Spell It Out

Ok, so two rug posts in one day but i just couldn't resist blogging about this one. 

John Pour Home is a great design company that manufacture word and sayings rugs. 

I like this Make Yourself At Home design, what could be a warmer welcome for your guests and you after a hard days work? 

You can choose from a variety of designs including Welcome and Home Sweet Home or if you're feeling really creative, you can design your own. 

What a great idea, all that's left now is for me to decide what mine would say. 

C'est La Vie is top of my list right now or perhaps even a simple Rugs, Rugs, Rugs...

Zig Zag

Wow, the rugs blog certainly has a colourful theme to it at the moment. 

I've long been an admirer of Missoni (ok, so I can't afford their clothes, well I can't afford their homewares either but I can covet them) and found this rug on interiors website Amara. 

It's classic Missoni colours and pattern and will sure bring a boring room to life. 

Actually, I do have a Missoni cushion and towels, but seeing though they were all press gifts, looks like I'll be saving those pennies before I can get one of these beauties. 

Multicoloured Dream

I love a bit of colour, in fact, in all this doom and gloom, I think we could all do with a little bit more colour. 

I'm even thinking of breaking my number one rule when it comes to decorating and thinking of having something else than a neutral putty colour for my soon-to-be decorated dining room. 

Shock, horror, I'm contemplating one wall (just one mind) painted in a different colour. There's no telling how long it will take me to decide on aforementioned colour, but I think we can safely say there will be lots of A4 painted sheets of paper hanging on the wall while I try and decide. 

Choosing a colour was clearly a problem for the designer of this rug too; so they didn't, they just included the lot. 

The rug is from Hay (which is fast becoming a favourite of mine -remember the Prince chair?) and I really love it, not just because it is complete contrast to my safe and plain new brown rug but because it also looks like a million multicoloured gobstoppers have been sewn together...

...and in my book that's rather fun!

Top Seed

I kinda feel like I'm cheating a bit today but hey it's a gorgeous rug. 

It's by Thomas Paul and having already blogged about his Seahorse cushion today, I've broken my cardinal sin of using the same designer/shop/supplier twice in one day. 

Anyway, I'm going to gloss over this...

...because I just love this rug so much. 

Called Seed, you can clearly see what Thomas has taken his inspiration from and it would seem that nature often provides the simplest yet most effective designs. 

Available in this olive green and cream or chocolate and cream and as a round, rectangular and runner shape, I'll take one of each...

Monochrome Magic

Yesterday, I blogged about the boundaries between fashion and interiors blurring; well, it's not just designers like Paul Smith and Vivienne Westwood helping us make our homes beautiful, it's the high street too. 

Zara is a well recognised fashion store in most city and towns and has become a popular part of the UK's shopping habits. 

But did you know they also do home wares? Well, they do and they're good at it too. 

This Beam rug has a definite nod to Art Deco style and monochrome never goes out of fashion, making it a great buy. 

Check out the rest of their cushions, accessories and tableware at Zara Home.

Satorial Elegance

You might recognise this rug pattern and that's because it's Paul Smith's famous stripes. 

I've talked before about the fashion and interiors cross over, chairs by Orla Keily, lighting for Oli by Maria Grachvogel and bedlinen by Lulu Guiness, not to mention Designers at Debenhams and the merry band of fashion designers getting creative for the home, including John Rocha and Jasper Conran

The boundary is constantly blurring and I, for one, applaud it - if checks feature heavily on the catwalks one season, you can guarantee you see them in the home too. 

So it's no surprise that those savvy people at The Rug Company have got some of the coolest and most influential fashion designers around to design rugs for them. 

There's the grande dame of design, Vivienne Westwood, Alice Temperly and of course Sir Paul.

Much like their clothes, these rugs don't come cheap but then again much like their clothes, you're getting a work of art, not just a rug. 

Walking On Flowers

You might know already know of Tord Boontje, he's the Dutch design maestro that was responsible for giving us delights such as the Until Dawn curtain and beautifully patterned china and glassware. 

He's also designed this rug Little Field of Flowers for design company Nanimarquina, which until recently I couldn't decide if I liked or not. 

Well now I have and I do like it (durr of course I do otherwise it wouldn't be on the blog) 

The rug is has been made to feel just like, you guessed it, a field of flowers and has been made by attaching felt flower shapes to the backing fabric. 

Available in four colourways, I'm actually quite taken with it now...

Mantra Of The Moment

Ok, I know we've all seen the Keep Calm and Carry On products; what seemed to start off as a little secret rapidly descended into, well, in my opinion overkill. 

"I'll scream" I thought "if I see another KCACO poster in an interiors magazine" 

Don't get me wrong, it's not that  I don't  like them, it's just they became a bit much. 

However, it would seem, I'm going to have to eat my words...

...because, I love this rug from Pedlars and what a great way to give your guests a friendly welcome while dispensing some helpful advice? 

Felt Fancy

I've already expressed my love for felt when blogging about Selina Rose's gorgeous felt cushions and wanted to show you her stunning rugs. 

This one is called Botanica, which uses bright pink felt with an intricate cut-out design. 

Also in the collection, is Selina's Bloom range which also features a rug. This time, Selina has used grey felt and added a pretty, cut-out border. 

I love them because of their colour, choice of fabric (can't beat a bit of felt) and their intricate design. 

Petal Power

Ok, so here we go with my new blog and the first post. 

Not surprisingly my the first post is about an Orla Kiely rug which she has produced for her interiors collection at Heal's 

Don't be surprised if you recognise the print: It's Orla's classic Stem print which features so heavily on her clothes, bags and cushions. 

I love the colours it she's used and the simple, yet really effective design. 

Try using it in a neutral room to add colour or why not pick out one or two of the colours to use as accents in your scheme.