Premium Carpets & Rugs for Bainguinim Homes

Bare tile is what most new owners in Bainguinim walk in to, and a rug is the quickest way to make such a room feel finished and less echoing. Conditions favour natural fibres: the village sits above the Mandovi on drier ground, so jute, wool and cotton dhurries are all usable without the mustiness they pick up at river level. Buy the rug after the sofa, not before, so that every seat can rest its front feet on it. Building dust lingers in a new development, so a size that can be lifted and shaken out helps at first. Fitted carpet is for a bedroom with air conditioning, or a room set aside for films and music.

• Large living rooms in plot houses: one generous wool rug under the whole seating group, not several small ones.
• Flat living rooms: a flat-woven dhurrie or jute rug that leaves a border of tile showing and softens sound for the floor below.
• Staircases in independent houses: a fitted stair runner cut to the actual treads, which are seldom a standard width.