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Area Rugs: Enhance Your Floor Decor with a Unique Carpet

Modern rugs come in all sorts of patterns and exotic fabrics, from plastic and denim to llama wool and recycled newspaper

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Exotic fibers like llama wool and utilitarian materials like old newspaper make for unique and pretty rugs

Pretty and pragmatic, today’s modern rugs are practically like artwork on your floor

Pappelina Plastic Rugs

Swedish purveyor Pappelina takes “practical” to a whole new level, using PVC and polyester as its materials of choice.

These plastic rugs sport signature playful geometric patterns and are available in a range of colourways (Mose, left, shown in Circus; $309/70 by 250 cm. Vivi, shown in Grey and Vanilla; $189/70 by 150 cm. Örling & Wu).

Sumaq Rugs

Vancouver’s own Sumaq Rugs combines traditional materials and techniques with contemporary colours and patterns.

Rugs are handmade in Peru from exotic fibres such as the llama wool used in the stunning reversible Zebrano rug ($2,400/6 by 9 ft; East India Carpets).

Last Newspaper Rugs

Yesterday’s news has never been so useful.

Blu Dot’s Last Newspaper rugs are made from recycled newspaper wrapped in cotton. They’re highly textured, giving visual focus to old content (Shown in Slate. Starting at $179/4 by 6 ft; Designhouse).

The Spencer Rug

The Spencer rug is guaranteed to enhance almost any existing decor, with its colourful yet neutral palette and squiggly yet ordered pattern ($129/2 by 8ft; Urban Barn).

Colourblocked Denim Rug

Made from recycled denim, the Colourblocked Denim rug washes your floor with shades of blue, giving your room a cozy and relaxed feel – everything you’d want from your own well-worn jeans ($798/5 by 7 ft; Anthropologie).

Classico Wool Rug

This French beauty is the result of a collaboration between two design powerhouses: Roche Bobois and Emanuel Ungaro.

The Classico wool rug makes stunning use of black and white with its bold, stylized flowers that anchor an overall playful polka-dotted design ($4,840/200 by 300 cm; Roche Bobois).

Originally published in BC Home magazine. For updates, subscribe to the free Home e-newsletter, or purchase a subscription to the bi-monthly magazine.