Rug Styling 101: Expert Tips for Choosing the Perfect Rug

You’ve finally settled into your new home and put together furniture and knickknacks to make it your own, but it doesn’t feel whole yet. A sense of incompleteness and potential brims in the shine of bare floors and walls — you need art, colour,  texture, and, most importantly for the winter, warmth. Luckily for you, this special edition of our blog includes top tips straight from the seasoned design team at Obeetee to help you add the finishing touch to your interiors with the perfect rug. 

 

With Obeetee’s wide-ranging collection of floor furnishing, you will find carpets to fit every whim and fancy, but settling on that final choice can be overwhelming. Our expert tips will equip you with the best strategies to find a rug that fits seamlessly into your space, leaving you with comfortable, warm spaces for the winter. Each carpet you curate for your home transforms the space with its unique character and dazzles with a display of your creativity and artistic expression. We believe that the most important part of choosing a carpet is the connection you feel with the design narrative, so as long as you feel drawn to the carpet, we can help you make it work in your space. 

 

Our first tip is to explore a vast range of rug styles and designs, making a conscious effort to step out of your comfort zone. Try different fabrics, textures, colours, and patterns, and see how they make you feel when you encounter them in-store. We recommend checking if the feel of the carpet underfoot is comfortable, as our hand-knotting and hand-tufting techniques can result in carpets of varying thickness depending on the yarn and weave. For the winter, wool and cotton are sure bets for thick, fluffy carpets that provide respite from freezing floors. For the summers, we recommend natural, eco-friendly fibres like jute, whose coarse fibres create a rustic look, with durability that comes with a comfortable, thin feel underfoot, keeping the room cool and chic. For a lavish look, turn to the Chamoli Hand-Knotted Jute Rug, where a navy blue canvas is embossed with off-white geometric motifs, creating a regal finish fit for a bedroom that needs a dash of opulence.  

 

If you’re someone who tends to go for more traditional styles, try leaning into transitional designs to break things up. A carpet like our Botanical Hand-Knotted Wool and Viscose Rug, produced in collaboration with designer Anita Dalmia, will make a bold statement, drawing on traditional patterns, with a large, lively parrot and paisley motif repeated symmetrically across the surface, providing the regimented appeal of a traditional design with the experimental flair of contemporary art. Pieces like this will work well in living areas that long for a touch of eccentricity, but more muted designs could also serve to break up monotonous colour schemes or rigid decor themes in modern bedrooms. 

 

A special tip from our experts is that you can hang rugs on a wall, filling the space with an unusual, yet impactful display of fine craftsmanship. You may be reading this and thinking we’re tooting our own horn, but Obeetee has a collection in collaboration with leading designers from India’s creative industry who, quite literally, treat the carpet as a new canvas for their artistic expression. A celebration of cultural heritage, each piece from the  Viraasat collection is worthy of being admired on a wall, but if we had to pick we’d choose Anju Modi’s Vrindavan Hand-Knotted Silk rug. Exquisitely crafted, this rug emulates a scene from the mythical Vrindavan, playing with the frame-in-frame design of traditional carpets to present an image drawn in the style of ancient artwork. 

 

We believe in breaking the mould with home decor. Our flagship stores, located pan-India, are the perfect place to step out of your comfort zone. With a myriad of styles and designs available at your fingertips, all you need to do is enjoy the process of exploring the many potential personas you could project with each carpet. Once you’ve narrowed down the options, you may consider enrolling in our White Glove Service, where we bring our carpets to your home for you to explore how our craftsmanship fits into your space. We also offer customization services, where you bring the inspiration, and we work together to create a bespoke piece for you. To explore our collections and learn more about our work, visit us online at obeetee.in, or find a flagship location near you.