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Rugs on Wooden Floors: Pairing Colour and Pattern With Oak, Walnut and Parquet

A beautiful wooden floor deserves the right rug. How to choose colour, pattern and size so your rug flatters oak, walnut, painted boards and parquet rather than fighting them.

Rugs for Awkward Rooms: Bay Windows, Alcoves and L-Shaped Spaces

Not every room is a neat rectangle. Here is how to choose and place rugs in bay windows, alcoves, L-shaped rooms and other tricky layouts.

Bathroom Rugs: What Copes With Steam, Splashes and Bare Feet

A rug can transform a cold, hard bathroom floor, but only if it can cope with moisture, washing and wet feet. Here is what to look for.

Hand-Knotted, Hand-Tufted or Machine-Made? How Rugs Are Made and Why It Matters

Two rugs can look alike in a photograph and be entirely different objects. Here is how the three main methods of making a rug compare, and how to choose between them.

Silk, Viscose and Sheen: Living With a Lustrous Rug

Nothing catches the light quite like a rug with sheen. Here is what you need to know about silk, viscose and other lustrous fibres before you buy, and how to care for them once you do.

How Light Changes a Rug's Colour: North- and South-Facing Rooms

The same rug can look warm in one room and cold in another. Understanding how the light in your home behaves is one of the most useful things you can do before choosing a colour.

Washable Rugs: Are They Worth It?

Machine-washable rugs have gone from novelty to one of the most-asked-about categories we sell. Here is an honest look at what they do well, where they fall short, and who they suit best.

Designer Rugs: What You're Actually Paying For

A designer or heritage-brand rug carries a premium over an unbranded equivalent. Here is what that premium genuinely buys, what it does not, and when it is worth paying.

Fringes, Borders and Backings: How to Read a Rug's Construction

A rug will tell you how it was made if you know where to look. Fringes, selvedges and the reverse side each give the game away — and none of them settles the question of quality.

Kilims and Flatweaves: The Most Versatile Rug You Can Buy

No pile, woven rather than knotted, reversible and light enough to move on your own. Here is what a flatweave actually is, where it earns its keep, and the honest limits of one.