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Carpet Monsters and Rabbit Heads
Brilliantly Strange Photography by Todd Baxter
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Silhouette Rugs
Reuber-Henning Designs Funky Decor for Your Floor
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Recycled Carpet Sample Furniture
Rugburm Lounge Chair
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Flying Carpet
3D Rug For Maximum Lounging
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Giant Fake Grass Toys
Playground Carpet
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Loading Failure Carpets
'Playing With Tradition' for the Strawberry Fields Project
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Road Kill Rugs
Offensive Home Decor
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Typography Rugs
John Pour Home
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Giant Carpets
The "300 Knitted Carpet" by Sebastian Schoenheit
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Carpet-Lounge
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Recycled Rugs
Nanimarquina Rug From Rubber
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Micro Persian Carpets
Computer MouseRug Adds Eastern Flare to Your Office
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Interactive Glowing Rugs
High Tech Flooring
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Nature-Inspired Rugs
FIQ Accent Mats Give Any Room a New Look
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DIY Persian Rugs
The Recyclable Puzzleperser
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Unconventional Carpets – The 'Dialogue' Carpet Invites You To Relax And Play
The 'Dialogue' Carpet Invites You To Relax And Play
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Chic Putting Green Rugs
'Putt Up or Shut Up' Flooring
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Rug Explosion
Colorful Rugs from The Rug Company
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Rugs Made of Gloves
'A Proper Lady' Eco Mat Made From Vintage Accessories
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Sofa Floor Rugs
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Cashmere Carpet
Goat Belly Fur for $2000 / sq. yd.
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Nylon Tights-Transformed Tables
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Colorfully Saturated Home Collections
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Romantic Regency Rugs
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Appliance-Sized Carpet Collections
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Doll-Themed Washable Rugs
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Oil Painting-Inspired Rugs
Antonio Santín Presents a New Collection of Intricate Rugs
Conscious Experimental Furniture Designs
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Posh Pet-Friendly Chair Designs
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Daylight-Mimicking Floor Lamps
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Upcycled Correx Lampshades
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Blooming Paper Lamps
The Kazuhiro Yamanaka ‘Tsubomi Paper Lamp’ Embraces Imperfect Forms
Wooden Warm Light Collections
Lostine Adds Four Designs to the Modernism Lighting Capsule
Retro Vinyl Record-Inspired Lamps
Artyom Alimpjvev Designs the Minimal Gramophone Lamp
Textured High-End Rug Designs
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Interchangeable Cushion Furniture
The 'Morfius' Modular Furniture by Arman Farahmand is Creative
Collaborative Corduroy Furniture Designs
Solebox and Birkenstock Presents the Corduroy Project
Funky Colorful Storage Units
Pavel Vetrov's Funky Storage Units Capture Attention
Interior Design Concept Guides
IKEA Unveils its Inaugural Style Guide on Home Design
Printing-Inspired Footwear
Taylor Tabbs Re-Imagines the Converse Mid-Tops with HP Aesthetics
Retro 70s-Style Cafe Designs
YSG Adds a Vintage Touch to the Superfreak Cafe in Sydney
Female Artist-Honoring Rugs
The Tomma Bloom x TTW Editions Collection Has Six Styles
Stunning Biomaterial Exhibitions
Natural Material Studio Stuns with Floor-to-ceiling Biotextiles
Striking Storage-Friendly Poufs
The 'Berliner' Pouf by Tugce Sonmez Evin is Multifunctional
Upcycled Book-Made Marbled Furniture
Willem Zwiers Designs the Tranformed Remnants Series
Textile-Inspired Hardwood Furniture
Peter Mabeo Designs the Lesire Collection of Furniture
Upcycled Rubber Material Partnerships
