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Rug guides

Buying guide
Best Rug for Dogs and Cats: Is a Wool Rug Pet-Friendly?
When wool works with pets, and when washable wins.
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Buying guide
How to Buy a Moroccan Rug Online: Timeline, Duties, Returns
What to ask any seller, and what to expect from order to doorstep.
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Buying guide
How to Choose a Rug: Size, Color, Material and the Final Pick
Seven decisions in order, from the room to the tie-break.
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Buying guide
Wool vs Polyester Rugs: Are Washable Rugs Worth It?
An honest comparison, including the rooms where washable wins.
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Buying guide
What Is a Berber Rug? How It Differs From Berber Carpet
A hand-knotted wool rug, or loop-pile carpet laid wall to wall.
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Custom rugs
How Long Does a Custom Rug Take? Weeks by Size, Step by Step
Every week from first mockup to your door, by size.
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Buying guide
Are Moroccan Rugs Worth It? Prices, Sizes and What You Pay For
Prices by size and room, and what each one pays for.
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Placement
Rug on Carpet: When It Works and How to Lay It
Pile, size and contrast, and what holds a rug still.
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Living rooms
Rug in Front of a Fireplace: Size, Distance and Wool
The hearth sets the distance; the seating sets the size.
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Dining rooms
Rug Size for a Dining Table: Pile, Shape and the Chair Test
Twenty-four inches past the table, short pile, every chair on.
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Runner rugs
Hallway Runner Size: Width, Length and Runner Ideas by Room
Width, length and pile for hallway, kitchen and bedside.
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Round rugs
When to Use a Round Rug: Living Room, Dining and Bedroom
Where a circle works, and the diameter it needs.
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Rug sizes
Living Room Rug Size: What You Need, and Is Yours Too Small?
Sized by the sofa, capped by the room, in ft and cm.
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Rug styles
Moroccan Rug Styles: The Types of Moroccan Rugs Explained
Region, weave and wool: what each name tells you.
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Motifs
Berber Symbols and Their Meanings: How to Read a Moroccan Rug
Diamonds, zigzags, crosses and eyes, read with care.
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Rug styles
How to Style a Checkered Rug in the Living Room
Check size, color, pairings and price for a checkered wool rug.
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Rug styles
Beni Mrirt vs Beni Ourain Rugs: Feel, Look and Price
Dense and carved, or deep and graphic: how to choose.
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Rug styles
What Is a Boujaad Rug? Colors, Origin and Price
Where it comes from, how the color is made, what it costs.
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Rug styles
What Is a Beni Ourain Rug? Meaning, Quality and Price
Meaning, pile, price and how to tell a real one.
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Color guide
What Colors Go With a Terracotta Rug, Rust or Burnt Orange?
Clay, iron or ember: three warm reds and what they need.
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Buying guide
What Color Rug Goes With a Gray, Brown or Green Couch?
Start from the sofa: share its undertone, step away from its depth.
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Color guide
Sage Green vs Olive Green Rug: Which Green, and How to Style It
Pick the green by your light, then give it warm company.
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Color guide
How to Style a Black and White Rug: Pattern, Color and Room
Choose the pattern by how loud you want the floor.
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Color guide
Cream, Ivory or Beige Rug? Choosing a Neutral That Isn't Flat
Undertone first, then texture, then the light in your room.
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Color guide
What Colors Go With a Blue, Green or Yellow Rug in a Living Room?
Ochre, navy and sage rugs, and the colors that suit each.
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Pink rugs
What Colors Go With a Pink Rug? Pairings by Shade and Room
Green, rust, navy, ivory and wood, for living room, bedroom and nursery.
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Interiors
How to Decorate Around a Colorful Rug in the Living Room
Pull three colors, repeat each twice, set the sofa a step off.
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Decor styles
Mid-Century Modern Living Room: Why a Beni Ourain Rug Works
Thin lines, thick wool, and a room of teak and legs.
