Carpet Squares-How to Make a Classroom Rug

We get the question a lot on how to make a rug out of carpet squares or tiles. It's really very simple once you have done quite a few of these like we have. Most people think that the only way to use Carpet Squares is to glue them down or use double sided tape. Well obviously that doesn't work well for making a rug so we came up with a way that works super easy, holds the squares together great and won't ruin the floor beneath.

Mr Stickee adhesive pads are a thin sheet of paper material that has adhesive on one side (with a protective barrier that you just peel off to activate the adhesive). You use the tacky portion, which is about 3" by 3" to connect 4 tiles together by using the pad at the connecting point of the 4 corners of the tiles/squares. The bottom side of the pad is smooth so it doesn't hard the floor underneath which is a plus!

The adhesive holds the 4 corners together and you continue the process at every 4 corner junction. You then cut the remaining pads in half and use the half pads on the seams of the squares on the outside perimeter of the rug once you are done. The larger the rug, the stronger the bond is as well.

The Mr. Stickee pads work great and have been a huge success for us because it has made it easy for teachers and other flooring users to use carpet tiles in a new way.

Don't forget we still have the teacher special on carpet tiles going on right now! We are selling assorted (non matching), 24" by 24" new carpet squares for only $1.50 each! You can get 30 squares for just $40 plus shipping (or if you live within driving distance to Dalton, GA, you can just come and pick them up to save money on shipping too!). These tiles are 4 square feet so 30 tiles make a huge 10' by 12' area. That is a great bargain if you need something in the class or daycare for little ones to read on or participate in class time on the floor. Give us a call and ask about the Teacher Special on Oliver Twist Tiles! 1-800-626-6936. We look forward to hearing from you!

If you are looking for other Dalton, GA flooring information or other types of floors be sure to give us a call on those too!

Kid Vinyl flooring - Flexitec Town and Puzzle

Flexitec vinyl offers some really cool options for Kids vinyl flooring. These are very popular as not only room sized flooring but are great to cut into smaller sizes for small area play mats. We typically see these used as room sized flooring in basements that are playrooms, toy rooms and bedrooms. The advantages of vinyl for kids is that spills, crumbs and dirt are absolutely no issue. Just wipe up the spill or vacuum and you're good to go.

If you are looking for a great area rug idea, buy a 12' x 6 and cut it into two 6' by 6 pieces. You know have two virtually indestructible , nice sized play areas that are highly portable and easy to clean!

This Flexitec product also has a very pliable backing so you can roll it or fold it up easily to transport from room to room or classroom to classroom without damaging the vinyl.

Oh yea, I forgot to mention the patterns are great looking and kids love them! Whether you're a teacher looking for something to use in your class or a Mom wanting a play mat, Flexitec vinyl flooring is a very nice option to consider.

For a really cool idea, a local Toy Store in our town, Toys in the Attic used the puzzle flooring in both of their stores. I've seen it myself and it looks amazing in their toy store! You can actually visit their website and click on about us and use the camera view to see the puzzle flooring used. If you're ever in Dalton, be sure to check them out. They have great toys for kids and teachers and even some hard to find toys for a few years back!

We stock several of these styles in stock and occasionally even have seconds and off goods available at even lower prices. Give us a call @ OwenCarpet.com in Dalton, GA, 1-800-626-6936 and we will be glad to help you get one of these at a great price!

If vinyl flooring isn't for you, we will be more than glad to help you with a super price on a Classroom rug or very cheap carpet squares to make your own fun look!

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Carpet Tile sale is going great!

We have been swamped with the carpet tile sale for teachers! We thought that many teacher's knew the benefit of using carpet tiles as inexpensive rugs, but wow! We still have plenty ( about 10,000 or so) and will be selling these 24" by 24" carpet tiles and squares for $1.5o each for the rest of the month to teachers.

