Coir Doormats—All the Strength and Beauty of Nature Laid at Your Door
Your front door tends to be the first stop for guests—followed by quick embraces and greetings just within the threshold, and depending on how long of a drive it took them to get to you a hurried escape to the restroom. And in those few or long moments while your guests are standing outside your door why not give them something to marvel over like a beautifully hand-woven coir doormat? Not only will this welcome mat bring natural beauty to your home but it will also offer amazing strength. This will be necessary for the mat to keep its shape under the weight of your guests, while also serving its first and most important function—the scraping of moisture, dirt, and grime off shoes. A coconut fiber doormat naturally comes in a rich golden-tan color that easily fits into any décor, ensuring that it will look lovely over concrete, natural stone, tile, or any other sort of surfacing that is laid before your home. With their resilient strength a coco mat will easily withstand the change of seasons as well as the many sets of feet that will walk over them and stand atop of them, all while defending your interior flooring from messes and even damage. And a stunning coir doormat isn’t just intended for front door use—in fact it is well suited for back, side, and garage entrances too and many other applications!
Check out these 4 reasons why we think that a coir doormat will make a perfect addition to your home’s safety, cleanliness, and aesthetic regime.
- Design
The flexibility of coir fiber lends this material to be used in a number of ways to achieve different designs. With bristle rods, beautiful and intricate patterns can be made and hammered into place within strong and sturdy frames making them perfect for employment as a scraping surface. Sometimes the fibers can be woven and glued against a vinyl or rubber backing. And sometimes the fibers can be stood up straight and also glued against special backing, producing a tough brush-like surface for people to wipe their feet on. Any of these choices make wonderful a coir doormat!
- Styles
From penguins to wide-eyed owls, a natural mat can provide you with a great little space to show off some personal flair. Coir rods can be used to make intricate designs and shapes, while woven coconut fiber can be laid down under intricate cast-iron swirls molded out of rubber. From the very elegant to the very whimsical, we’re certain that there’s a door mat to fit anyone’s imagination and aesthetic sensibilities. And don’t forget, a coir doormat can come in a variety of shapes—from rectangles to wide ovals to the more unique half-moon shapes. Some mats even come with beautiful pelted edges that mimic the spreading petals of a flower.
- Durability
The fiber obtained from coconut husks (better known as coir) is one of the hardest natural fibers due to its high lignin content. Lignin is a complex compound most notably derived from wood and vegetation (it’s the reason plants can stand up strong and tall!); it is resilient and tough and therefore so is a coconut fiber doormat! To put this into perspective, imagine a coconut that falls off a palm tree and rolls down a slight hill and lands right in the water. That coconut can survive for months out at sea, withstanding the rolling ocean, storms, and the constant exposure to sun and salt water all while protecting the seed it’s carrying. This is definitely one tough fruit!
- Functionality
Last, but not least, we think the diverse functionality of a coir doormat is another excellent reason for which to employ them in your home. These mats will provide your guests with a slip resistant surface to stand on while they wait at your door—which can be extremely important during harsh weather conditions and especially if your guests are carrying things that impair their vision. Also, because of the rough and coarse texture of a coir doormat they truly are perfect scraping surfaces. Whether snow, rain, or sunshine—whatever is getting trekked on the bottom of your guests feet will be caught by the bristles of these mats, captured and clung to in order to prevent the transfer of moisture, dirt, grime, mud, and even gravel into your home. This won’t just save you from having to use costly and time consuming professional cleaners but it could protect your interior flooring from irreparable damage like deep scratches.
There you have it—four great reasons to use a coco mat at all entrances that lead into your home. But there are still so many more reasons to consider a coconut fiber doormat, like the fact that it’s very easy to care for and of the fact that it is an environmentally friendly product, not to mention these mats are also very economical and well suited for even the harshest weather conditions. A coir doormat is a great way to bring security and aesthetics to your front door using a natural and strong material.
