There are a few things to consider when it comes to purchasing a rug and it’s easy to overlook size until the very last minute. You’ll naturally tend to focus on colour and pattern; you may have a particular fabric in mind, or a particular style; and you’ll probably have fairly firm ideas about the [...]

Decorating a room is about finding a balance. Add too much furniture or too many decorations and the room will feel cluttered and claustrophobic. Keep things too simple and the room can feel lifeless and empty.
If you’re suffering the latter problem, consider getting a rug. Rugs work well in minimalist spaces, because they add [...]

If you’re redecorating your living room, it can be hard to come up with a cohesive plan. Trying to consider all the different elements at once will leave you confused and you won’t be able to get anywhere. The various bits of décor are all interconnected. The colour of your walls has a knock-on effect [...]

One of the great things about rugs is that they are significantly easier to replace than carpet. If you think yours is starting to look a bit tatty, it’s not such a monumental task to go and get a new one.
But when is the right time to replace your rug? There are a few signs [...]

We generally think of rugs as being decoration; something we add to a room to make it look more beautiful. However, they can also be used to protect your floors from stains or from fading because of direct sunlight.
Rugs are great for keeping stains off your carpet. It’s not like you’re happy to have stains [...]

It may seem counterintuitive to use a beautiful rug to protect a relatively plain carpet, but there is a reason for doing this. Overall, carpet does tend to be more expensive and it is annoying to have to splash out on new carpet for almost the entire house when only one patch is worn. A [...]

There are two main ways in which a rug can come in handy when it comes to stains. They can help prevent them and they can conceal them.
There are all sorts of carpet cleaning products these days, but most of us know that nothing is perfect. If you have a pale coloured carpet, you may [...]

If you’ve decided one of your rooms needs a rug, how do you go about choosing one? It’s not just a matter of picking something that looks nice. There is more to consider. Here are a few elements to think about so that you can be a bit more methodical in your selection.
Size
Fairly obvious, but [...]

It can be tempting to buy a rug in order to conceal a damaged patch of floor, but this encourages the view that the rug is something functional; a means of making the best of a bad situation. The truth is that rugs can be beautiful and can really add something to a room. Perhaps [...]