Sisal rugs, runners and where they work

Sisal is spun from agave. The weave is what you see and feel: a textured, natural surface that coastal and contemporary rooms wear well. We use it wall to wall, as a rug, and very often as a stair runner with a bound edge. The full product page is sisal flooring. This guide is the practical version of the questions people bring in.

Rugs made to the room

A sisal rug can be cut to the size and shape you need, then finished at the edge. Binding, whipping and a cloth border are the usual conversations. The same idea applies to wool: anything on the showroom floor can become a rug, which is set out on the rugs page. Bring the furniture plan or a rough measure. If the rug has to miss a hearth or follow a bay window, we would rather template it than guess.

Stairs

A sisal runner down a timber flight leaves the timber border showing and takes the wear in the middle. Edges are bound so the weave does not fray. Stair rods are optional. Waterfall and Hollywood fits — one flowing over the nose, one tucked tight — are both things we do, and the photos of recent flights are on the patterned carpet page as well as the stair runners page.

The honest limit

Sisal wants dry feet. A beach house entry that comes in wet, a laundry, or a dining table that sees a lot of spilled drinks is a poor home for it. We will say so, and point at wool or vinyl instead. That is a better outcome than a sisal floor that cups or stains in the first summer.

Questions we hear in the showroom

Samples are in Southport. The measure at home is free.