These are commercial carpet tiles that can handle a ton of kids and traffic. If you take an assortment and use our Mr. Stickee adhesive pads to join the tiles into a rug, you save a ton of money and get a great rug for students to sit on during an activity period. For just $30 you can buy enough tiles to make a huge 8 foot by 10 foot rug. Throw in a few Mr. Stickee pads for another few dollars and you can't buy a colorful rug for your classroom any cheaper.

We've also received 10 or so 9'x 12' great classroom rugs in on a great deal. These will be sold for under $200!. These cheap classroom rugs normally sell for $449 on other competitor's websites. They have a pattern that has every Upper and lower case letter in the alphabet as well as animals! If you are interested in one of these, be sure to ask for Alan or Beth at the store, 1-800-626-6936.

We hope your school year is starting off well. If you need something for your classroom floor, give us a call and let us see what we can do to help!

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Carpet Tiles and Squares for Classroom - Back to School Sale!

Classroom Carpet tiles and squares are a great alternative to an educational rug if you or your school system are strapped for funds!

OwenCarpet.com is having a sale for the month of August on our 24" x 24" , first quality commercial carpet tiles for Teachers! In August only, we are selling these tiles for only $1.50 each!!! (That's just $0.375 per foot!)(not including shipping).

There are two ways you can use these great carpet tiles or squares.

1. You can assemble the tiles and squares (we have easy to use, do -it -yourself kits called Mr Stickee available for $5.99) into a rug for use during different sessions during the school day. Sessions like reading, story time, projects, etc.

2. An interesting way we have been seeing some teachers use these is as loose tiles and squares. The thought is you can have the children lay them out for use as a temporary rug for certain times and then have them help to put them back up when the floor time is done. That way you can also have them get their own tile to use if they have a quiet reading or play time and then put back up when they are done.

Here is an example of how cheap these are:

A 4' by 6' rug would use only 6 tiles (the tiles or squares are 24" x24"). 6 tiles are only $9.00 total plus shipping (no tax if shipped outside of GA).

A bigger rug, a 6' x 8' is 12 tiles. 12 tiles are only $18.00!

An even bigger, MONSTER sized rug of 8' by 10' is 20 tiles. 2o tiles would be just $30.00!!!! You could sit 20 students on the floor on these comfortable carpet tiles and squares for only $30.00! An educational rug this size will be $600-$900. Teachers finally have an affordable way to put something nice down for their kids!

Here's how it works. In August we are offering our 24" x 24" first quality carpet tiles for $1.50 each plus shipping (no tax outside if ships outside GA). We have plenty of these in stock in small lots. We have almost hundreds of colors. We do not have time to put all of these on the web due to time constraints. The easiest way is to come in to our showroom and pick them out yourself (this would also save you on shipping). We within a hours drive of Atlanta and Chattanooga. We are within 2 hrs or so of Huntsville, Birmingham, Knoxville and Nashville. We would be glad to give you directions!

If you aren't within driving distance, just give us a call and tell us the colors you are looking for and we can see what we have in stock and ship you an assortment of carpet tiles that are in that color scheme or schemes. We've had many teachers ask for a checkerboard, multi assortment to give a lively quilted look.

To take part in this promotion, you must call us and specifically mention the teacher August special on the Oliver Twist tiles. The number for OwenCarpet.com is 1-800-626-6936. You can reach us by phone Monday through Friday 8:30am until 6pm Eastern and on Saturdays from 9am until 2pm.

You can check out some of our other carpet tiles as well, but these on the web are not on the teahcer special. You can check out similar styles on our website here at Cheap Carpet Squares. They aren't on the special but can give you an idea of what the tiles may look similar to. Also it's worth mentioning that these are not the cheap foam squares you may have seen. These are first quality, commerical carpet squares and tiles that you may have seen in airports, hotels, convention centers, restaurants etc. They look great and will hold up to an army or traffic and wear!

This promotion is a Back to School Special only for August. Be sure to let others know about this and give us a call to let us help you cover your classroom floor! We can't wait to hear from you!

