Kids Rugs
Rugs chosen for children’s rooms and play spaces: soft wool underfoot, forgiving patterns that hide a spilled drink, and colors that suit a room a child will grow into rather than out of.
Each piece is a vintage Persian or Turkish rug, washed by specialists before listing, and there is only one of it.
Why an old rug is the right rug for a child’s room
The instinct is to buy something new for a nursery or a playroom, and it is usually the wrong instinct. A hand-knotted wool rug that has already spent forty or fifty years on a floor has been through everything a child can do to it and survived. The pile is low and dense, the wool is hard-wearing, and the dyes have already faded as far as they are going to fade. Nothing here is precious in the way a new rug is precious.
Wool does the work
Hand-knotted wool resists dirt in a way tufted synthetics do not. The fiber has a natural crimp that keeps grit near the surface rather than letting it work down into the backing, so most of what lands on the rug lifts out with a vacuum. Spills tend to sit on the surface for a moment before they soak in, which buys the time that matters most. And wool is warm underfoot, which is worth something in a room where a child spends time sitting on the floor.
Pattern is camouflage
A busy field with several colors in it hides daily life. A pale, plain rug shows every mark; a Persian village weave with rust, navy and cream running through the field shows almost none. This is the practical reason old rugs have always ended up in the rooms with the most traffic in a house, and it applies just as well to a room with a toddler in it.
Sizes for a child’s room
For a nursery, a rug that reaches beyond the crib on all sides gives you somewhere to stand and somewhere to sit. For a shared or older child’s room, aim for a piece large enough that the bed’s front legs stand on it, which ties the room together and keeps the rug from wandering. A small mat works well beside a bunk or along the foot of a bed.
Living with it
Vacuum without the beater bar, blot spills rather than rubbing them, and turn the rug once or twice a year so wear and sunlight land evenly. That is the whole routine. A rug bought for a five-year-old will outlast the room it was bought for and can move to a hallway, a study or a first apartment later on.
Whatever you pick here will be the only one of its kind, cleaned by specialists we have trusted for years before it ships to you.
Choosing for a baby or a young child? Choosing a rug for a nursery or kids’ room covers pile, pads and cleaning, and rug sizes for a full or twin bed covers the layout.