Rugberry Journal

Rugs for a New Builder Floor in Gurgaon and Delhi

Builder floors have their own layout: a long living and dining space, glossy marble and bedrooms of a predictable size. How to plan rugs for one, room by room.

Rugs for Farmhouses Around Delhi

Farmhouse rooms around Delhi are huge, cold in January and dusty in May. How to size rugs for them, which fibres keep them warm, and what to put on the veranda.

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.

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.

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.

Hand Woven or Handloom: Two Words for Two Constructions

Hand woven and handloom sound like the same thing, and in everyday speech they often are. On a rug label they point to two different rugs. Here is the difference.

Handloom or Hand Knotted: Which Suits Your Room

Both are made on a loom by hand, but one weaves the pile in rows and the other ties it knot by knot. Structure, feel, price per sq ft and the right room for each.

Botanical Silk vs Polyester Sheen Rugs

Two shiny rugs can look identical online. One is a plant-based fibre, the other a synthetic. How Botanical Silk and polyester differ in feel, heat and ageing.

Wool vs Polypropylene Rugs

Polypropylene is cheap and shrugs off water. Wool feels better, recovers and ages well. How the two compare in Indian homes, room by room.

Made to Measure for Bay Windows, Columns and Odd Rooms

Bay windows, structural columns and angled walls defeat stock sizes. How to template an awkward room, what can be cut and which construction to choose.