The Floor Is the Foundation: How to Decorate Around a Rug

The Floor Is the Foundation: How to Decorate Around a Rug

There's a specific type of living room that most people have at some point in their lives: a sofa in a colour they chose carefully, a coffee table that took three weeks to arrive, side tables that ...

What Actually Happens Inside Our India Workshop

What Actually Happens Inside Our India Workshop

'Handmade in India' appears on a lot of rug listings. It appears on ours. It's also a phrase that can mean almost anything — from 'a human being pressed a button on a machine at some point in the p...

Six Honest Mistakes People Make When Buying a Rug Online

Six Honest Mistakes People Make When Buying a Rug Online

Online rug shopping has a specific failure mode that in-store shopping doesn't: you make your decision from a photograph, and photographs are, at best, a partial truth. The colour you see on a moni...

The Rug That Ruined Every Other Rug

The Rug That Ruined Every Other Rug

I've handled a lot of rugs. Rolled them, unrolled them, pressed my palm flat against pile to feel how it gives, held corners up to light to check how the dye sits. It's the kind of thing you stop n...

How to Care for a Handmade Wool Rug

How to Care for a Handmade Wool Rug

A well-made handmade wool rug is one of the most durable things you can put in your home. Our customers regularly tell us their wool rugs look better after five years than they did in year one — th...

Hand-Tufted vs Hand-Knotted vs Flatweave Rugs

Hand-Tufted vs Hand-Knotted vs Flatweave Rugs

Hand-Tufted vs Hand-Knotted vs Flatweave Rugs: What's the Actual Difference? When you're shopping for an area rug online, the listing will almost always mention how the rug is made: hand-tufted, ha...