A rug can make or break a room and most people only realise that after they’ve made the wrong choice. Too safe and it disappears. Too loud and it fights with everything around it. Abstract patterns sit in a useful middle ground, they bring movement and colour without demanding that the rest of the room perform around them. What we’ve been looking for specifically is the kind of abstract that feels considered rather than random, where the shapes and tones look like someone made actual decisions rather than just gesturing at art.

We’ve also been strict about scale and proportion. A rug that photographs beautifully in a showroom can feel completely wrong in a real sitting room with a real sofa and real afternoon light coming through the window. These have been chosen for rooms that people actually live in. The pile, the weave, the way the colour reads at different times of day. All of it matters. These are the ones that just fit.