24 UK Rug Statistics: Market Size, Materials & Import Data

Furniture in Fashion publishes 24 findings on rugs in UK homes, and states plainly at the outset what is missing. Market size totals and import values for rugs are not available from an openly published source we can verify, so this report does not contain them, and no percentage, tonnage or sales figure has been estimated to fill the gap. What it contains instead is 24 verifiable specification points: standard rug sizes sold in the UK and the rooms they suit, the measurable properties of wool, polypropylene, viscose, jute and cotton, pile construction and its effect on wear, the placement rules that govern how a rug reads under a sofa or a dining table, and the care requirements each fibre actually has. The report includes a comparison table of fibres against durability, stain behaviour and suitability by room, along with guidance for rented and open plan homes. Every placement rule is given in centimetres with inches alongside....