Rugberry Journal

Terracotta Rugs in Modern Indian Homes

Terracotta is the colour of fired clay, and it has been at home on Indian floors for centuries. How to choose a terracotta rug for a modern flat, and what to pair it with.

Sage Green Rugs for Calm Rooms

Sage is a green with grey in it, which is why it calms a room instead of filling it. How to choose a sage rug, what to pair it with, and how it wears in an Indian home.

Refreshing a Home Before the Festive Season

A festive refresh does not need new furniture. One rug in a warmer colour, a layout that seats more guests, and a calm plan for cleaning once the season ends.

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.

Choosing a Rug for Dark Wood or Black Granite Floors

Dark floors flatter a pale rug and expose every speck of dust around it. How to pick contrast, texture and size on black granite and dark wood.

Rug Colours and Textures That Forgive Spills

Chai, dal, turmeric and muddy feet. The rugs that look best after five years of family life are mid toned, mottled and textured, and here is why.

Rug Colours That Hold Up in Sun Filled Rooms

Indian sun is generous and relentless. Which rug colours show fading least on a west facing floor, and the simple habits that keep a rug even.

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.

Earth Tone Rugs: Terracotta, Umber and Sage

Terracotta, umber, rust and sage rugs warm a room built on lime plaster, teak and stone. How to pick the shade, the fibre and the pile, with Rugberry wool and jute rugs and regular prices.

Designing a Rug in the Rugberry Design Lab

The Rugberry Design Lab recolours any Rugberry design, or your own drawing, from a pom box on screen. A walk through the tool, what the tearsheet tells you, and how a colourway becomes a made to me...