Rug & Carpet Buying Guides
- Hand-Knotted vs Hand-Tufted Rugs: Which Should You Buy?
How hand-knotted and hand-tufted rugs are made, how long each lasts, what they cost and which suits your room. A plain-English buying guide.
- Bhadohi Carpets: Inside India's Rug-Weaving Capital
Why Bhadohi in Uttar Pradesh is known as India's Carpet City: its hand-knotting heritage, GI-tagged carpets, and buying handmade rugs from its weavers.
- How to Order a Custom-Size Rug from India
A step-by-step guide to ordering a custom-size handmade rug from India: measuring your room, choosing materials, samples, lead times and shipping.
- Wool vs Silk vs Bamboo Silk Rugs: Choosing a Fibre
Wool, silk and bamboo silk rugs compared: durability, sheen, softness, care and price, and which rug fibre suits each room in your home.
- How to Care for a Handmade Rug
Simple care for handmade wool and silk rugs: vacuuming, rotating, handling spills, rug pads and professional cleaning, so your rug lasts for decades.
- What Size Rug Do You Need for Your Living Room?
How to choose the right living room rug size: standard rug sizes, the three furniture layouts, how much floor to leave, and when to go custom.
- Why Are Hand-Knotted Rugs So Expensive?
What goes into the price of a hand-knotted rug: months of weaving, knot density, wool and silk, dyeing and finishing, and a lifespan of decades.