Rugs at home

Rooms we like, the weave behind them, and the nearest rug we sell. Start from a room, a look, or just scroll.

Every photograph here is a styling reference from our image library, not a photograph of our own stock. Where a rug in frame is close to something we weave, we name it. Full credits and licences are on the credits page. Image credits

One house, seven floors

Scroll sideways through the rooms a rug has to work in, from the sofa to the last step of the stairs.

Bright airy living room with rattan wall baskets and a large red Persian rug

The living room

The largest rug in the house and the one that sets its colour. Size it to the seating, not to the walls.

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Sunny living room with a grey mid-century sofa over a red geometric Heriz-style rug

Under the front legs

The front legs of the sofa and chairs stand on the rug; the back legs stay on the floor. A 5 × 8 ft is the usual answer.

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Late sun slanting across a gold and crimson rug beneath dark dining chairs

The dining table

Leave 60 cm of rug past the table on every side, so a pulled-out chair never drops off the edge.

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Panelled heritage bedroom with a blue canopy bed and a large faded Persian rug in soft window light

The bedroom

Warm floor on the way out of bed. Either two thirds of the bed sits on it, or a pair of runners does the same job.

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Modern hand-woven runner in rust, mustard and grey stripes on pale oak boards

The hallway

A runner with 10 to 20 cm of bare floor on each side reads as deliberate rather than wall-to-wall.

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Classical entrance hall with a curved staircase and a red Persian rug on dark floorboards

The entrance

The rug that takes the most wear. Dense pile, short pile, and a colour that forgives a wet day.

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Window-shaped pool of sunlight on an ivory Kashan-style rug

And the light that finds it

Wool and silk read differently at every hour. It is the reason a rug never looks the same twice.

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The whole library

Fifty photographs: rooms, looms, bazaars and close-ups. Narrow them by room, by look, or leave them as they are.

Room

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50 photographs, all styling references