OwenCarpet.com in Dalton, GA was Featured by the NBC Today Show as the #1 Place in America to Buy Floorcovering! 1-800-626-6936

Classroom Rugs - It's almost that time

Well, It's last July and almost time to start getting back into gear for the upcoming school year. Teacher's are getting ready to back in a few weeks. If you're a Teacher and working on a new theme for your classroom, consider a cheap classroom rug! At OwenCarpet.com, we have many different styles and themes to help you set the right tone for your class.

We have available themes with Animals (Safari and Bumblebees seem to be huge), Maps, Numbers, Letters, Character Traits, Science, Water, Symbols, Reading, Math, and the list goes on and on.

At Owen Carpet we work with Teachers in a variety of ways. We deeply discount first quality rugs to help you get the exact rug you want. We also keep in stock, factory promotionals that are still first quality, but at a fraction of the cost due to how we stock rolls of carpet and then cut you the custom size you want. This method can save a Teacher up to 50%! We even carry seconds and off goods to give even deeper discounts.

Times are tough for everyone right now, including Teachers and School Systems. Don't overpay for a classroom rug just because it's in a catalog handed out at the school or you think you can't afford one! OwenCarpet.com accepts all forms of payment including purchase orders from Schools and School Systems!

To find the absolutely best deal in the Country on Teaching or Educational Classroom Rugs, give us a call @ 1-800-626-6936 and let us know if you have a particular style you want or even better, give us your theme and let us find you an in stock deal to save you even more. We hope to hear from you soon and have a great school year!

Don't forget about us on carpet squares and tiles for the classroom too!

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Carpet Tiles for Classrooms

****Update 7/30/09****** We have Carpet Tiles on sale for Teachers in the Month of August!!!
Please see our recent post discussing this here at Classroom Carpet Tile Sale. We have Carpet tiles for teachers on sale for only $1.50 a TILE!!!!!!!!!!!



I have run into an interesting concept and wanted to pass it along. At OwenCarpet.com, we sell both Kids Classroom rugs as well as Carpet Tiles. It wasn't until recently that a teacher ran an idea across me that it made sense that carpet tiles could be used in lieu of rugs as an inexpensive way for children to have a place to play and read in the classroom.

One obvious way to use the carpet squares and tiles in a class is to group them together using tape to form a large, solid area for reading time or a session to teach a concept. By using just simple double sided tape they hold together well and will hold up to an army of traffic if you use the commercial carpet tiles.

However the concept I had never thought of was her idea. Why put them down with tape? Just let the children help put them out in an area to use and then help to put them back up when the carpet tile rug isn't being used. Even better, when reading or quiet time comes, let the students get their tile out of a stack and use it for their own space for reading or projects and when the student is done, put his/her own tile back up. It's a neat concept! If you use tiles that are 24"x24" they are big enough to do this concept and still light enough for the children to handle. Further more, these tiles can be cheap, very cheap. We sell large single color lots of these for as low as $.89 per foot, but can do them as low as $.50 a foot if you're willing to take an assorted, mix and match (we pick em) selection. That's just $2 a tile! If you have 15 students that is just $30 for tiles that will last for years in your classroom!

If this is something that sounds interesting to you, please give us a call at Owencarpet.com, 1-800-626-6936. Of course we still give great deals on classroom rugs too!

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Kids Carpet Tiles Seconds and off goods

OwenCarpet.com, 1-800-626-6936, is now shipping our recent arrival of Carpet Squares and Tiles. This shipment is a great deal for the consumer because it is loaded with seconds and off goods which means huge savings on flooring for the customer. Typically you will see these commercial carpet tiles sell for around $1.66 or more per foot as first quality, however we are blowing them out at $0.89 per foot as seconds!!!

If you're willing to take an assortment where we pick assorted tiles from small lots we can go even deeper on the price as well! You may get a wide variety of tiles but you can save even more and create a neat look for your kid's playroom, classroom, daycare center, basement etc. We have even sold these for garage workshops, kiosks, and trade show booths. Often though the look can make a kids play area look creative, fun and stimulating. The picture shown is a good example of a checkerboard style layout.

