The garage is generally one of the dirtiest and messiest places in a home. Cars, trucks, animals, and people bring in dirt, mud, dust, bugs and other messes in and they generally stays in the garage until a good cleaning is done. A nice way to spruce up the garage and help prevent tracking that gunk into the house is to use an outdoor rug. Outdoor rugs are very popular these days so you now have many nice choices in size, color, an design. Gone are those days when you could only use that green astro-terf style carpeting – now outdoor rugs look just as nice, if not nicer, than indoor area rugs!

Because the garage is a highly trafficked area, you’ll want to ensure that you buy something that is made of quality materials and intended to last for a long time. If you decided to go really cheap you’ll end up regretting it because it’ll wear out really quickly. A good tip is to look for ‘DuraCord’ – it is a material that is made to resist fading and handle extremely hot and cold weather conditions.

The size of the outdoor rug is also an important trait to pay attention to. If you have a 2 car garage, it is nice to either have the rug run between the two cars or be in front of them. You want to avoid the car tires going over the rugs because that will quickly wear the carpet fibers out.

Many people are now using garage floor sealing kits to give the garage floor that ‘showroom’ type feel. This includes a clear coat and glitter specks and really does give the garage a nice feel. For around $200, we think this is a great home improvement. Pair a $200 sealed floor with a $100 outdoor rug and you’ll really have visitors feeling like they are in a professionally run garage shop. For more information and to buy cool outdoor rugs, check out BestOutdoorRugs.com.