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Luma Silk Rug in Charcoal close up, handloom Botanical Silk with a soft sheen moving across the dark pile.

A Rug for a Home Study or Work From Home Corner

A study rug has three jobs: take a rolling chair, quieten a hard room for video calls and give the camera a calm backdrop. Sizes, weaves and prices.

Quaint Rug close up, soft rounds of pink and grey on a sand ground in hand tufted New Zealand wool.

Care

Modern Rugs for a Kids' Room That Grow With the Child

A kids' room rug has to survive crayons and juice, then still look right when the child is thirteen. Sizes, fibres, colours and care for Indian homes.

Congrand Wool Rug in a large living room with tall windows, its flowing pattern holding the whole seating group.

Acoustics

Rugs for Double-Height Living Rooms

A double-height living room is seen from below and above, and it echoes. How to choose rug size, pile and pattern for scale, sound and sightlines.

Grain Wool Rug in Sandstone under a six seater dining table in a calm Bengaluru villa with lime plaster walls.

Dining Room

Modern Dining Room Rugs That Survive Dinner

A dining rug must let chairs glide, forgive dal and chai, and still look calm. Pile, size and fibre for modern dining rooms, with Rugberry picks.

Bedroom

Modern Bedroom Rugs for Indian Homes

A bedroom rug is the one you meet barefoot every morning. How to choose a modern bedroom rug by fibre, pile and size, with Rugberry picks in INR.

Living Room

Modern Living Room Rugs for Indian Homes

The right modern rug for a 2BHK hall, a 3BHK living room or a bungalow drawing room, by size, fibre and construction, with Rugberry rugs in six stock sizes.

Grain Wool Rug in flax under a three seater in a compact living room, handloom New Zealand wool.

6x9 Rugs

6x9 Rug: The Size for Compact Living Rooms

A 6x9 rug is the right size for most 2BHK halls in Mumbai and Pune. Here is how it sits under a sofa and chairs, with the numbers.

Grain Wool Rug in mochaccino at the foot of a bed, handloom New Zealand wool with a low, close surface.

5x8 Rugs

5x8 Rug: Rooms It Fits and Where It Falls Short

A 5x8 rug covers 40 sq ft. It is right for a bedside, a desk or a small hall, and wrong for a living room built around a three seater.

Congrand Wool Rug in a styled living room, the front legs of the sofa and chairs resting on the rug.

Layout

All Legs, Front Legs or Floating: Rug Layouts

Three ways to set furniture on a rug, tested against the three plus one plus one sofa set, the diwan and floor seating found in Indian living rooms.

Bedroom

Rug Under a Bed: Three Layouts That Work

Full, two thirds or a pair of runners. How to choose a rug layout for a bed when the wardrobe sits a few feet away, as it does in most Indian bedrooms.