In this modern age, surrounded by technology and manufacturing processes that seem to make everything so cheap, it seems at odds that we would consider re-using old clothes to make rugs. But this process of re-using, recycling and upcycling has...

There are many ways that rugs are classified and categorised; some people buy rugs using colour and pattern choices, helpfully displayed by The Rug Retailer. Other people prefer to buy rugs in patterns, designs and colours created in certain areas...

Over the years, they have been called many different things – sculpted, tufted, carved, shaped, incised or woven and snipped in to shape – but sculptural rugs have a designer pedigree spanning decades. Today, sculptural, designer rugs are making an...