The 5 Best Etsy Shops for Antique & Vintage Rugs

updated Mar 11, 2024
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It’s amazing just how much a new rug can transform a room. Instead of troubling yourself by spending hours repainting walls or splurging on new furniture pieces, the simple placement of a new floor accent will do the trick just as well. But rather than going to your local big-box store and picking up something a myriad of other people in your zip code likely already have themselves, why not get a vintage rug instead?

You might be thinking that this is easier said than done, but that just means that you haven’t yet checked out the best Etsy shops for antique and vintage rugs. From boho accents and vintage Turkish kilims to hallway runners with electric colors, Etsy has a plethora of different styles. Ahead, we rounded up five of the best Etsy rug stores filled with hundreds of dazzling finds. Now here comes the real challenge: picking just one.

If you’re looking for color, GVS Carpet is the place to find it. Kilim rugs are flat-woven, meaning there is no pile. However, what really comes to mind when thinking of these rugs are their brightly colored patterns, often in diamond shapes like with this pink kilim rug. All rugs are one of a kind, and the shop’s inventory includes runners, area rugs, and smaller rugs.

Decorative Vintage Rug shop owner Nurgun Baspinar also comes from a home where rugs are part of the family business — her mother used to hand-weave her own rugs, eventually turning them into a source of income. And Baspinar’s own rug business? It started when she wanted to sell some of her mother’s old rugs. Using expertise gained from years of watching her mom work, she created Decorative Vintage Rug to buy and sell vintage rugs on a global scale. Today, she has over 2,000 rugs listed, with guaranteed free delivery within a week.

Turkish, handmade, colorful, and unique: PocoVintage is all about it, selling Kilim, Oushak (medallion patterned), and pile rugs galore in every possible size, including runners. While it’s easy to find boldly-hued rugs like this dramatic dark red Kilim, you can find plenty of other rugs in softer, more neutral colors as well.

While Beni Ourain rugs are nothing new, they’ve been having an undeniable design moment over the past few years. If you first saw them on Instagram, you’d be forgiven for thinking they’re mostly simple diamond patterns. Beni Ourain Carpets on Etsy shows you the breadth of these traditional rugs, with patterns that vary from basic zigzag patterns to more complicated designs. They also carry other kinds of traditional Moroccan rugs, including Berber and kilim options.

Avangart Rug currently has over 1,000 rugs to choose from in a variety of styles. If you like the dreamy feel of a faded, vintage rug, this is the place to browse. The natural wear and tear of many of these antique finds give them a more muted feel, which can be easy to incorporate into your space. You’ll never want to buy a machine-made “distressed” rug again.