Rugberry Journal

Plush Wool Rug in Camel set up for floor seating, a deep handloom wool pile.

The Plush Collection: Deep Pile Handloom Wool

Plush is handloom New Zealand wool with a deep, quiet pile, made in six colours. It is the rug for sitting on the floor and stepping out of bed.

Living Room

Rugs with Patterned Upholstery

A printed sofa does not need a plain rug, but it does need a rug that answers its scale. Here is how to read a print and choose a texture or pattern to sit beneath it.

Tinker Wool Rug, black line marks on an ivory field, under a plain sofa.

Buying Guide

Patterned or Plain Rug: How to Decide

Count what is already patterned in the room before you choose. Here is when a plain rug is right, when a quiet pattern works better, and how to test both.

Grain Wool Rug in Russet in a reading corner, handloom New Zealand wool.

Buying Guide

Five Signs of a Well Made Rug

Five simple checks at delivery tell you whether a rug is well made: edges, pile, back, smell and how it lies. Here is what to look for.

Grain Wool Rug in Tan in a living room, handloom New Zealand wool with a low surface.

Buying Guide

Rugs for a Rented Home: What to Buy and Carry

If you move every few years, buy a rug for the next flat as well as this one. Here is how to choose size, weight and fibre so it travels well.

Livid Wool & Silk Rug with an open book, hand tufted New Zealand wool and silk, charcoal strokes on a pale ground.

Ivory Rugs

Mehendi, Ink and Hair Dye on Rugs

Mehendi and hair dye are made to stain keratin, and wool is keratin. Act fast, lift what you can, and know when to stop.

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.

Bedroom

Low Pile or High Pile: Choosing by Room and Use

Pile depth decides how a rug feels, how chairs move over it and how it copes with a daily jhadu. Here is how to choose by room.

Flatweave

Caring for Flatweave and Reversible Rugs

A reversible flatweave has two faces to share the wear. Flip it on a schedule, spot clean with care, and keep it out of the washing machine.

Noir Reversible Rug, a handwoven flatweave in black and ivory lines that turn at right angles across the surface.

Construction

Kilim and Flatweave: How They Relate

Every kilim is a flatweave, but most flatweaves are not kilims. Here is the weave that makes a kilim, and how to tell one from a dhurrie.