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Wool or Synthetic Rug: Which Is Better for Your Home?

Wool is springy and long-lasting; polyester and polypropylene are tough and easy to clean. Here is how to choose a wool or synthetic rug room by room.

Wool or Synthetic Rug: Which Is Better for Your Home?

Wool is springy and long-lasting; polyester and polypropylene are tough and easy to clean. Here is how to choose a wool or synthetic rug room by room.

Rolled-back corner of a chunky hand-woven wool rug showing its thick weave

How Do You Flatten a Rug That Curls or Creases?

Reverse-roll it, weight it and give it time. Here is the step-by-step method, plus what is safe for wool, jute, polyester and polypropylene rugs.

How Do You Flatten a Rug That Curls or Creases?

Reverse-roll it, weight it and give it time. Here is the step-by-step method, plus what is safe for wool, jute, polyester and polypropylene rugs.

Toffee nubbly fringed throw arranged with cushions on a dark sofa

How to Style a Throw on a Sofa: 6 Ways That Look Right

Six ways to style a throw on a sofa that look deliberate rather than dumped, with the sizes, fabrics and colours that suit each one.

How to Style a Throw on a Sofa: 6 Ways That Look Right

Six ways to style a throw on a sofa that look deliberate rather than dumped, with the sizes, fabrics and colours that suit each one.

Stack of folded cotton muslin throws in six colours, a tidy way to store throws

How Do You Store Throws and Blankets (and Keep Moths Off Wool)?

Clean, completely dry and loosely folded is the rule for every throw going into storage. Wool needs a little more: cedar, cotton bags and a check every couple of months...

How Do You Store Throws and Blankets (and Keep Moths Off Wool)?

Clean, completely dry and loosely folded is the rule for every throw going into storage. Wool needs a little more: cedar, cotton bags and a check every couple of months...

Ivory and terracotta check printed lumbar cushion covers in a long rectangular shape

What Is a Lumbar Cushion, and Where Do You Put It?

A lumbar cushion is simply a long, rectangular cushion. Here are the usual sizes and the places it looks best: across a sofa, in front of pillows, on a chair...

What Is a Lumbar Cushion, and Where Do You Put It?

A lumbar cushion is simply a long, rectangular cushion. Here are the usual sizes and the places it looks best: across a sofa, in front of pillows, on a chair...

Natural jute rug with a black band border as a woman sets down a tray

Are Jute Rugs Any Good? Pros, Cons and Where to Use Them

Jute rugs are firm, matte and easy to match, but they dislike water and heavy traffic. Here is where they work, where they do not, and how to look after...

Are Jute Rugs Any Good? Pros, Cons and Where to Use Them

Jute rugs are firm, matte and easy to match, but they dislike water and heavy traffic. Here is where they work, where they do not, and how to look after...