Resources
Guides for the design process
217 guides written for the trade, each answering one question a designer asks us and ending in the part of the catalog that answers it. Search by word, or browse by topic.
Sizing and placement
Rug sizes by room, bed and table, and how to place them.
- Area rug size guide
- Custom size rugs
- Dining room rug size
- Entryway rug size
- Hall runners: widths and lengths
- Kitchen runner size
- Large living room rugs
- Layering rugs
- Living room rug size and placement
- Nursery rug size
- Outdoor rug size
- Oval rugs for a dining table
- Round rug sizes
- Round rug under a round table
- Rug on carpet
- Rug size for a full bed
- Rug size for a home office
- Rug size for a king bed
- Rug size for a queen bed
- Rug size for a sectional
- Rug size for a twin bed
- Rug under a sofa
- Runner rug sizes
- Two rugs in one room
Rooms
What to specify room by room.
Stairs and runners
Construction, pad, width, pattern and installation on the stair.
- Basement stairs carpet
- Best carpet for stairs
- Carpet on stairs vs a runner
- Carpet pad for stairs
- Curved stair runner
- Herringbone and striped stair runners
- Patterned stair runner ideas
- Sisal stair runner
- Stair rods
- Stair runner installation
- Stair runner width
- Stair runner with a landing
- Stair runners on wood stairs
- Wool stair runners
Custom rugs
How a custom piece is designed, priced, struck off and made.
Working with Interiors
Samples, strike-offs, ordering, measuring and installation.
Fibers
Wool, nylon, silk, viscose, natural and performance fibers compared.
- Alpaca rugs
- Bamboo silk rugs
- Cotton rugs
- Cowhide and sheepskin rugs
- Hemp rugs
- Indoor outdoor rugs
- Jute rugs pros and cons
- Linen rugs
- Mohair rugs
- New Zealand wool
- Nylon vs polyester carpet
- Performance rugs and carpet
- Polypropylene rugs pros and cons
- Seagrass rugs
- Silk rugs
- Sisal, seagrass and jute
- Solution dyed nylon
- Tencel rugs
- Viscose rugs
- Wool blend carpet
- Wool vs nylon carpet: which to specify, and when
- Wool vs polyester carpet
Constructions
Hand-knotted, tufted, Wilton, Axminster, flatweave and the rest.
- Axminster vs Wilton
- Berber carpet
- Braided rugs
- Broadloom carpet: widths and seams
- Carpet tile vs broadloom
- Cut pile vs loop pile
- Dhurrie rugs
- Flatweave rugs
- Frieze carpet
- Hand loomed rugs
- Hand tufted vs hand knotted
- Hand-knotted rugs: judging quality
- Hooked and needlepoint rugs
- Kilim rugs
- Low pile vs high pile
- Machine made vs handmade rugs
- Moroccan rugs
- Oushak rugs
- Pattern loop carpet
- Persian style rugs
- Plush, saxony and velvet carpet
- Shag rugs
- Tibetan rugs
- Wall-to-wall carpet in 2026
- Woven vs tufted carpet
Style and pattern
Looks, patterns, colors and how to match a rug to a room.
Specs and codes
Face weight, density, flammability, certifications, ADA and LEED.
- ADA carpet requirements
- Anti static carpet
- Carpet acoustics
- Carpet density
- Carpet face weight
- Carpet fire rating
- Carpet in a basement
- Carpet pad types
- Carpet pile height
- Carpet warranties explained
- Carpet wear rating (TARR)
- Carpet with radiant heat
- Crocking and colorfastness
- Lightfastness and fading
- Low-VOC carpet and certifications
- Moisture barrier carpet pad
- Rug pad for hardwood floors
- Rug pad thickness
Commercial and hospitality
Hotel, restaurant, office, multifamily, senior living and church.
Care and performance
Wear, shedding, pets, moths, fading, static and maintenance.
Mills
One guide per mill we carry: the line, the fibers and constructions, the collections, and where it belongs.
- Adara carpet guide
- AF Rug Designs guide
- Antrim carpet guide
- Bellbridge carpet guide
- BIC Carpets guide
- Bloomsburg Carpet guide
- Brintons carpet guide
- Cavan carpet guide
- Cella Carpet guide
- Couristan carpet guide
- Crescent carpet guide
- DMI carpet guide
- Emery Park Carpet guide
- emma gardner design rugs guide
- Fabrica carpet guide
- Fibreworks carpet guide
- Harcourt Collection rugs guide
- J Mish carpet guide
- Kaleen carpet guide
- Kane Carpet guide
- Katha Living carpet guide
- Masland carpet guide
- Milliken carpet guide
- Nature's Carpet guide
- Nourison carpet guide
- Pampas Leather rugs guide
- Prestige Mills carpet guide
- Rosecore carpet guide
- Rug Craft carpet guide
- Sax Carpet guide
- SSD Carpets guide
- Stanton carpet guide
- Stanton Rug Co guide
- STG carpet guide
- Tisca Tiara rugs guide
- Ulster Carpets guide
- Unique Carpets guide
Near the showroom
Designers close to the Laguna Design Center can visit the floor; everyone else works with us by email, phone and samples, nationwide.