Transitional rugs range from $50 USD to over $600 USD, depending on the quality and knot count, as well as the size and style of the rug. If you are trying to appeal to an old-fashioned audience, you can certainly depend on transitional rugs to do so, they will do all the talking when people enter your home.

Transitional rugs bring your homes' design elements together. Great for indoor-outdoor flow

Here are a few examples of transitional rug designs you can find shopping online or at your local rug dealer or home interior fashions store:

• A tropical palm tree scenery
• An ocean scene
• Flowery scenery: IE. Peonies, Orchids
• Colored Polka dots
• Crisscross Style
• Vineyard scenery

Unlike other rugs in similar categories, a transitional area rug will tend to use a broader range of colors and designs that represent the look of a collage. There are also transitional rugs that use certain nationality symbols (Navajo, Tibetan), to name a couple.

If you prefer a lighter colored transitional rug to match your room decor, you might try a non-Oriental rug design since the Oriental rug designs tend to be dense and ornate. Native American and tribal rugs are brighter and use repeating patterns that match certain types of décors such as Art Deco, Southwestern, Contemporary and Asian-Fusion.

The transitional area rugs are very good to use in a kid’s bedroom, guest or master bedroom. A transitional rug will not overpower any room in your home; if anything, the colorful and beautiful accents will complement neutral wall colors quite nicely without having to paint your room!

If you go a carpet store or rug dealer, you will see a vast array of different types of transitional rugs; they are sold just about anywhere carpets and rugs are sold.

These transitional rugs are absolutely beautiful, and you really won’t find any of these designs in any other category. Area rugs are a lot different than a wall-to-wall carpet and just placing a transitional rug in a den or home office will give the room a whole new look.

Transitional home decor is easy to approach for the do-it-yourself interior designer. A transitional rug fuses the traditional and contemporary rug design styles, offering an appealing look that is at once classic and modern. Transitional rugs often join contemporary design elements and patterns such as animal prints with more traditional borders and simplify antique rug patterns with sleek lines and geometric shapes, bringing color and a more modern feel to the look of traditional rug designs.

Add some class and warm to your living area with a transitional rug

Versatile transitional rugs are also a great choice if you’re uncertain what rug pattern or design best fits your tastes and room décor; you have a lot of options to select from when you select a transitional rug. Some options include:

Floral Patterns

While floral patterns are typical of more traditional rugs, they are commonly used in transitional rug designs as well, falling between the traditional Aubusson or Persian rug styles and the more modern, abstract type of rug designs. Floral and botanical prints lend a natural and open feeling to your room décor, bringing the color and texture of the garden indoors!

Tone-on-tone floral and botanical prints featuring bamboo trees or cherry branches can give your room décor a uniquely Japanese feel.

Braided Rugs

Exemplified by classic American folk art and traditions, braided or rag rugs are crafted by braiding together pieces of fabric, which are sewn into concentric circular or oval shapes. A transitional braided rug may incorporate more modern or geometric shapes, patterns and colors than traditional braided rugs. They are also easy to wash and are quite long lasting!

Geometric Patterns

Inspired by the modern and abstract movements, transitional rugs often use bold geometric shapes and colors, fusing circles, squares, stripes and swirls to create a design that feels contemporary. Often, these shapes may be embossed, with some parts of the rug being of a higher or lower height to add even more interest to the rug design. You can combine your geometric transitional rug with more traditional furnishings to give your room décor a transitional style!

Animal Prints

If you want a more adventurous and exotic look, try a transitional rug with an animal print. The contrast of a leopard, zebra or tiger skin pattern will look great against dark leather furniture upholstery. While this look isn’t for everyone, you might have just the room for this bolder inspiration; a media center, children’s playroom or other space might be perfect accented with your animal print rug!

Modern Art and Art Deco

You can also find more modern art deco style transitional rugs, with patterns or images inspired by artists such as Andy Warhol, Mark Rothko and others.

Bamboo and Sisal Rugs

If you want a natural and simple look, you might like to go with a transitional rug made with natural bamboo, jute or sisal. These rugs will add natural color and texture to your room décor without overpowering the look you may be trying to achieve with furniture, wall colors, window treatments and accessories. Affordable and durable, woven mats and rugs like these are great in high traffic areas of your home such as an entry way or hallway!

Shag and Flokati Rugs

If you like something a little softer, then a shag area rug may be just the ticket! You can find these luxuriously soft thick pile area rugs in solid colors and wonderful textures that look great in a contemporary style room and give it the most comfortable feeling available, inviting you to sit and relax on the floor in any room! A shag area rug is usually made with yarns of synthetic fiber, while flokati rugs are the more traditional thick pile rugs made using real wool fibers.

If you want something between modern and traditional, then transitional rugs offer the right look to suit your design tastes without breaking your pocket book!