{"title":"White Rugs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThere is no bright white rug here, and there is a reason for that. A true white on a floor reads as cold and shows the first mark, and almost everyone asking for a white rug is picturing something warmer than that.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat this collection is built on is ivory and off white — white with warmth in it, which is what works in a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eIvory rugs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIvory is white with a little yellow in it, and it is the shade most people mean when they say they want a white rug.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAgainst warm walls, a wooden floor, brass or natural fabric, a true white sets itself apart from everything and reads as clinical. Ivory does not — it sits with all of them, and the contrast against a pale wall is soft rather than stark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt also hides more. On a bright white there is nowhere for a mark to go, so the first one shows. Ivory has enough tone in it to absorb the ordinary greying any pale rug picks up over a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOff white rugs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOff white is the cooler of the two, closer to a true white but with the hardness taken out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is the better choice in a room that is already warm — a room with a lot of oak, or walls in a warm cream. There, ivory can disappear into the scheme, and off white gives the floor enough separation to read as its own thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBetween the two, hold the rug against the wall rather than against paper. Whichever one does not look either yellow or grey against that wall is the one.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhere a pale rug works\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePale rugs do something no other colour does: they make the floor recede. In a small or dark room that reads as more space, and nothing in a stronger colour comes close.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rooms where they survive are the ones with no shoes and little traffic. A bedroom, particularly beside a bed rather than under it. A spare room. A study. A sitting room in a house where shoes come off at the door.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe rooms where they struggle are hallways, kitchens and any living room a family crosses in outdoor shoes. It is not that the rug fails — it is that a grey rug that has aged looks fine and a pale one that has aged looks neglected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThere is one exception that changes the whole calculation: a washable pale rug goes in the machine. That removes the only real objection to the colour, and it is worth looking at if you want ivory in a room that gets used.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhite and black rugs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA pale rug with black in it is a different product from a plain one, and considerably more practical.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe pattern carries the interest and the broken-up surface hides marks that a plain field of ivory would show immediately. If you want a pale rug in a room that gets used, this is the version that survives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor rugs the other way round — a black ground with pale pattern — see the black rugs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eWhite rug FAQs\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDo you sell pure white rugs?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNo. Everything here is ivory or off white — white with warmth in it. A true white reads as cold on a floor and shows the first mark, which is why almost nobody wants one once they see it in a room.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat is the difference between ivory and off white?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIvory has yellow in it and reads warmer. Off white is closer to a true white with the hardness taken out. Ivory suits a cool room; off white suits a room that is already warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAre pale rugs impractical?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a hallway, kitchen or a living room walked through in shoes, yes. In a bedroom, a study or a shoes-off house they are fine and last well. A washable one removes the objection entirely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eDo white rugs make a room look bigger?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey make the floor recede, which in a small or dark room reads as more space. It is the strongest effect any rug colour has on how large a room feels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eHow do you keep a pale rug clean?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePut it where shoes do not go, vacuum it regularly, and deal with marks straight away rather than later. If the room cannot offer that, choose a washable one and put it through the machine instead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eShould I choose a plain or patterned pale rug?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA pattern hides marks that a plain pale field shows immediately. If the rug is going anywhere that gets used, an ivory ground with a pattern in it is the more practical choice.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/9950\/5537\/collections\/Foy_s_Interiors_-_White_Rugs.jpg?v=1785493368","url":"https:\/\/foysinteriors.co.uk\/collections\/white-rugs.oembed","provider":"Foy's Interiors","version":"1.0","type":"link"}