Premium Carpets & Rugs for Mapusa, Goa

Dust decides most rug choices in Mapusa. The roads around the market throw up plenty, it comes in on shoes and through open windows, and a rug holds it until someone takes the rug out. So pick sizes one person can carry down the stairs to shake or vacuum. The inland air is dry enough for wool, cotton dhurries and jute, none of which would be wise nearer the sea. In a flat, a rug under the seating also softens footsteps for the family below. The old houses on the hill have tiled floors worth showing, so use loose rugs there, on an underlay, and never fitted carpet.

• Apartment living rooms: a rug beneath the sofa and chairs, stopping short of the walls so a margin of floor tile shows all round.
• Old hill houses: a dhurrie or Persian-style rug over the patterned tiles, with a non-slip underlay beneath it.
• Home offices and shop counters: carpet tiles, since a single stained or worn tile can be lifted and changed.