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How to buy the perfect rug

Your checklist to getting your rug choice right - by Wendy Moore
  • 09 Oct 2017
How to buy the perfect rug
Deborah Molina Design

HB editor in chief and House Rules judge Wendy Moore shares her dos and don'ts for when choosing a rug for your living space.

How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia
Designer Rugs

1. Measure your space

Leave enough space around the edge of a rug so you can see the floor around – symmetry is ideal if you can – anywhere between 30-60cm is the most comfortable – the larger the room, the larger the gap can be. If you’re putting a rug beneath a dining table, have enough room around the table for chairs to be pulled out and sat on comfortably within the rug – that avoids the wonky chair discomfort.

How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Placid hand knotted rug, Designer Rugs

Designer Rugs

2. Choose a rug that suits the traffic use

A loop pile is always more hardwearing and works for high traffic, a cut pile feels more luxurious underfoot, but doesn’t stand the same amount of traffic. Consider purchasing a seperate underlay or opt for an applied non-slip backing to optimise safety in high traffic areas.

3. Choose the rug first

Then find the perfect paint colour to match. It's much easier to work in this way with so many paint colour options available.

How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Pick up the style and colours of your rug in other items in the room

West Elm

4. Make a statement

A great rug can be the statement piece that informs the entire room design – particularly when it comes to colour. Once you’ve found your dream rug, looks for accessories that pick one colour from the design. Try to avoid using clashing patterns, it’s incredibly hard to make that work and you want the rug to be the hero of the space.

How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Make a statement - let your rug dictate the style of your room

Deborah Molina Design

5. Colour code

If you are going for a strong colour, check that it won’t be constantly exposed to sunlight, over time this will definitely discolour – and not in a good way.

How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Use colour to make a statement

Temple & Webster

6. Back to basics

It’s what’s underneath that counts – the back of a rug shows you how tightly the knots are placed, which gives a good indication of the quality you’re buying, more knots per square means a longer life for the rug.

How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Hard wearing polypropylene pile

Temple & Webster
How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Padded backing for safety, comfort and insulation

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How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Reversable, hypoallergenic

Freedom

Wendy's favourite rugs at the moment:

1. Greystone woven wool and jute mix, Floorspace

2. ' Placid' hand knotted New Zealand and Tibetan wool with pure silk highlights, Designer Rugs

3. Stunning Monet inspired machine woven textured polypropylene rug, Temple & Webster

4. Kasbah handcrafter New Zealand wool rug in Ivory, West Elm

5. Madras oval jute rug, Freedom

How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Kasbah wool rug, West Elm

West Elm
How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Madras rug, Freedom

How to buy the perfect rug | Home Beautiful Magazine Australia

Greystone wool and jute mix, Floorspace

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After 12 years as Editor in Chief of Home Beautiful, Wendy is a self-confessed interiors junkie, driven by a passion to create a magazine that inspires people to fall in love with their own home over and over again. As Judge on House Rules, Wendy's insight into how a beautiful home improves a lifestyle inspires hundreds of thousands of Australians.

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