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Rug Craft carpet: a designer's guide to the custom natural-fiber program and where it belongs
Rug Craft carpet is a custom rug and broadloom program in natural and performance fibers, sized and bordered to order: the field, the binding and the size are chosen together on a drawing. It is for the designer who wants a sisal, seagrass or polypropylene rug with a specific border, a cut-out for a hearth or a runner that turns a landing. Interiors carries 19 Rug Craft designs, every one ordered custom, on the Rug Craft brand page, with complimentary samples for approved trade accounts.
The program
Rug Craft is not a line of finished rugs in standard sizes; it is a program. Every one of the 19 designs is woven 13 ft 2 in wide, and every order is custom, which means the designer decides the size, the shape and the border before anything is made. That is the right way to buy a natural-fiber rug for a room with a hearth, a bay, a built-in or an open stair, where a standard rectangle would never sit right. A Rug Craft order starts with a rendering, and the showroom quotes it with the lead time.
What we carry
By fiber, 12 of the 19 designs are sisal, jute and seagrass, 3 are polypropylene, 2 are cotton and linen and 1 is a wool blend. Sisal is the hardest-wearing of the plant fibers, with a crisp rib or boucle that takes chairs and traffic; seagrass is smoother and slightly glossy, with a natural resistance to staining; jute is the softest and belongs in low-traffic rooms. Polypropylene is a solution-dyed synthetic that resists stains and sun and can be hosed off, which is why it goes outdoors. By pattern, 15 designs are textures, 3 are herringbones and chevrons and 1 is a geometric. Sixteen designs are rated indoor, and 3 are indoor and outdoor. Of the constructions recorded in our catalog, 2 are flatweave, 1 tufted and 1 hand-loomed; ask us for the spec sheet on the others.
Collections to know
Each Rug Craft design is its own collection, so the brand page is the catalog. Designs to know include Aurora, Cancun, Capri, Copacabana, Cora, Daisy, Elinor, Emilie, Fiji, Karla, Linnet and Luna. Browse them from the brand page with the fiber filter, since fiber is the first decision: sisal or seagrass for inside, polypropylene for outside or a wet room.
Where it belongs
The sisal and seagrass designs suit dining rooms, family rooms and offices: they take chair legs and footfall, hide crumbs in the weave and read casual and tailored at once. A bordered sisal under a dining table, sized so the chairs stay on the rug when pulled out, is the classic spec. The cotton and linen designs are softer and go in a bedroom or a sitting room. The polypropylene designs go on a covered porch or in a beach house where sand and wet feet are a given; the 3 indoor-and-outdoor designs are the ones to specify there. Natural plant fibers are not for a bathroom, a kitchen sink line or an uncovered terrace, where water will mark them, and sisal on a stair needs a dense pad and a tight weave; ask us before you draw one.
Custom rugs and runners through the Design Studio
This is a custom program, so every Rug Craft piece goes through our Design Studio. Tell us the room and we draw the rug: the field design, the border material and width, any cut-out for a hearth or a column and any runner that has to turn a landing, all on one drawing with the dimensions. The rendering and the net quote come back in about two weeks. Where color or binding is in question, the mill produces a strike-off in 4 to 6 weeks. Production follows in 18 to 20 weeks, and the ship date is provided when the design process is complete. Designs created with Interiors are made through Interiors, and we install anywhere in the country.
How to order through Interiors
Interiors is a to-the-trade showroom; we work with interior design professionals and do not sell to the public. Rug Craft samples are complimentary for approved trade accounts and ship from the mill within 24 hours. Net pricing is quoted by the showroom with the rendering; there is no public pricing. Trade approval is online and takes about a business day with a firm name, resale certificate, business license and a professional credential. The showroom in the Laguna Design Center has the fiber and border samples on the floor.
| Styles | 19 designs |
|---|---|
| Types | Custom rug and broadloom (19) |
| Fibers | Sisal, jute and seagrass (12), polypropylene (3), cotton and linen (2), wool blend (1) |
| Constructions | Flatweave (2), tufted (1), hand-loomed and hand-woven (1); others by spec sheet |
| Widths | 13 ft 2 in (19) |
| Availability | Custom (19); indoor (16), indoor and outdoor (3) |
Questions designers ask
Is Rug Craft carpet good quality?
Yes, for what it is: a natural-fiber and performance program made to the drawing. The value is in the sizing and the border, which are done once and done right, and in fibers chosen for the room. Judge a sisal by the density of its weave and a polypropylene by its hand; sample both before you draw.
How much does Rug Craft carpet cost?
Net pricing is quoted to approved trade accounts with the rendering; there is no public pricing. Cost follows fiber, with the wool blend and the cotton and linen designs above sisal and polypropylene, the size of the piece, and the border, since a wide fabric border or a cut-out adds labor. Send us the plan and we will quote it.
Where is Rug Craft carpet made?
Country of origin is not stated line-wide in our catalog. Ask us for the spec sheet on the specific design and we will confirm it with the program before you specify.
Where can I buy Rug Craft carpet?
Through trade showrooms such as Interiors. We carry all 19 designs for interior design professionals, and we ship and install anywhere in the United States. Samples ship from the mill to your office.
Can Rug Craft carpet be made into a stair runner or an odd shape?
Yes, that is the point of the program. A runner that turns a landing, a rug with a cut-out for a hearth, a round or an L-shape are all drawn by our Design Studio and quoted with the lead time. Every design is 13 ft 2 in wide, so a large room usually needs no seam.
Which Rug Craft designs can go outdoors?
The 3 designs rated indoor and outdoor. Polypropylene is the fiber for a covered porch or a beach-house entry, and the sisal, jute, seagrass and cotton designs stay indoors. Ask us for the three by name and the spec sheet on each.
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