Hero Flooring and Nike Continue to Work Together
Sexuality-Exploring Artful Exhibitions
Faye Toogood Explores Sensuality with the Rude Arts Club
Virtual Room Stylers
Decorify by Wayfair is Powered by Generative AI
Reimagined Tie Dye Rugs
Reuber Henning Introduces Its New Eye-Catching Tie Dye Collection
Modern Colorful Premium Tables
Form Us With Love and Rareraw Join on the Runda Series
Earthy Sophisticated Lighting
Carmen Nash Designs the Folk and Flora Series for Troy Lighting
Humorous Pet Furniture Campaigns
IKEA Playfully Presents its UTSÅDD Collection in a Campaign
70s-Inspired Plush Shag Rags
Armadillo Debuts Eco-Friendly 'Petra' Rug Collection in L.A. Showroom
Artificial Textural Cafe Interiors
Niceworkshop Designed the Interiors for HaHouse Cafe
Female-Celebrating Indoor Mats
Sight Unseen and Heymat Designs the Iconic Women Collection
Home Decor Concept Stores
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Ultra-Comfy Seating Collections
FURN OBJECTS Designs a Cushy Lounge Chair and Pouf Set
Wooden Textural Furniture Series
Hanneke Lourens Designs the Corrugated Furniture Capsule
Mesmerizing Artful Patterned Rugs
Atelier Tapis Rouge Created the Electtrico Collection of Rugs
Textured Fluted Light Collections
Claudia Afshar Designs the Dekton Ukiyo Collection for Cosentino
Stylish Pet Pads
PUPIBOO's Pee Pads are Style-Conscious and Washable
Literature-Inspired Sculptural Lamps
Loft & Thought Designed the Morri 1 Light Table Lamp for Troy
Heavy-Duty Cozy Slip-On Shoes
Carhartt WIP and SUBU Create a Pair of Puffy Shoes
Eco-Friendly Pouf Chair Concepts
Design Studio701 Creates the Rio Pouffe Concept
Discarded Shoe-Created Stools
The WU Series by BENTU Design is a Sustainable Alternative
Wool-Centric Contemporary Exhibitions
Formafantasma Debuts the Oltre Terra Exhibition in Oslo
Brutalist-Inspired Suburban Apartments
STUDIOTAMAT Designs the Casa Rude Residence in Rome
3D-Printed Ceramic Home Facades
The Ceramic House in Amsterdam Gets a Ceramic Feature
Upcycled T-Shirt Boucherouite Rugs
Stüssy and Artisan Project Drop the Boucherouite T-Shirt Rugs
Pool Noodle-Inspired Furniture
Lieyah Dagan Designs the Loop Furniture for Indoor and Outdoor
Earth-Connecting Luxe Floor Installations
Hermès Designs a Captivating Installation at La Pelota
Renter-Friendly Wallpaper Collections
Otto Studio & Tierney Milne Created Peel-and-Stick Decor
Expansive Motion-Inspired Furniture Series
Eskayel's Forma Textile Series Explores Linear Shapes
Textured Rug Designs
Reuber Henning Debuts Two New Designs in Its 4-Minute Rug Collection
Sustainable Felt Furniture Collections
LAYER Designs the Vale Collection for KFI Studios
Plant-Based Resin Flooring
Senso Creates Sustainable Finishes for Floors and Walls
Eco-Conscious Rug Collections
Divya Living Debuts the Crossover Rug Collection at BDNY 2024
3D-Printed Sustainable Home Designs
HONOKA LAB Presents the TATAMI ReFAB PROJECT
Young-Artist Graphic Rug Collections
Alf Bärbel Wit Designs the LineLinesLines Collection
Design-Forward Textile Collections
Maharam Participates in 3daysofdesign with Chic Textiles
Craft-Inspired 3D-Printing Styles
Gareth Neal and The New Raw Create the Digitally Woven Series
Italian Interior Tile Capsules
Kaolin Tiles Presents the Casa Tile Collection by Greg Natale
Artistic Gen Alpha Rugs
Moooi Carpets Made Rugs Based on Art by Eight-Year-Old Alf Bärbel Wit
Geometric Colorful Rug Collections
MUT Design Creates the Giro Rug Collection for Gan
Ocean-Friendly Upholstery Textiles
The 'Sport' Textiles Are Crafted From Shoreline-Sourced Plastic
Patterned Luxe Progressive Doormats
Porte + Hall Designs the Outlier Doormat with Small Bristles
Topographic Wooden Coffee Tables
Prerna Panjwani Designs the Topographic Coffee Table
Loofah-Inspired Textural Sneakers
Caroline Hu Joins adidas on a Special SS24 Collection
Exquisite Textured Rug Designs
Jose a Gandía-Blasco Canale Designs the Chimos Rug for Gan
Art Deco-Inspired Collaborative Rugs
Jonathan Adler Joins Ruggable on a New Collection
Embellished Patterned Tile Collections
Tomma Bloom and LiLi Tile Join Forces on a New Collection
Organically Shaped Dynamic Poufs
NaughtOne Designs the Truffle Pouf in Two Varying Sizes
Liquified Persian Textile Rugs
SAY TOUCHÉ Unveils the 'Liquified Persian Rug' in Three Colorways
Contemporary Modular Floor Lamps
Città and Alex Buckman Design the Point Floor Lamp Modular
Customized Film-Inspired Rugs
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Charitable Cozy Furniture Lines
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Vibrant Furniture Collections
