Runners
Rugs
Runner rugs for halls, kitchens and stairs
Runner rugs are long, narrow rugs, usually 2 to 3 feet wide and 6 to 20 feet long, laid loose in a hallway, a galley kitchen or along a bed, or fitted on a stair.
Standard hallway runners come in 2 foot 3 inch and 2 foot 6 inch widths at 8, 10 and 12 feet; wider 3 foot runners suit a hall over 5 feet across. Long runner rugs for a 30 foot gallery are cut from broadloom, since very few mills weave a finished runner past 20 feet. Leave 4 to 6 inches of floor on each side and at the ends. Construction follows the room: a flatweave or low Wilton for a kitchen, hand-knotted or hand-tufted wool for a bedroom corridor and a woven wool or wool-nylon with a firm pad for a stair. The rest are made to order in 4 to 12 weeks.
Stair runners are a different spec, fastened to each tread and sized to the stair; read the stair runner page before using a loose runner there. For sizing by hall width see the hall runner guide, and browse lengths under runners by size.
