Rugberry Journal

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

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.

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

Entrance

Designing the Foyer: A Rug for the First Five Steps

The foyer rug is a first impression, a shoe zone and a dust trap in one. How to size it, clear the door, choose a fibre and decide between quiet and statement.

Handloom

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.

Nuva Silk Rug in Chocolate folded at the corner, showing the low handloom Botanical Silk pile and its sheen.

Buying Guide

Which Rugs Are Worth Investing In

A rug worth investing in is one whose cost per year of use stays low. How construction and fibre decide that, with hand knotted wool, real silk and cashmere blend examples and regular prices.

Handloom

Insignia: A Single Emblem on Handloom Wool and Botanical Silk

Insignia is a handloom rug in New Zealand wool and Botanical Silk, drawn with a single emblematic form at its centre. What it is made of, how it feels, where it works and what each size costs.

Grain Wool Rug in Sandstone close up, the low, closely worked handloom weave of New Zealand wool.

Comparison

Plush or Grain: Choosing Between Rugberry's Handloom Wool Rugs

Plush and Grain are both handloom New Zealand wool, but one is deep and soft at 18 to 20 mm and the other low and textured at 12 to 14 mm. A head to head comparison by room, care, colour and price.

Botanical Silk

How Lighting Changes a Rug: Daylight, Warm LED, Lamps

The same rug can look like three different rugs in a day. How colour temperature, light direction and pile shading change a rug, and how to choose one that looks right in your own light.

Livid Wool & Silk Rug seen from above beside a black metal frame, dark clouded lines in hand tufted New Zealand wool and Botanical Silk.

Living Room

Pairing a Rug With Your Sofa Fabric

The sofa fabric decides more about the right rug than the sofa colour. How to pair a rug with linen, boucle, leather, velvet and cotton, with texture rules, colour steps and Rugberry rugs.

Luma Silk Rug in Charcoal close up, handloom Botanical Silk with a soft, shifting sheen in dark grey.

Brutalist

Rugs for Concrete and Brutalist Interiors

Concrete and microcement rooms need a rug that softens without fighting the architecture. Pile depth, colour, size and floor protection, with Rugberry wool and Botanical Silk rugs and regular prices.