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Dopamine decor
Dopamine Decor: How to Use Color That Lifts a Room
Lasting color on the floor, test colors on cushions.
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Maximalism
Maximalist Living Room: The Rug That Holds It Together
More color and pattern, with one rug keeping order.
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Biophilic design
Biophilic Rugs: Wool, Texture and Nature Underfoot
Wool, natural dyes and earth colors, from the floor up.
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Trends
Interior Design Trends 2026: What Will Last and What Won't
Our read on the year, from chocolate brown to layered rugs.
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Boho style
Boho Living Room Ideas: The Rug, the Colors and the Layers
Color, tiles or a plain base, then the layers.
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Interiors
How to Make a Living Room Cozy: Start With the Floor
Soft floor, low light, close seating: what makes a room feel warm.
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Interiors
How to Reduce Echo in a Room, Surface by Surface
Floor first, then glass, walls and ceiling, in that order.
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Living rooms
What Is My Living Room Missing? Five Checks, in Order
Rug, light, curtains, walls, seating: find the one that is yours.
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Pattern
Pattern Mixing: Floral, Geometric, Abstract and Striped Rugs
Four rug patterns, one lead, and how to mix the rest.
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Styling
Layering Rugs: How to Layer Two Rugs, Sizes and Pairings
A flat base, a smaller rug on top, an even band between.
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Living rooms
Christmas Living Room Ideas That Start With the Rug
The floor's palette decides what the season can add.
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Decor styles
Mid-Century Modern Living Room: Why a Beni Ourain Rug Works
Thin lines, thick wool, and a room of teak and legs.
Read
Interiors
How to Make a Living Room Cozy: Start With the Floor
Soft floor, low light, close seating: what makes a room feel warm.
Read
Interiors
How to Reduce Echo in a Room, Surface by Surface
Floor first, then glass, walls and ceiling, in that order.
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Placement
Rug on Carpet: When It Works and How to Lay It
Pile, size and contrast, and what holds a rug still.
Read
Living rooms
What Is My Living Room Missing? Five Checks, in Order
Rug, light, curtains, walls, seating: find the one that is yours.
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Pattern
Pattern Mixing: Floral, Geometric, Abstract and Striped Rugs
Four rug patterns, one lead, and how to mix the rest.
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Color guide
What Colors Go With a Terracotta Rug, Rust or Burnt Orange?
Clay, iron or ember: three warm reds and what they need.
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Rug styles
Moroccan Rug Styles: The Types of Moroccan Rugs Explained
Region, weave and wool: what each name tells you.
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Styling
Layering Rugs: How to Layer Two Rugs, Sizes and Pairings
A flat base, a smaller rug on top, an even band between.
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Buying guide
What Color Rug Goes With a Gray, Brown or Green Couch?
Start from the sofa: share its undertone, step away from its depth.
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Living rooms
Christmas Living Room Ideas That Start With the Rug
The floor's palette decides what the season can add.
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Living rooms
Rug in Front of a Fireplace: Size, Distance and Wool
The hearth sets the distance; the seating sets the size.
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About the Journal
Rugs and the rooms they live in: how to choose a size and a style, what a Moroccan rug costs, how one is made, and the Berber design language behind our collections. New to Moroccan rugs? Start with what a Beni Ourain rug is.
We publish new posts regularly, on design, rooms and craft, and each one carries the date it was published. To get them as they appear, sign up for our notes by email just below.
Yes. The guides take the decisions in the order you meet them: size, style, then budget. Is my rug too small? settles the size, and what a Moroccan rug costs explains where the price comes from.
Yes. Every rug pictured in a post is named in its caption and links to its own page, and the guides link to the collections they discuss. To see the whole range in one place, browse all rugs.
They sit outside the Journal as quick references: the size guide plans a rug room by room, and the care guide covers cleaning and everyday wear. The Journal posts go deeper and link back to both.









