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Cabra Wool & Jute Rug in Olive close up, a firm handloom weave of New Zealand wool and jute in a muted green.

Rugs for Kochi Homes: Monsoon, Teak and Laterite

Kochi asks more of a rug than most Indian cities. Two monsoons, salt air and teak furniture. The fibres, pile heights and habits that keep a rug fresh, and where to see one in the city.

Cabra Wool & Jute Rug in Sand folded at the corner, handloom New Zealand wool and jute with a fringed end.

Care

A Rug Soaked by a Leak or Flood: What to Do

A soaked rug can often be saved if it is dried quickly and gently. The first hours, how to dry wool, jute and Botanical Silk, what to avoid, and when a professional should take over.

Pampas Jute Rug close up, handwoven jute in natural and black, a fibre that must be kept dry.

Care

Preventing Mould Under Rugs in Coastal Cities

In Mumbai, Chennai and Kochi the monsoon air does not dry out for months. A calm routine of airflow, lifting and checking keeps the floor under a rug clean and dry.

Pampas Jute Rug close up, handwoven jute in natural and black with blocks of diagonal stripes.

Balcony

Rugs for Covered Balconies and Sit Outs

A covered balcony is half room, half weather. Which Rugberry weaves suit it, which do not, how to size the rug and how to get it through the monsoon.

Grain Wool Rug in Sage in a light filled Goa villa living room with arched windows and lime plaster walls.

Goa

Rugs for Goa Homes: Salt Air and Slow Living

Salt air, sandy feet, a heavy monsoon and houses shut for months: Goa asks a lot of a rug. Fibres, care and Rugberry picks for slow coastal living.

Grain Wool Rug in Flax in a Pune 2BHK living room with a linen sofa and pale oak floor.

Family Homes

Rugs for Pune Homes: Monsoon Hill Air and Family Rooms

Pune's long monsoon and busy family living rooms ask for rugs that dry fast and forgive. Fibres, sizes and Rugberry picks that make life easy.

Grain Wool Rug in Tan in a styled apartment living room on a pale marble floor, handloom New Zealand wool.

Monsoon

Rugs for Mumbai Apartments: Humidity, Space, Light

Monsoon humidity, compact rooms and bright sea light all test a rug. Which fibres, pile heights and sizes suit Mumbai apartments, with Rugberry picks.

Stratum Knotted Rug in Dune in a styled living room, hand knotted New Zealand wool beside a curved ivory sofa.

Construction

Why a New Rug Is Washed Before It Ships

Most handmade rugs are washed once they come off the loom. Here is what that wash does to softness and colour, and why the first monsoon changes a rug again.