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Cinematic-Inspired Terrazo Collections
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Layered Landscape Rug Collections
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Repurposed Runway-Style Rugs
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Fashion-Centric Quilted Slippers
Sandy Liang Presents a New Range of Plush Subu Footwear
Whimsical Vibrantly Decorated Apartments
Daria Vasilkova Designs a Quirky Apartment in Moscow
Street Art-Adorned Perforated Footwear
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Interior Designer-Approved Homeware Collections
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Rice Paper-Inspired Statuesque Lamps
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Slithering Serpent Floor Coverings
These Lorien Stern Snakes Rugs Come in Grass and Sand Styles
Repurposed Waste Transit Tiles
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Spectral Painting-Inspired Furniture
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Woven Upholstery Textile Capsules
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Vibrantly Abstract Rug Collections
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Eclectic Renovated Polish Apartments
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Versatile Remolded Linoleum Tiles
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Dynamic Coffee Table Concepts
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Drawings-Inspired Rug Collections
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Fully Faux Fur-Lined Clogs
Crocs Presents the New Textural Doodle Fur Footwear
Chromatic Natural Landscape Blankets
Rumpl Retro Elements Blankets Come in Neon Colors
Architecture Melding Artful Rugs
Paddy Pike Studio Designs the Cresco Rug Collection
Exhibition Collaborative Furniture Designs
Faye Toogood Presents the Rude and Cosmic Collection
Vibrant Snake Graphic Rugs
Lorien Stern Designs the Snakes in the Grass Rug with Bright Accents
Rice-Centric Outdoor Installations
Carlo Ratti Associati and Italo Rota Present Sunrice
Comfortable Inclusive Carpet Tiles
Modulyss Introduces a Collection of Inclusive Carpet Tiles
Timeless Furniture Series
Artek Creates the Crafted Through Time Series to Build on Designs
Decorative Ceramic Office Interiors
Iosa Ghini Associati Designs the Fiandre Office Space
Cardboard Box-Transformed Furniture
Max Lamb Presents the Box Exhibition at Gallery Fumi
Repurposed Furniture Design Exhibitions
Honoka Presents the Tatami Refab Project Exhibition
Artist-Designed Wool Blankets
Eike König Crafts a Series of Art-Inspired Blankets for Multi-Use
Actress-Approved Rug Collections
Rugs USA Joins Forces with Ashley Tisdale on a New Capsule
Life-Exploring Colorful Furniture
Arper Presents Five New Collections of Vibrant Furniture
Sustainable Biophilic Stools
Ponti Design Studio Presents the Inspired by Nature Stool
Sand Terrazzo Floor Apartments
Modektura Adds New Flooring to an Apartment in Kyiv
Climate-Friendly Waterfront Homes
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Mid-Century Chic Tile Collections
Alex Proba Presents the Aurora Collection of Tiles
Modernist Ceramic Lighting Series
Dumais Made Introduces the New Modern Bohemia Collection
Ombre Effect Tile Collections
The Melange Collection of Ceramic Tiles have an Artful Flair
Natural Material-Transformed Artworks
Borrowed Earth Collaborative Uses Natural Materials for Art
Designer-Backed Rug Collections
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Celebratory Odd Designs
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Vibrant Tile Stickers
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Politically Artful Textile Shows
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Recycled Plastic Felt Furniture
LAYER Introduves the New Sustainable Felt-Covered Vale Collection
Modular Protective Floor Mats
The MYLLE Puzzle Mats by Mylle are Sleek Protective Padding
Math-Inspired Colorful Rugs
GAN Presents the Weave Collection Designed by Helena Rohner
Gem-Inspired Illusion Rugs
Alain Gilles Designs the Gem Rug Collection for Illulian
Knitted New York Subways
The Straphangers Lounge Recreates the New York Subway with Crochet
Opulent Area Rug Collections
FLOR® Launches Four New Rug Styles Under its New Winter Collection
Digital-Themed Glitchy Visual Wallpapers
JUPIER 10 Presents the Glitch Wallpaper Collection
Reimagined Colorful Furniture Series
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