Once I have grappled with the technical specifications that I was bamboozled with when I was there I’ll write more on its advantages. Instead I wanted to write today about flooring, specifically rugs and their warmth. There was a wonderful, huge rug in the living area at the eco home- you can see a part of it in the photo above along with the environmentally-friendly wallpaper, lighting and sofa. The rug was made from discarded scarves, ribbons, ties and bow ties and looked surprising effective.
It’s that time of year when I go from being barefoot around the house to wearing slippers, and also tip-toeing around sleeping spiders that make their way indoors every early autumn. So it’s good to be thinking about warm rugs to cove the laminate flooring. I prefer rugs to carpets as you can move then around and create a new look so easily, either swapping them room for room or occasionally buying a new one.
I recently discovered a kilim (a flat tapestry-woven carpet or rug produced from the Balkans to Pakistan) that we’d bought decades ago in Turkey. I can’t remember whether it was in the far east of the country on the Kurdistan-Iraqi borders, where there were troops amassing for the first Gulf War, I recall. Certainly I remember seeing a dazzling array of many patterned and coloured kilims and carpets hanging out to dry on parched vast expanses of land. I am sure ours came from a market and involved a little haggling, something that as a reserved Brit I am appallingly bad at. I have found a new home for the kilim between my bed and my dressing table- it fits snugly and will stop my having cold feet in the bleak mornings ahead.
I need to replace another rug, in fact it was a carpet cut-off which has now shredded its underside and sadly needs to go. Looking into rug buying I was amazed at the variety in styles and sizes these days. Swirls and circles, plain and polka dot, gigantic or thin, there are endless choices. So it made sense to look online to narrow the choice. I found a handful at In House Rugs that I would happily give floor space to.
Most high street shops I’ve looked in have too small a selection so it was great to look at a range of prices and materials, wool or shaggy, round or square etc. The modern range was more to my choosing but I have relatives who would be happier with the traditional and some who would always go down the budget line- though most of the prices were reasonable. I just have to narrow down my choices, take advantage of the free delivery service and - voilà, my floors are ready for autumn and my bare feet can sink into those warm cosy surfaces!
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