Area Rug Question?

[Tuffcookie]

My mom is in the process of redecorating her livingroom. She has decided to stick with her carpet but we were thinking of adding a decorative area rug in the center to give the floor new life. If you put an area rug on top of carpet do you need a pad underneath the area rug? I know you do for bare floors but I'm not sure on top of carpet.

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[FreshTressa]

My mom has them under hers, but I don't see why you would need them.

She says they still slip. It probably depends on how slippery the carpet is.

 

[RNMOM]

There are special mats for carpet on carpet. They help keep it from sliding around and is protective to the under carpet also. Saw that on HGTV.