Bold & beautiful rugs to update your home

Make floorspace more interesting with one of these statement pieces.

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Tiger rug by Edward Barber & Jay Osgerby, £2,698 or £775 per sq m, The Rug Company (020–7384 0980; www.therugcompany.com)

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Flatwoven wool-and-cotton dhurrie

, available in two sizes, from £285, Mahout Lifestyle (0845 116 6333; www.mahoutlifestyle.com)

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Hummingbird handwoven silk-and-cashmere rug

by Alexander McQueen, £2,675 per sq m, The Rug Company (020–7384 0980; www.therugcompany.com)

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Yellow indoor/outdoor area rug

in various sizes, from £26.99, Wayfair (0800 169 0423; www.wayfair.co.uk)

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Honeycomb hand-knotted wood-and-art-silk rug

, which can be made to order in any size and colour, £440 per sq m, Amy Kent (07979 594651; www.amykent.co.uk)

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Cranborne geometric rug

, £1,158 per sq m, Luke Irwin (020–7730 6070; www.lukeirwin.com)

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Bruce Lepere kashan rug

, £3,500, Liberty (020–7734 1234; www.liberty.co.uk)

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Braided-jute Carnival rugs

(available in various sizes), from £38, Tinsmiths (01531 632083; www.tinsmiths.co.uk)

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Annunciata Elwes
Annunciata Elwes

Annunciata is director of contemporary art gallery TIN MAN ART and an award-winning journalist specialising in art, culture and property. Previously, she was Country Life’s News & Property Editor. Before that, she worked at The Sunday Times Travel Magazine, researched for a historical biographer and co-founded a literary, art and music festival in Oxfordshire. Lancashire-born, she lives in Hampshire with a husband, two daughters and a mischievous pug.