Rugberry Journal

Buying Your First Handmade Rug: Where to Start

A first handmade rug should be forgiving: wool, a low or even surface, a stock size and a room you use every day. Here is where to start.

The Rug Buying Checklist for a New Home

Moving into a new apartment or villa? Seven checks, in order, that decide which rug will work before you look at a single design.

How to Read a Rug Spec Sheet

Every Rugberry product page carries the same short spec sheet. Here is what each field tells you, and what it leaves for you to ask.

Custom Size or Ready Stock: Which Rug Route to Take

Six stock sizes cover most rooms. Here is how to tell whether yours is one of them, and when a made to measure rug is the better route.

Why Order a Rug Swatch Before You Buy

A swatch is a 30 x 30 cm square of the real rug. Here is how to test it in your own light and against your own furniture before you commit.

Rugs Above AED 10,000: When the Spend Makes Sense

Above AED 10,000 at Rugberry you are paying for area, fibre and hand time. What that buys in daily use, and when a good hand-tufted rug is the wiser spend.

Rugs Under AED 3,000: What You Can Buy

Under AED 3,000 at Rugberry means a handwoven jute rug, a 5x8 ft hand tufted wool rug or a 6 ft round. Here is what each one is good for.

Rugs from AED 3,000 to AED 5,000: The Middle Ground

Much of the Rugberry range sits in this band. What AED 3,000 to AED 5,000 buys in wool, wool and silk, and how the price changes when you size up.

Handmade vs Machine Made Rugs: How to Tell

The back of a rug tells you more than the front. Three checks, the back, the fringe and the pile, show how any rug was made.

Profound and Teal: Deep Tone Rugs

Profound and the Teal Wool Rug bring deep colour without brightness. How teal and sage behave in strong light, and how wool and silk change the tone.