Choosing a rug can be very difficult. You can get rugs in every shade of every colour and it can be difficult to narrow down your options. You will also already have a number of different colours and patterns in the room where you intend to place the rug. How do you match or complement [...]
Articles and advice about rugs
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Why does a shaggy rug make a room feel so homely?
It’s surprising just how much a rug can alter the feel of a room. An area which once felt bland and lifeless can come to seem vibrant and joyous, while a cold, sterile atmosphere can be made warm and inviting through the right choice of rug.
Shaggy rugs are particularly popular for the homely feel they [...]
Making your living room more distinctive
There are two ways in which you can decorate a room badly. You can be too ambitious and create a room which feels overly busy with too many patterns and brash, ugly colours. The other extreme is more common. In playing it safe, you can end up with a room which feels lifeless and bland.
Fortunately, [...]
Buy a rug and then decorate or vice versa?
The purchase of a new rug often goes hand in hand with redecoration. Often, one thing will have a knock-on effect on another when decorating a room, so it can make more sense to pretty much start from scratch.
But which is the right way round to do things? Should you decorate your room and then [...]
What kinds of designer rugs are available?
Few items of home décor come in so many different styles as rugs. There are near endless patterns and combinations of colours out there and many different types of fabric. A number of famous designers have turned their hand to rug design. Here is what you can expect to find.
Gooch rugs
Gooch rugs tend to be [...]
Do you need to splash out on a designer rug?
If you’re looking for a new rug, you might be pondering the many designer options which are now available. Famous designers such as Frans Molenaar and Jeff Banks offer all sorts of different rugs to suit all manner of tastes.
But is a designer rug right for you? It can be hard to know for certain, [...]
Rugs for the office – add some character to your workspace
It is a fact that offices are often rather bland, featureless spaces. This is partly by necessity. Office space tends to be rented and so cannot be too distinctive as it may need to meet the requirements of a different firm operating in a different industry at a later date. However, this doesn’t mean that [...]
Don’t forget texture when buying a rug
A good rug will have a number of different qualities. It will be the right colour and an appropriate size and shape; a patterned rug will fit well with its surroundings, adding to them rather than detracting from them; and whatever type of rug you have, it should bring warmth and homeliness to the room [...]
Choosing the right colour and pattern of rug
One of the hardest decisions to make when choosing a rug is what colour to go for. Being as rugs take up a lot of floor space, the wrong choice of colour will stand out horribly. The fear of this can leave you indecisive however, so how can you ensure you choose wisely?
The logical place [...]
A few popular rug options
When it comes to rugs, the choice is virtually endless. You can get almost any shape of rug in pretty much every colour and design imaginable. However, it is possible to group many of them into a few broad categories.
Round rugs
The majority of rugs are rectangular, but this isn’t necessarily the best shape for every [...]
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- Kids Rugs
- Budget Rugs
- Brink & Campman
- Gooch Rugs
- Jeff Banks
- Karpi
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- Wissenbach
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