My Top 5 Retail Rugs to Buy!

My Top 5 Retail Rugs to Buy!

A great can really set the tone for any room in your house/apartment. As well as being a style statement, a rug can add softness underfoot to make standing or sitting on the floor more comfortable, warm and can help insulate the room against chilly temperatures as well as buffer sound from echoing through your home. Rugs can get expensive depending on how much you wish to spend. They can transform the look and feel of a room. They add colour, texture and personality to your space, offering the same transformative effect as a framed print or paint on the wall.

Even if you’ve already got carpet covering your floors, there’s something undeniably chic about layering a rug on top. Choose wisely, and it can even make your space appear bigger.

If you’ve never shopped for a rug before, the choice can be overwhelming and you are spoilt for choice. Here’s a quick run through on some of the most popular styles on offer today.

1. Sheepskin Mocha Rug

Nothing beats a natural sheepskin rug for that luxuriously soft, warm feel underfoot. The perfect way to add an instant touch of mid-century style to an uncarpeted room. This popular best selling 100% sheepskin rug from John Lewis, can be machine washed. Pre soak in 40-degree water and wash in a wool cycle. Rinse until water is clear and then spin dry to remove any excess water. Gently comb wool whilst still damp. Slow drying will give best results, line dry away from direct sunlight. Once dry, stretch by hand in all directions. When almost dry stretch by hand in all directions. This product can be professionally dry cleaned. Reshape whilst damp, Flat Dry, Tumble dry at low temperature. Available in lovely colours such as ivory, steel and grey. 

“Love it! I bought the ivory rug and it went well with my grey bed. Really compliments the room. It is super soft and great quality. Would definitely recommend it.”
Sam

“We recently purchased a sheepskin rug to put on our pine rocking chair. The colour of the rug is a perfect match and the size is also just right. Just what we were looking for and a great price. Thank you John Lewis – You’ve done it again!”
Bounerev

“After researching other shops I found this sheepskin rug to be the best for price and quality. As you would expect from JL, speedy delivery, well packaged and an excellent product. The best bit is that it does not smell sheepy! I can recommend this rug.”
Elle

2. Agnes Multi-Coloured Bright Stripe Cotton Runner

Intricately hand woven with stripes and patterns, the Agnes multi-coloured flat weave cotton runner is hard wearing and ideal for brightening up the hallway.100% Hand woven cotton. Flat weave and hard wearing.

The flat weave runner works well with both bright and neutral room schemes. One of the best selling rugs and matching rugs and cushions are also available in the Agnes range from Habitat.

“This Rug lived up to our expectation of quality and style. The colours were pretty accurate from picture and description so proved to be exactly what we wanted.”
Alan

“Great value for money. A beautiful runner. Lovely vibrant colours. I am very happy with my purchase.”
Kim

“Had my new runner/mat in my kitchen a few weeks ago, now everyone comments on it , it’s really colourful and complements the kitchen really well.”
Freddie

3. Multicoloured Sketch Rug

Beautifully hand-crafted over a tufted textured wool design rug from. Naturally durable, stain-resistant and easy to clean. Wool and long pile rugs shed fibres when new and during use. This is a characteristic of this product type and recommends a regular light vacuum to remove any loose fibres from the surface. Perfect for high traffic areas.This best selling rug from Next is 100% Wool. Backing 80% Cotton, 17% Polyester, 3% Other fibres.

“Good heavy quality rug as per description.”
Sandra

“Perfect rug, thick colourful doesn’t slide about- I love it.”
Rachel

“A beautiful rug. Looks stunning and I am very pleased with it. Looks exactly like the image.”
Suzanne

4. Noble Geo Natural Rug

Super thick and soft design shaggy rug. Easy care and hardwearing with no specialist cleaning required, suitable to surface shampoo. Use of rug grip is recommended. Luxuriously deep pile rug from Homebase at an affordable price for your home. Made with 100% polypropylene pile. 

5. Beahm Hand Tufted Wool Teal Rug

Natural Materials; 100% Wool Handmade Rug from Wayfair. Bold colours, intricate designs and traditional silhouettes for a style inspired by artisans from around the world.

“Absolutely love this rug, the colours are amazing, and it feels really warm and cozy.”
Valerie from Oldham

“Absolutely love my new rug, it looks great in my hallway. It is exactly as in the picture. It’s nice and thick and it feels like a good quality wool rug. I’m very pleased.”
TKH from Sutton

“Posh looks the same as it looks in the picture. Looks lovely in my front room.”
Sarosh from Cheam Sutton