Not those awful carpets of the 60s and 70s, but fun, highly textural, cut down to size, little shaggy rascals that instantly glam up an area. Under a dining table, by a foyer entrance, in a bathroom, stunning.

Think chunky, knobbly, silky, pure wool or felt fabrics woven into zany, eye-catching designs. Or if you want something a little simpler go for a bold colour such a deep rust orange or autumnal green. Floors have never looked so attractive.

Most of us associate shaggy rugs with the 60s and 70s and view them as a relatively recent design, when in actual fact they were originally produced by the Vikings who traded the rugs from the Byzantine and Ottoman Empires to Scandinavia over 1000 years ago. In 15th Century Norway the rugs were used as warm bed covers and were plain in design. Over the next few hundred years more intricate designs were introduced and featured in the houses of noblemen as floor coverings. Rugs were also used by commoners in weddings as prayer rugs.

The 1960′s really bought the shaggy rug to the worldwide forum as a fashion statement for your floor. In the 2000s we are refining and improving.