Rugberry Journal

Bergamo Rug in a styled sea facing living room, hand tufted New Zealand wool in a soft geometry.

From Drawing to Rug: The Design Process

A rug begins as a drawing, then becomes a graph, a colour card and a sample. Here is each step, and how to brief a custom pattern for an Indian project.

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.

Cabella Wool & Silk Rug in Latte in a styled living room on a pale marble floor.

Colour

Rug Samples and Swatches for Client Presentations

A rug swatch on a material board settles fibre, colour and hand in one move. Here is how to choose, label and present Rugberry swatches to clients.

Bergamo Rug in a styled living room facing the sea, hand tufted New Zealand wool in ivory shapes on sand.

Custom

What to Send Us: Drawings, CAD and References

A custom rug starts with five files: a plan, an outline in mm, the artwork, colour references and room photos. Here is what each should contain.

Cadence Wool Rug in a styled study, hand tufted New Zealand wool in ivory and beige bands.

Architects

How to Specify a Rug in a Project Brief

A rug spec needs six lines: size in mm, fibre, construction, pile, colour reference and edge. Here is a template Indian architects can paste into a schedule.

Arctic Wool Rug in a real Indian living room, beneath green armchairs with wooden frames and a round marble table.

Mid Century

Rugs for Mid Century Furniture

Mid century teak pieces want a rug with clean geometry and a warm palette. Here is how to choose one that suits splayed legs, low profiles and old rosewood.

Grain Wool Rug in Sage in a styled living room, handloom New Zealand wool on a terrazzo floor.

Colour

The Rugberry Custom Process for Designers

A custom rug moves through four stages: brief, colour, approval and making. This is how each one works at Rugberry for a residential project.

Jute

Wabi Sabi and the Handmade Rug

Wabi sabi finds beauty in the irregular and the worn. Here is how jute and handloom wool rugs bring that quality to an Indian home, and how to tell character from a fault.

Livid Wool & Silk Rug photographed with an open magazine, charcoal lines on an ivory ground.

Ideas

Living Room Rug Ideas for Indian Homes

Four looks for an Indian drawing room, from a soft gradient to a warm handloom texture, with real room photographs and a simple way to choose between them.

Cabella Wool & Silk Rug in Flax in a styled room, late light through sheer curtains across the silk.

Beige Rugs

Coordinating Rug and Curtain Colours

Curtains change the colour of your rug as much as your bulbs do. Here are tonal pairing ideas for sheer and blackout curtains, and when a contrast works better.