Kashan Garden, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — A large red field holding a bright room together
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Heriz Geometric, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — Heriz geometry under a mid-century sofa
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Green velvet sofa and round glass coffee table on a red Persian rug before tall windows — Green velvet against a red medallion
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Tabriz Medallion, a hand-knotted wool and silk rug, shown flat — Green velvet against a red medallion
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Beamed farmhouse living room with grey sofas, a wood stove and a geometric kilim runner — A kilim runner between farmhouse beams
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Anatolian Kilim, a flat-woven wool rug, shown flat — A kilim runner between farmhouse beams
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Cream sofa with a kilim cushion beneath a faded vintage rug hung on the wall — A faded rug hung above a cream sofa
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Citrus Patchwork, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — A faded rug hung above a cream sofa
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Minimal terracotta room with sheer curtains, a low table and a checked wool rug — A checked wool rug in a terracotta room
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Kyoto Stone, a hand-knotted wool and silk rug, shown flat — A checked wool rug in a terracotta room
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Tan leather sectional sofa on a cream Berber-style diamond rug — Berber diamonds under a leather sectional
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Berber Stripe, a flat-woven wool and jute rug, shown flat — Berber diamonds under a leather sectional
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Sunlit study with leaded bay windows, an oak desk and a faded blue-red Persian rug — A worn blue and red field in a bay-window study
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Mahal Vintage, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — A worn blue and red field in a bay-window study
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Himalaya Tonal, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — A soft medallion under a canopy bed
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Ivory and crimson floral rug beside a bed on herringbone parquet — Ivory and crimson beside herringbone parquet
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Sarouk Rose, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — Ivory and crimson beside herringbone parquet
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Vaulted white bedroom with teal armchairs on a red Persian rug — Teal armchairs standing on a red Persian rug
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Ushak Lotto Classic, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — Teal armchairs standing on a red Persian rug
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Calm bedroom with a backlit headboard, woven pendant lamps and a red flat-woven kilim — A flat-woven red at the foot of the bed
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Konya Prayer Kilim, a flat-woven wool rug, shown flat — A flat-woven red at the foot of the bed
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Long dining table with navy velvet chairs on a blue Persian rug beside glass doors — Navy chairs pulled back over a blue field
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Isfahan Lapis Medallion, a hand-knotted wool and silk rug, shown flat — Navy chairs pulled back over a blue field
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Ornamental Lotto Ember, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — Late sun reaching under dining chairs
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Milas Terracotta, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — A red rug at the turn of a staircase
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Modern Line Runner, a hand-tufted wool rug, shown flat — Rust and mustard stripes down pale oak
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Deep green arched alcove with a small red Bokhara rug and a linen curtain — A small red rug in a green arched alcove
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Eagle Kazak Star, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — A small red rug in a green arched alcove
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Ornate indigo and rust Persian rug laid on a polished stone floor — Indigo and rust laid out on polished stone
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Srinagar Chinar, a hand-knotted wool and silk rug, shown flat — Indigo and rust laid out on polished stone
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Dappled afternoon sunlight falling across an ivory floral Persian rug — Afternoon light moving across an ivory floral field
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Isfahan Royal, a hand-knotted wool and silk rug, shown flat — Afternoon light moving across an ivory floral field
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Close view of an ivory floral hand-knotted rug being unrolled — The first unroll, before anyone walks on it
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Kashan Silk Vine, a hand-knotted wool and silk rug, shown flat — A window-shaped pool of sun on Kashan ivory
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Painted teapot on a faded rug in a slant of late sun — A painted teapot in a slant of late sun
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Orange cosmos flowers casting shadows on an ivory floral rug — Cosmos shadows falling across an ivory ground
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Hereke Silk Court, a hand-knotted silk rug, shown flat — Cosmos shadows falling across an ivory ground
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A shaft of light across a worn rug edge on dark floorboards — A shaft of light along a worn edge
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Two finely knotted silk rugs, one folded back, in crimson and gold — Two silk rugs, one folded back on itself
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Qom Silk Floral, a hand-knotted silk rug, shown flat — Two silk rugs, one folded back on itself
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Shallow-focus macro of saffron and crimson rug pile — Saffron and crimson pile, a few millimetres away
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Ivory floral field and terracotta border meeting a white cotton fringe — Where the terracotta border meets the cotton fringe
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Close detail of an indigo and ivory rug with a silky sheen — Indigo and ivory with a silk sheen
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Kashmir Tree of Life, a hand-knotted silk rug, shown flat — Indigo and ivory with a silk sheen
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Crimson overcast edge of a fine rug curving against a pale wall — A crimson overcast edge curving away
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Kashmir Millefleur Ruby, a hand-knotted silk rug, shown flat — A crimson overcast edge curving away
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Rolled edge of a geometric Anatolian rug showing dense pile and star motifs — Star motifs along a rolled Anatolian edge
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Konya Tribal, a hand-knotted wool rug, shown flat — Star motifs along a rolled Anatolian edge
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Folded corner revealing the knotted back of a red geometric rug — The knotted back, folded over to be read
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Charcoal flat-weave rug with knotted fringe folded over pale oak — A charcoal flat-weave folded over oak boards
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Senneh Boteh Kilim, a flat-woven wool rug, shown flat — A charcoal flat-weave folded over oak boards
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Low-angle view along a coral and navy Persian rug towards its rolled end — Down the length of a coral and navy field
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Weaver knotting pile on an upright loom beneath rows of warp threads — Knotting pile under rows of warp thread
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Artisan's hands finishing the edge of a hand-knotted rug — Finishing an edge by hand, the last week of work
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Warm-lit wooden hand loom with a shuttle resting on a half-woven rug — A shuttle resting on a half-woven rug
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Undyed warp threads and loose wool weft above a partly woven panel — Warp and weft, before the first knot
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Hand-dyed wool skeins in madder red, saffron and indigo drying on racks — Madder, saffron and indigo on the drying racks
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Freshly dyed wool hanging in a dyers' souk, seen through a wooden archway — Fresh dye lots seen through a wooden archway
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Strands of naturally dyed yarn in ochre, indigo, rose and ivory — Ochre, indigo, rose and ivory hung out to dry
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Pile of lustrous silk skeins in ivory, jade and indigo on a dark table — Silk skeins in ivory, jade and indigo
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Macro of twisted hand-spun ivory wool yarn — Hand-spun ivory wool, twist by twist
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Domed brick caravanserai with bales and piles of carpets beneath skylights — Bales and piles under caravanserai skylights
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Floor-to-ceiling stacks of folded rugs in a bazaar shop — Folded stacks running floor to ceiling
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Carpet showroom with a crystal chandelier above rows of rolled rugs — Rolled stock under a showroom chandelier
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Standing rolled tribal rugs in brick red and saffron — Standing rolls in brick red and saffron
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Afghan Soumak, a flat-woven wool rug, shown flat — Standing rolls in brick red and saffron
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Rolled vintage rugs lying on a layered carpet floor — Vintage rolls lying on a layered carpet floor
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Wall of rolled rug ends in wine, ivory and sage — A wall of rug ends in wine, ivory and sage
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Hand-knotted rugs hung on a wall before a domed Bukhara madrasa — Rugs hung out in front of a domed madrasa
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Stone-walled rug shop doorway lined with rolled carpets — A stone doorway lined with rolled carpets
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Not sure what fits your room?

Start from the size guide, which draws your room to scale, or send us a photo and the measurements and we will suggest two or three rugs.

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