If you need an inexpensive option for a floor that is also an awesome D0-It-Yourself flooring project for you and maybe even the kids, consider these tiles! The best way to shop is to call us at OwenCarpet.com, 1-800-626-6936 and let us know if you want a single lot or a "we pick em" deal of assorted to save even more!

As these tiles are seconds and off goods, there is no warranty and we have to offer them as is. They may have slight blemishes or moderate color irregularities, but using multiple colors and pattern at a 90 degree offset hides these imperfections. Of course if you want a 1st quality tile we can sell those also at super prices, just let us know.

Most teachers think of using Kids Educational Classroom Rugs for their reading areas. Owen has the best deals in the country on these rugs. If we can't find a rug to fit your budget, think about carpet tiles!

We welcome you to visit as well if you are looking for a carpet tile dealer in Atlanta, Chattanooga, Birmingham, Huntsville, Knoxville or Nashville. We also have great shipping rates to ship all over the Country! The NBC Today Show didn't call us the #1 Place in America to buy floorcovering on a whim!

Kids Classroom Rugs seconds, off goods and promotionals

A great way to buy a Kids Classroom rug is to shop with OwenCarpet.com and check on in stock specials on Educational Area rugs and carpet that are considered seconds, off goods or promotionals. You not only get a great rug or carpet for you and your students but you save money for yourself or your school! We recently help a school system purchase 42 rugs for what they originally had budgeted money for 26 rugs using standard online pricing from our competitors!! Owen also accepts credit cards, check, cash and even purchase orders from schools, schools systems and municipalities.

Kids Classroom rugs that are seconds may have a slight blemish or have a color that is slightly off color. Off goods can mean a number of things but usually falls into the same category of seconds. Promotionals and drop styles are either a style or theme that was tried for a short term to test marketing or the drop styles have been eliminated by the manufacturer.

Owen Carpet.com, 1-800-626-6936, can help you find a classroom or educational rug to fit literally any budget! We can do some Kids area rugs for as low as $50. In many cases we can sell 8'x10' rugs for well under $200 where competitors sell similar sizes for $300.

OwenCarpet.com can also sell first quality rugs and carpet for classrooms such as kindergartens, pre-k and daycare centers. The best way to find our best deals is to call us at 1-800-626-6936 and let us know the theme, size or budget you are trying to work with and we can let you know what the current specials are.

Stay tuned for more kids carpet and classroom rug flooring information!

Cheap Tiny Town Carpet Squares

Tiny Town is a popular theme for kids rugs in both the home, as well as Kindergarten, Pre K and Day Care Classrooms. Did you know it is also available as Discount Carpet Squares or Tiles? These Carpet Squares come as 3' by 3' tiles that you can use as a floor for your child's bedroom, playroom or in a classroom.

Carpet Squares have an integral foam backing that eliminates the need for carpet padding. Tiles and Squares are great floorcovering for those Do - It - Yourself projects in a classroom, bonus room, finished basement or even a bedroom. They could even be a fun project for a class to install with just simple double sided tape.

OwenCarpet.com, 1-800-626-6936, has Tiny Town Carpet Squares in stock at a discounted price. We also keep Tiny Town as carpet rolls to give you the option of a custom size at a fraction of the cost of other competitors. Owen Carpet has many of the popular Kids Area Educational Rugs in stock at up to 70% off of standard web pricing from other websites selling educational rugs. Be sure to call Owen Carpet and ask what the current in stock specials are on Educational Area rugs and carpet as most of the deals don't last long enough to make it to our website.

Owen Carpet is accustomed to working with both Private and Public Schools and accepts not only credit cards, 90 days same as Cash, and other forms of payment, but also is set up to accept Purchase Orders from School Systems to make purchasing an Educational Rug for a Kid's Classroom or Daycare extremely easy for Teachers and Administrators. Be sure to call us, 1-800-626-6936, Monday through Friday until 6PM or Saturdays 9AM until 2PM!

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