Buying a custom rug is an extremely personal decision, it enables you to express your taste and style and is the perfect possibility to have that one furniture piece that ties together a room, 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 should be taken into account when making, or commissioning, your personal bespoke rug.
Firstly you should consider if you have something similar already out there. Existing designs certainly are a safe way of obtaining a rug that you know will continue to work. I someone out there is making a rug design the chances are that it works. Which begs the question if you want a custom rug in the first place. custom rugs If you have 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 cost increase for custom rugs is not simply the design process but the economies of scale involved in purchasing dyes, drafting up the design onto a computer, then onto a canvas for hand-tufting, or 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 are the most common way to obtain inspiration for custom rugs – many custom rugs take a preexisting design and modify it slightly, or adapt the colours while keeping the pattern the same, or just alter the size to match. Needless to say some custom rugs can be more cost-effective than designer rugs giving an identical quality at a lower price-tag, the only difference being the lack of a designer sticker underneath.
The next pitfall to avoid when commissioning a custom rug is getting your design wrong at the start, changing components of your rug after the manufacturing process has begun is probably not possible and if it is it could be costly. Easier to take longer at the look stage than realise you have made a mistake later on.
Choosing design and colours is actually a careful balance. An ultra-modern and patterned rug may be perfect for at this time but does it look right in the event that you change your decor and when it does not, are you currently OK with that? Conversely, having a custom rug made to have it bland may defeat the reason, so putting some thought right into a design that you’ll love for years ahead helps to ensure it is a high value purchase. However, custom rugs don’t need to cost the earth and will often cost less than you’ll think, getting a quote and sending off some ideas of designs costs nothing. Find out costs and timeframes and take your decision from there.