Apartment Therapy: rugs & carpets

Modern Coconut Doormats by Angela Adams

We've blogged about sustainable Coconut Fiber doormats before but not these from Angela Adams. The newest addition to her modern line of environmentally-sensitive products are these beautiful and si...

Leftovers Rug by Koko Architecture + Design

Interior Design magazine has opened the online voting for their Best of the Year 2009 Awards. There are 50 categories and a lot of amazing things to look at. One piece that really stood out to us was ...

100% Design London Showcases Sustainable Designs

The 100% Design London showcase, the UK's leading architecture and design event, has just concluded and sustainable designs were as pervasive as ever. Some of the finds from this year's event inclu...

The Quest for the Best Eco-Friendly Yoga Mat

We tried yoga a while back, but the experience left us, well, not relaxed. Needless to say, that hardly-used yoga mat went straight to Goodwill. But now we're ready to give it another chance, after he...

Eco-Friendly Bamboo Rug

As the air develops a bit of a chill in the evenings, our thoughts turn to warming and softening our living space. Rugs are an excellent way to help transform your home from season to season, but s...

Inspiration: Rachel Denny's "A Proper Lady"

Walk into any vintage clothing store and you see gloves — thin white kid gloves, crochet gloves, gloves with buttons at the wrist or lace — left over from a time when people wore gloves ...

RAW by Union 18: Handmade Rugs from Recycled Carpet

Husband-and-wife team Todd and Meg van der Kruik make up Union 18, a design studio based out of Long Beach, California. Their design focus is right up our alley: they create sustainable art and h...

Cork Bath Mat at Gaiam

The bath mat in our bathroom is a pretty nondescript oatmeal-colored square of fluffy carpet, with some sort of rubbery backing. We've had it for quite some time and it's getting pretty gross. So we'v...

Look! InterfaceFLOR Carpet Mill Video Tour

Untitled from jason hamric on Vimeo. We recently got a tip from avid reader Jacklyn Loquidis about the video tour she did of an InterfaceFLOR carpet mill. InterfaceFLOR (the commercial line of FLOR)...

Waterhog Doormat Collection from L.L. Bean

L.L. Bean asks, "Is it wrong to love a doormat?" Don't think so. If you're reading Apartment Therapy, chances are that you're the type of person that loves something in your home that others find neut...

Alejandra Dunphy Textiles: Modern, Organic, Eco-Friendly

We have fallen in love with Alejandra Dunphy's line of eco-friendly textiles, particularly her pillows. Based out of Alabama, her designs are modern and fresh, inspired by nature and committed to e...

Simply Green Shag Rugs from JCPenney

A friend looking for an eco-friendly carpet option recently asked us about these shag rugs from JCPenney's Simply Green Collection. Though we haven't been able to see them in person, we are impress...

10 Uses for Carpet Scraps
This Old House

There’s been a few discussions on Re-Nest about what to do with carpet scraps, whether it’s where to donate them, how to dispose of them, or how to reuse them. This Old House has a great section o...

Sustainable Material: Coconut Fiber

In our neck of the woods, spring has begun to peek its head around the corner--so over the weekend we opened all the windows and got a jump start on spring cleaning. While cleaning off the porch, we r...

Green Idea: Faux Grass Sheepskin Rug
Melbourne

The weather in Melbourne over the past 10 days has been unbearably hot. With 3 days in a row being over 43ºC [or 109ºF] and the remaining days only slightly cooler, we’ve been sadly watching the r...

New Styles from Flor

While Aaron in ATNY is trying to figure out whether the new Shag Flor tile is Hot or Not, we’ve been checking out some of the other new styles from Flor. Check out our favorites, after the jump. ...

Hot or Not? FLOR's Putt Up or Shut Up Rug

Check out this rug from FLOR. Is it the perfect gift for the golfer in your family? Or a kitschy waste of material? More details, a link, and a survey after the jump....

Modern Polar Bear Rug: Made From Recycled Blankets

French designer Lise Lefab lives in the Netherlands where she created a spin on the bear rug using recycled wool blankets. These traditional woven Dutch blankets are being replaced by modern comfor...

FLOR's Halloween Rugs:Green or Ghastly?

We really like FLOR -- they have a great return and recycle program, and they make beautiful carpet squares and rugs. We've even fallen for the look of these new Halloween-themed rugs. However, we've...

FLOR's New Plush Wool Collection

When we talk about disliking carpet, which is often, we always like to offer a caveat: Sometimes carpet is a good flooring choice. For instance, if you have young children, carpet is usually perfec...

Recycled Bicycle Tube Rug by Annemette Beck

As a cycling enthusiast, I love anything recycled from bike parts. When I saw a photo of this sleek, modern rug from recycled inner tubes, I had to learn more....

Recycled Sari Rug at CB2

We were intrigued by the recycled silk sari rug we spotted on the CB2 website. So we stopped by the new CB2 store in San Francisco to see what would it look like up close. Photos after the jump......

Nutshell Entrance Mats

Here's a good (and green) idea. The under layer of Huffco Entrance Mats is recycled rubber from old tires bound for US landfills. The non-skid, dirt-trapping top layer is made from 100% walnut shell...

Global Warming Rug by NEL for Nanimarquina

This might be the saddest home furnishings creation we've ever seen. It gets more sad under the jump... posted originally from: AT:LA...

Bamboo Rug Roundup

We're trying to sort out the wheeled-office-chair on carpet problem. We're not so into the plastic mat solution, so we're in the market for a new bamboo rug. (The roll-up bamboo chair mat shown abov...

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