Journal
Three guides, written at length
The three questions that decide whether a floor covering was the right buy: what size to get, how a wet mat dries, and what a deep pile asks of you once it is down. Each guide links back into LOCHAS rugs where a piece is mentioned.
Sizing a Rug Room by Room: The Numbers We Cut To
A rug that is one size too small makes a room look smaller than it is, and a rug that is one size too big turns a hallway into an obstacle. The measurements we work from: how much floor to leave bare at the wall, where the front legs of a sofa should land, what a bed needs on each side, how a runner is measured against a hallway, and the sizes our own pile is cut to.
The Bathroom Floor That Dries: Pile, Backing and Footing
A bath mat has one job that a rug does not: it takes a wet foot, holds the water away from the tile, and gives it back to the air before the next shower. What chenille pile actually does with water, why a TPR backing matters more than the pile above it, how long a soaked mat takes to dry in a bathroom with no window, and what the fall statistics say about the floor by the tub.
Ten Years of Pile: Living With a Shag Rug
Deep pile is bought for how it feels and kept for how it is cleaned. What a vacuum does to a 1.77-inch pile at the wrong setting, how often a shag rug wants a shake against how often it wants a wash, what a washing machine does to backing dots, why matted pile is nearly always a drying problem, and the routine that keeps a rug looking new for a decade.
