The new Fragments collection of patchwork carpets, like the one below, is a happy solution.
Knotted work includes pieces with pile on either side, many symmetrically knotted on three warps, and braided and woven patchwork carpets with interwoven strips.
If you don't have any spare carpet, you could use some thick fabric or sew a little patchwork rug.
In one project, he took what he called a patchwork approach to carpeting the stairs, using dozens of different remnants to give each step its own color.
Use stained concrete pavers or brick inlays which suit a variety of styles and budgets, to create a unique looking patchwork to resemble a "carpet" like theme.
"This should mean it needs carpet, paint, patchwork, landscaping, and new fixtures," said Cedric Stewart of Entourage Residential Group at Keller Williams in Rockville, Maryland.
What makes Stark Carpet's Oriental Turkish Patchwork rugs new is the color combination, said Ashley Stark, the creative director of Stark Carpet in Manhattan.
EU leaders were meeting for the first time in the Europa building, a new €321m (£279m) summit venue in Brussels, decorated with multicoloured ceilings and carpets intended to symbolise the "united patchwork" of Europe.
Orchards of oaks cluster farther from the river; and, spreading from the trees in every direction, carpeting the valley floor, flowers: a patchwork of purples, pinks, and yellows.
Nods to nature were incorporated throughout the design — from some tabletops made from local mesquite to shades of green carpet in varying hues that mimic the patchwork of fields and citrus groves that can be seen on a flyover of the valley.
