Apartment Therapy: rugs & carpets

Home Fitness Furniture by Lucie Koldova

This sleek collection of furniture from Lucie Koldova all performs a dual function. In addition to a table, a storage cabinet and shelving — it's also home exercise equipment....

DIY Dyed Rug

In response to our recent post about Alexandra Wentworth's dyed rug profiled in Elle Decor, the mother of an Apartment Therapy reader was kind enough to send in her own step by step DIY version for ...

Using Fabric Dye to Create a Rug Pattern!

You may recognize this photo from a recent Apartment Therapy DC post about an article from Elle Decor, profiling the home of Alexandra Wentworth and George Stephanopoulos. After the article was pub...

Bicicleta Outdoor Rug

Although the Nanimarquina Bicicleta Rug has been around for quite a while, we really love the concept and the execution. That said, it doesn't seem like the kind of material we'd want in our living ...

New Alexander Girard Designs from FLOR

Following their initial launch of carpet tiles adorned with the rich and colorful patterns of Alexander Girard, FLOR has added a new Girard patterned rug to their new summer line. Named FLORA, the 6...

One Tile Wide Flor Runner

This picture may look familiar if you've seen our recent house tour (Kyle's Jamaica Plain Gem, 1 Year Later). (Familiar but not identical...we've already made some tweaks to this hallway spot!) Man...

Pinocchio Felted Wool Rug from Hay

If ever there was an apt use of the term "eye candy", this rug seems to qualify splendidly. The rugs, designed by Hay (a Danish company), are handcrafted in Nepal using felted, 100% pure new wool....

Eva Rug from Ballard Designs

Ballard Designs isn't a source we typically shop for our home decor but we recently stumbled across this relatively affordable damask area rug. There's something about it that we really like......

Recession Realities: The Rug That Got Away
Do You Have a Wish List?

Everyone that reads this blog (and writes for it) has at least one big ticket, "wish list" item they dream of owning one day — even our fearless leader, Maxwell. But, in times like these, thos...

Oto Rug Collection from the Nought Collective

We are completely captivated by these rugs from the Nought Collective. Granted it would be hard to put any furniture on them since we wouldn't want to detract from the entire piece. Essentially, ...

Bathroom Carpeting: Temporary Alternative to Replacement Flooring

We know that most people shudder at the thought of bathroom carpet, deeming it tacky and so 1970's. Our bathroom desperately needs to be renovated but it's not in the budget and honestly, we're re...

What is Your Best Floor Model Victory?

We popped into West Elm on the way home from work yesterday to discover that they were in the midst of transitioning the store displays from the winter to spring line. This meant that there were so...

Chroma Lab: Refinished Furniture, Clocks, and Floorcloths

Painting old furniture bright colors, or any color for that matter, seems to stir up lots of feelings for our AT readers. Some love the look, others consider the act a violation of old furniture. ...

Green Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Service

A couple years ago we needed to deep clean the carpeted hallway stairs that lead up to our third floor apartment. A friend of a friend had recently started an eco carpet and upholstery cleaning bu...

Look! Inlaid-Right-into-the-Floor Doormat

This may be one of those things that doesn't photograph well and you need to see in person, but we thought it was so cool that we had to share. Our neighbor Caren is Danish and her house is full of...

Good Questions: OK To Design a Room Around a Rug?

I'm looking for some feedback. I am planning to splurge on one item in designing / decorating our open concept kitchen / dining / living room. I think I've decided that my one purchase will be one o...