ambola
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Hi,
I'm thinking of buying a flokati rug for my open plan kitchen/living room.I need quite a big one (160x230cm).
I know that the higher grade ones look better. I'd like to buy one which is min. 2800g/m2.
Now, can anyone offer me advice whether it's a good idea to buy it for (practically) a kitchen? Is it going to look good?
Also, the higher grade is heavier, so it would be more tiresome to shake it outside and impossible to wash in the washing machine.I'm worried that a lower grade one won't look so nice. Any advice eagerly awaited. Many thanks!
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tigerpug
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I bought one of these from Ikea - it was about the same size as the one you want, and cost approx £40. Its good quality too, so worth checking out if you live near one.
That said, I dont know if I would recommend using it in the kitchen - ours shows up any marks and its in a quiet area of our house.
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siane
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I love flokati rugs, but I don't think one would be practical in a kitchen/diner for exactly the reasons you mention. I had a sheepskin rug in my bedroom and what used to annoy me was the way the bits got right into the pile. Vacuuming didn't get them out, but at least I could shake it out. I think with food around the problem would be much worse and you would either be stressing about it all the time, or have to get used to living with a bitty, grubby rug after a while.
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noodle
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I have a flokati rug- very heavy so no chance of shaking it out. Not such a good idea around food. Put it this way, mine has been known to hide several lego pieces, action mans gun and a pencil without me knowing it. Goodness knows what food can be hidden. O good hoover would be required. My Dyson's drum looks like it has eaten a sheep after each use!
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ambola
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Many thanks for your responses!!!
Actually, the rug would be in the living area of the room, but still pretty close to the kitchen area...
I'm thinking that maybe I could get away with it as it's only
me and my daughter living here (and she's 18 so no lego pieces around :-)On the other hand there is a gang of nieces and nephews regularly descending upon us...
Tigerpug, does your rug look well when trodden upon?
I have a vision of of myself hovering around and fluffing it
every 5 minutes :-)
I'm so torn between style vs practicality!
I cannot imagine another (affordable)rug completing the look
of the room as perfectly!
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tigerpug
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I have just been upstairs to inspect the rug, and yes, it does look pretty nice and bouncy - we have had it for a month or so and I havent needed to fluff it up yet. I have ended up picking leaves out of it though, as its near our front door. Its definitely not as cleaning a flat rug.
We are part of the wooden floor brigade, and our house wasnt very cosy last winter hence the sheep on our floor! Its lovely to walk on...
Good luck with making the decision
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ambola
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Thank you tigerpug!
I think I'll go for something more practical in the end...
This being the main room in the flat and me being a bit of a perfectionist I could be risking madness 
I think I will indulge in a flokati in my bedroom probably.
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Honey80
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Goatskin rugs are a great alternative, are much easier to maintain and have a silky pile which actually looks more luxurious. Flokati rugs get matted unless they are constantly brushed or combed.
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ambola
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Thanks Honey, but do you know where I could get a goatskin rug that big?
I've seen sheepskin rugs in quite big sizes, but no goatskin :-(
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Honey80
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www.therugseller.co.uk has various colours but the biggest is 137x180 so not quite as big as you need but they might be able to do a custom size for you. I want one now too!
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mickey_zoom
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I bought a flokati rug a couple of weeks ago from Argos for exactly the same reason-I wanted something nice-and cheap! I've found that I don't need to fluff it up as walking across it does a pretty good job of keeping it neat. The only thing I've found it that it sheds! I have been warned that for the next month or so I'll be picking up bits of wispy clouds.... That said, it does look very nice, but shows every little thing. I haven't had the guts to hoover it yet, as I'm worried I'll hoover all the fluffiness off! I just shake it in situ and hoover what falls off! Hope this helps, best of luck!
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sunsniff
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Reged: 22/01/2007
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I have two flokati rugs (only small ones though) in my bedroom, and they are gorgeous under barefeet. It will depend where in the kitchen you are thinking...as they are so woolly bits of food and crumbs will get stuck in them. even in the bedroom I get bits of leaves and stuff in them, but as they are small I can shake them and wash them really easily. If you are going for a large one and may have furniture standing on it I don't think it would be very practical...or hygenic!
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ambola
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Thank you so much, guys!
I used to have small flokati rugs in my bedroom, Jan, but they were, as you say, easy to shake and wash.
The rug would be in the sitting area, but still pretty close to the kitchen part.Also if one eats sandwiches or cakes on the sofa there are bound to be crumbles falling and accumulating... And as I am attracted mostly to the densest flokatis like 2800g/m2 it doesn't seem very practical.
I've been having crazy ideas recently like assembling the rug out of a number of smaller ones by means of velcro or even sewing and dismantling them for shaking or washing.
It sounds mad though, doesn't it?
Honey, thanks for the rugseller info!
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Hannah1978
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Reged: 08/05/2007
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We too have the Ikea Flokati rug Ambola and I have actually hidden it behind the sofa for a bit as Mickey _Zoom said it has shredded some what...We have wooden floors throughout and wanted a bit of 'warmth' last winter. Our two little boys thought it was great to have somehting warm underfoot and considering how much they have spent on it it still looks great (and I have never hoovered it as like mickey Zoom also said I was scared!!. You've made me want to get it out again now though as I was thinking I'd like to get a new rug but thinking about it there is nthing wrong with our flokati and would save us a bob or two (credit crunch!). Good luck in your choice....im off to have a look at the website mentioned above with goatskins.....x
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lindsay
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Ambola, you could easily assemble a skin by cutting the pieces carefully together then simply taping the back together with gaffa or good masking tape. The tape would be flatter than using velcro and would be easy enough to peel off the skin for shaking, then just replace with fresh tape afterwards.
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ambola
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Thanks for your input Hannah and Lindsey.
Great idea for taping the rugs, Lindsey!
I went to John Lewis to have a look at their shaggy rugs
in the meantime and fell in love with their woolen shaggy Jive rug.
I think I'm going to follow my heart... 
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