Rugberry Journal

Cashmere Blend Rug in a bedroom, handloom wool and cashmere beside linen bedding.

Styling a Bedroom Around the Rug

A bedroom rug is the first thing your feet meet each morning. Here is how to style a bedroom around a soft rug, from bedding and wood tones to the hum of the AC.

Amal Rug from Khaled Hashem x Rugberry in a styled room.

Collaborations

Statement Rugs: When the Rug Leads the Room

A statement rug works when it is the only loud thing in the room. Here is how to choose one, size it for a drawing room built for guests, and calm everything around it.

Pazo Knotted Rug in a styled South Delhi living room, hand knotted New Zealand wool.

Collecting

Pazo, Ithaca and Fern: Hand Knotted Statement Rugs

Pazo, Ithaca and Fern are Rugberry's statement hand knotted wool rugs. Here is how each one reads, what it costs and how a collector in an Indian city might choose.

Ombré Taupe Rug in a styled living room with a warm grey stone floor, hand tufted New Zealand wool in a slow gradation.

Colour

How Ombre Gradients Are Made in Wool

An ombre rug changes tone slowly from one end to the other. Here is how makers build that gradient in wool, and what to look for before you buy one.

Grain Wool Rug in Sage in a styled living room, handloom New Zealand wool in soft green.

Colour

How Custom Rug Colours Are Matched

Matching a rug to a paint or fabric colour is done with dyed yarn poms, approved in daylight. Here is what to send, and what a close match really means.

Insignia Wool & Silk Rug in a real Indian living room, beside teak panelling, traditional paintings and blue armchairs.

Heirloom Furniture

Contemporary Rugs for Traditional Homes

A modern rug can make heirloom teak look more beautiful, not less. Here is how to choose a contemporary design for a home full of carved wood and inherited pieces.

Ombré Taupe Rug in a styled living room, hand tufted New Zealand wool in a slow gradation.

Colour

Why Handmade Rug Colour Varies by Batch

Two rugs in the same colourway can differ slightly in shade. Here is why dye lots vary, why photos mislead, and how a swatch keeps a project on track.

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

Colour

Rugs Across Connected Rooms

Rugs in connected rooms do not need to match. They need to belong to the same conversation. Here is how one family in several colours ties an open flat together.

Stratum Knotted Rug in Cinder in a styled study, hand knotted New Zealand wool in charcoal and earth blocks.

Black

Charcoal and Black Rugs: Grounding a Room

A dark rug anchors a pale room like nothing else. It also shows lint and dust, so here is an honest look at choosing and living with charcoal and black.

Clique Wool Rug in Pitch Black, a real close up of ivory lines filling a clustered form on a black hand tufted wool ground.

Black and White

Clique: Bone White and Pitch Black

Clique comes in two opposite colourways, Bone White and Pitch Black. How to choose between them for white walled apartments and rooms full of dark wood.