Hilary Harrison creates designer rugs

Rug Selection Tips to help you select and purchase a designer rug with confidence

Whatever your taste, be it traditional, or contemporary, there is sure to be a rug to compliment it.

Use designer rugs to lend warmth, colour and vibrancy to a room. A light coloured rug makes a room look more spacious, while deeper colours help make a room feel cozy. A designer rug adds a feeling of luxury when used with wall-to-wall carpets.

Designer rugs are a fantastic element to design around. If you have the opportunity, you may want to start with a totally empty room, choose a rug first, then paint or paper the walls in colours found in the rug. Choose furniture that will enhance the colours or patterns found in the rug. A rug with a bold, overall design can be the focal point of a room, so, you'll want to choose a chair or sofa in solid or subdued patterns.

There are contemporary rugs that fit into an established decor. If you already have your furniture, choose a rug that picks up the colours used in your furnishing patterns. Patterns can be mixed if they are co-ordinated by colour. A rug can be used to pull together various design styles. Elements of a rug design can be further incorporated into the overall design scheme. Placed effectively, rugs can help reduce noise level.

The rug has to fit the room. Choose a size that will fit in more than one direction so that the furniture can be rearranged if necessary. Think of introducing rugs of different shapes, round rugs, oval rugs, square rugs or a colourful rugs runner it a corridor. In large rooms, on carpeted or hard floor surfaces, area rugs define your space. Consider how the room is used, how much traffic the area gets, how it will be viewed and under what light. For high-traffic areas such as hallways and foyers, you may want a durable, patterned rug with a darker colour.

Indulge in the feeling of luxury under foot, knowing that a wool rug is still one of the most hardwearing options available today. Our rugs have a dense pile(with closer tufts or stitches) and wear well. Wool is durable, soft and easy to clean.

The soft luxurious appearance of pure wool makes a Hilary Harrison original designer rug, available in any size or shape, the ideal choice; its contemporary look enables it to blend beautifully with your style.