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Euphoric Wool Rug folded back on itself, grey blue stripes and outlined leaf forms on ivory hand tufted New Zealand wool.

Made to Measure Rugs in India: What a Good Service Shows You

Many rug sellers in India say they make any size. A good made to measure service proves it before you pay in full: a drawing to your room, colour agreed on real yarn, a written specification and te...

Cabra Wool & Jute Rug in Rust folded back at the corner, handloom New Zealand wool and jute with a pale bound edge.

Buying Guide

Made to Measure Rugs: Any Size, Shape or Colour

A made to measure rug is six decisions made in the right order. How to measure, which construction to choose, how colour is approved from poms, and how long each kind of Rugberry rug takes to make.

Velocity Wool & Silk Rug close up, sage New Zealand wool planes divided by grey Botanical Silk and ivory channels.

Colour

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...

Bergamo Rug in a styled sea facing living room, hand tufted New Zealand wool in a soft geometry.

Custom Rugs

From Drawing to Rug: The Design Process

A rug begins as a drawing, then becomes a graph, a colour card and a sample. Here is each step, and how to brief a custom pattern for an Indian project.

Grain Wool Rug in Sage in a styled living room, handloom New Zealand wool in soft green.

Colour

How Custom Rug Colours Are Matched

Matching a rug to a paint or fabric colour is done with dyed yarn poms, approved in daylight. Here is what to send, and what a close match really means.

Insignia Wool and Silk Rug in a wide living room, handloom New Zealand wool and silk with a low sheen.

Custom Rugs

Mohair in Rugs: Lustre, Resilience and Rarity

Mohair is one of the most lustrous animal fibres, and one of the rarest in rugs. Here is what it brings to a floor, and how to ask for it.

Cashmere Blend Rug in Salt in a styled bedroom, handloom wool and cashmere in a pale ivory tone.

Custom Rugs

Merino Wool in Rugs: What It Is and How It Feels

You may know merino from a soft sweater. On a floor, a fine wool behaves differently. Here is what merino is and when it makes sense in a rug.

Grain Wool Rug in Russet, handloom New Zealand wool, sized to the dining table.

Checklist

Questions to Ask Before You Order a Custom Rug

A custom rug is only as good as the brief behind it. These are the size, colour, fibre and approval questions to settle with Rugberry before an order begins.

Ivory Wool Rug, hand tufted in New Zealand wool, in a living room.

Custom Rugs

Custom Size or Ready Stock: Which Rug Route to Take

Six stock sizes cover most rooms. Here is how to tell whether yours is one of them, and when a made to measure rug is the better route.

Stratum Knotted Rug in Dune in a styled living room, a hand knotted pile in layered sand and ivory blocks.

Custom Rugs

Rugs for Interior Designers in India: A Trade Guide

Stock, custom and collaboration: three ways to specify a Rugberry rug for a project, and what to put on the spec sheet so it arrives right.