Buying a custom rug is an extremely personal decision, it allows you to express your taste and style and may be the perfect opportunity to have that one furniture piece that ties together an area, or multiple rooms. However, when committing to something as significant as a bespoke furniture piece it is very important get it right.
There are numerous considerations that needs to be taken into account when designing, or commissioning, your personal bespoke rug.
Firstly you should think about when there is something similar already on the market. Existing designs certainly are a safe way of getting a rug you know will work. I someone out there is making a rug design the chances are that it works. Which begs the question if you need a custom rug in the first place. If there is a rug on the market in the proper size and colours then it is likely to be less expensive than having a rug made bespoke.
The price increase for custom rugs isn’t basically the design process however the economies of scale involved with purchasing dyes, drafting up the design onto some type of computer, then onto a canvas for hand-tufting, or perhaps a rug ‘cartoon’ for hand-knotted rugs, as well as small-scale shipping costs being substantially higher than large batch production. That being said, existing rugs will be the most common way to obtain inspiration for custom rugs – many custom rugs take an existing design and modify it slightly, or adapt the colours while keeping the pattern exactly the same, or just alter the size to match. Of course some custom rugs can be more cost-effective than designer rugs giving a similar quality at a lower price-tag, the only real difference being having less a designer sticker underneath.
The next pitfall to avoid when commissioning a custom rug gets your design wrong at the start, changing components of your rug after the manufacturing process has begun may not be possible and if it is it may be costly. Easier to take longer at the design stage than realise you earn a mistake down the road.
Choosing design and colours is actually a careful balance. logo mats An ultra-modern and patterned rug may be perfect for right now but does it look right in the event that you change your decor and when it does not, are you OK with that? Conversely, having a custom rug designed to have it bland may defeat the reason, so putting some thought into a design that you’ll love for years ahead helps to make it a higher value purchase. However, custom rugs don’t need to cost the earth and can often cost less than you would think, getting a quote and sending off some ideas of designs costs nothing. Learn costs and timeframes and take your decision from there.
Thursday, November 30, 2023