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Dune Wool & Silk Rug close up, soft ridged bands of New Zealand wool and Botanical Silk in sand tones.

Nina Brunn Rugs: Abstract, Dune and Burke

Three hand tufted pieces from Nina Brunn x Rugberry: Abstract on a square field, Dune ridged like wind-shaped sand, and the textured Burke. Colour, placement and sizes.

Concept Silk Rug in a dining room, a pale hand tufted Botanical Silk rug with fine dark lines under a long table.

Bedroom

Concept and Nasai: Hand Tufted Botanical Silk Rugs

Concept and Nasai are drawn in Botanical Silk on a hand tufted pile. What tufting does to a plant-based sheen, how the two designs differ, and the quiet rooms they suit.

Botanical Silk

Velocity, Lyra and Trickle: Wool Drawn in Botanical Silk

Velocity, Lyra and Trickle are hand tufted in New Zealand wool with Botanical Silk, each drawn in line. Where the sheen sits, how each reads in a room, and which to choose.

Botanical Silk

Luma: Handloom Botanical Silk in Four Colours

Luma is a plain handloom rug in Botanical Silk, a plant-based yarn with a moving sheen. How Greige, Charcoal, Gold and Gray behave on Indian floors and in Indian light.

Botanical Silk

Botanical Silk vs Polyester Sheen Rugs

Two shiny rugs can look identical online. One is a plant-based fibre, the other a synthetic. How Botanical Silk and polyester differ in feel, heat and ageing.

Botanical Silk

A Rug for a Small Room With Little Daylight

North facing bedrooms and inner rooms with one small window. Colour, sheen and size choices that make a dim room feel lighter and larger.

Lucid Wool Rug close up, hand tufted New Zealand wool in ivory and sand planes folding in toward a single point.

Bedroom

A Second Rug for the Bedroom Sitting Area

A master bedroom with a reading chair or a window seat can carry two rugs. Sizes, shapes, spacing and colour, so the second rug adds a room, not clutter.

Botanical Silk

A Rug for the Dressing Room or Walk In Wardrobe

A dressing room is a small room walked barefoot, slowly, every day. Runner sizes, shutter clearance, the barefoot fibres that suit it and how to keep moths out.

Botanical Silk

How Lighting Changes a Rug: Daylight, Warm LED, Lamps

The same rug can look like three different rugs in a day. How colour temperature, light direction and pile shading change a rug, and how to choose one that looks right in your own light.

Botanical Silk

Wool vs Botanical Silk: Which Rug for Which Room

Wool or Botanical Silk? The answer changes from room to room. Clear verdicts for every room in an Indian home, including when a blend is the best of both.