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Location: London
Interior Designer: Stephen Falcke SA
Bespoke Rugs: Bazaar Velvet

Bazaar Velvet were tasked with creating a selection of bespoke rugs for several rooms of an opulent London home. Each piece that was created for this project is contemporary but uses classical elements of design from traditional weavings.

After an initial meeting with the client, Bazaar Velvet were given the task to create bespoke rugs for several areas within the home. Each of the rugs needed to be individual in design and colour yet have a synergy that links them all together. They created various designs in-house as a starting point for the project, which were then developed through further meetings that allowed the client and designer to decide on a direction for the pieces. Taking the feedback from these follow-ups, they then created further designs that met the desired brief.

Once the designs were confirmed, the focus then turned to the consideration of colours and following that the finalised designs were entrusted to their workshop in Nepal to create. Each rug was completely made by hand a took five months to complete. Hand-knotted luxury rugs such as these exemplify premium quality and are made using traditional methods dating back hundreds of years. Skilled artisans work on a wooden loom set up using cotton threads known as warps, knotting wool or silk yarns around each thread by hand, following each row with a cotton weft thread to keep the knots in place. The rug then undergoes several stages of hand-finishing, including trimming, washing, binding and stretching.

The designs and colours that have been developed achieve a balance between classic and contemporary style; each complements the space that it has been tailored to as well as each other. There is a high level of detail for each piece and a thorough understanding of its place in the home. The colours for the bedroom piece remain muted for a serene ambience, yet the colours and fluidity of the textured piece in the dressing room drive a more feminine feeling. The designer’s favourite piece for this project is the curved drawing room rug, which adds depth, personality and versatility to the room.