Pappelina Rugs

The new black and white stripe Pappelina rug now located at my front door.

Over the weekend I was gifted a fantastic present from a friend in thanks for assisting her during her recent house renovations.
This is a Pappelina rug from Sweden and it fits perfectly at my front door. Designed by Lina Rickardsson, Pappelina stands for high quality, simple and functional design. The rugs are woven in traditional techniques at a weaving mill in Dalarna, however instead of linen, cotton or wool, they are made with plastic and PVC. This rug is soft underfoot and does not slip. It is washable, reversible and durable. And Rickardsson's simple and graphic designs completes the package.
Photographs by Charlotte Minty.

Comfortable Scandinavian Apartment

Here is a stylish and comfortable Scandinavian apartment that I came across on Facebook today and it was getting a lot of love from all around. It's a great mix of crisp whites, rich rugs, great lights and cool furnishings - another cool Scandi apartment.

Photographs by Mikael Creative via Ecletic Interiors.

Yellow and White Striped Rug? Yes Please.

I think this Draper Stripe Citrine Rug from Dwell Studio would look pretty damn good at my place. Just so refreshing. Yellow always look amazing with grey and white which my house has a lot of. Oh, to dream...
Photograph via Dwell Studio.

Fabulous Rugs from Loom



Old Yarn Kilim (using recycled yarn unravelled from old kilims)




Dhoku Kilim (this rug has been hand woven from organic wool using a kilim technique)




Old Yarn rug



Vintage Overdyed Kilim



Vintage overdyed Kilim



Old Yarn Kilim Denizli

I have admired the rugs from Loom, Australia from afar for some time - thay have a great range of  rugs with unique colours and patterns. The Loom rugs break away from the traditional rug mould by using clever techniques like overdying vintage rugs in intense modern colours and using recycled yarn ('Old Yarn') that have been unravelled from vintage kilims and handwoven into new rugs. The old yarn brings to the new rug the softness of colour and tone that only comes with age. Lovely.
Photographs via Loom.

Kilim Rugs



Kilim ottoman in a Loz Feliz home, California.



Kilim stair runner in a Hollywood home, California.

After checking out Ace Hotel in Palm Springs in my previous posting, I noticed Commune's consistent use of kilims, not only in the hotel, but also in their other interior work. As seen above, Commune has transformed the kilims into a stair runner and as an ottoman.

Kilims are flat tapestry woven rugs produced from various countries, including Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, North Africa, Turkey and the Balkans - and they come in various patterns, designs and colours. I think they have been well used in the examples above - they bring a sense of worldliness and create a soft contrast to the modern and classic interiors.

Photographs via Commune.

Felted Wool Rug



Dream 172 rug by Irvine International



Close up detail.

Today I saw this fantastic felted wool rug at the Designmade showroom. Dream 172 is by Irvine International and it has a large scale woven pattern. It looks great - comes in 4 classic colours and in various sizes. Nice. Photographs via Irvine International.

Making Rugs by Hand.

The other day I was sent this digital postcard from The Rug Company (click on the image above to see it larger).
The Rug Company is a fabulous company based in London where they create beautiful, original and distinctive handmade rugs. The rug designs are by talented and experienced designers from all over the world (check out the gorgeous rug selection and room sets here), while the rugs themselves are made in Nepal.
This postcard came with a video clip, from a trip to Nepal, which demostrates in a nutshell how a handmade rug is created. It gave me a great insight to the quality of craftmanship and skill required in each rug. Watch the video here.