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Cabra Wool & Jute Rug in Rust turned back at the corner, a firm handloom weave of New Zealand wool and jute.

Rugs for Restaurants, Cafes and Lounges

A rug in a restaurant has to take spills, sliding chairs and a nightly clean. Where rugs belong in a cafe or lounge, which weaves cope, and how to keep them.

Cavea Wool Rug close up, hand tufted New Zealand wool carved into overlapping pale green planes.

Hand Knotted

Rugs for Hotel Lobbies and Large Public Rooms

A lobby rug is read from across a large room and walked on by hundreds of people a day. How to plan its scale, keep traffic off it, handle seams and care for it.

Cabra Wool & Jute Rug in Olive folded at the corner, a flat handloom weave of New Zealand wool and jute.

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Building a Rug Schedule for a Villa Project

A rug schedule turns a villa's rugs from a last minute purchase into a planned package. What it should hold, room by room, and how approvals move through it.

Teal Wool Rug close up, hand tufted New Zealand wool in deep teal with a fine carved texture.

Broadloom

Hotel Broadloom and Rugs for Hospitality Projects

Corridors, guest rooms, suites and lobbies ask different things of a floor. Where hotel broadloom works, where a made to measure rug is better, and what Rugberry supplies for hospitality projects.

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...

Livid Wool & Silk Rug with an open interiors book resting on it, hand tufted New Zealand wool and Botanical Silk in dark lines on ivory.

Architects

Rugberry Trade Programme for Designers

One account, one trade price on every rug, and a project folder for each client. How designers and architects in India apply to the Rugberry Trade Program and what it does once they are in.

Livid Wool & Silk Rug seen from above under a black metal and glass side table, hand tufted New Zealand wool and Botanical Silk in dark flowing lines.

Architects

Rugs in an Architect-Led Home

In an architect-led home the rug is drawn, not chosen at the end. When to bring it into the drawings, what a good rug brief contains, and how Rugberry turns a plan into a made to measure piece.

Ondulation Rug in a styled living room on a travertine floor, hand tufted New Zealand wool.

Collaborations

Designer Collaborations: How Rugberry Works with Designers

Rugberry has made collections with three designers. Here is what those collaborations show about turning a design language into rugs, for Indian designers.

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

Budget

Budgeting Rugs in a Residential Project

A rug budget built room by room avoids a cheap rug in the main room. Here is a method using Rugberry from prices before GST and cost per sq ft.

Arctic Wool Rug under a pair of round tables and green armchairs in a finished apartment.

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Rugs for Show Flats and Sample Apartments

A show flat rug has to photograph well, survive hundreds of visitors and make rooms look larger. This is how to choose one for a sample apartment.