Vintage Rugs for the Kitchen: What Works and Why
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We make 50 vintage designs we would put in a kitchen. This is why the combination works, and what to get right.
How vintage behaves on a floor
A faded design has low internal contrast, so it behaves like texture rather than pattern. That makes it the easiest family to combine with other pattern, and the most forgiving of furniture standing on it.
What a kitchen asks of a rug
A runner down the working side, or a mat at the sink. Low pile for chairs and doors. Oil is the stain to move quickly on.
Why the two suit each other
Put a vintage design in a kitchen and the surface forgives everything a busy room does to it. Faded, overdyed and gently distressed surfaces. Wipe-clean comfort underfoot at the counter.
The colours available in this combination
Across these 50 designs you will find mink & brown, grey & silver, blue & navy, lilac & purple, yellow & gold, red & burgundy, cream & white, pink & fuchsia, orange & terracotta and green & khaki. They are drawn from 32 separate design sources — Antiqued, Provenance, Sumak, Nomad, Caravan, Hereke, Talish and Ersari and others — each with its own origin.
Sizes and prices
- 60 x 100 cm (2' x 3'3") — £50
- 80 x 150 cm (2'7" x 4'11") — £65
- 100 x 200 cm (3'3" x 6'6") — £86
- 120 x 180 cm (3'11" x 5'11") — £90
- 80 x 300 cm (2'7" x 9'10") — £95
- 100 x 300 cm (3'3" x 9'10") — £95
- 155 x 230 cm (5'1" x 7'7") — £125
- 200 x 300 cm (6'6" x 9'10") — £185
- 160 cm round (5'3" round) — £125
- 200 cm round (6'6" round) — £185
The construction
Chenille polyester on a woven cotton backing with a non-slip finish. Machine washable at 30°C, no underlay needed, no latex or rubber crumb. In a kitchen that is the difference between a rug you protect and a rug you use.