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Mrs Magpie (aka Charlotte Laing) writes in to recommend a website that’s an online treasure trove of rugs. See one you fancy for your home office? Look at the photo, view the video, and check out the friendly prices, says Mrs M.

The site that supplies to Grand Designs

A great rug can transform a room. Whether your carpet's a bit shabby, you want to bring together a colour scheme, or just add a bit of texture and interest to your home office, a well-placed rug is often the cheapest and most effective way to do it.

Online rug store www.modern-rugs.co.uk is crammed with hundreds of lovely rugs (it may be thousands, we lost count and went a bit dizzy with the choice on offer) in just about every colour and size you could possibly want. Want a subtle Union Jack inspired design? Got it. Something plain with a thick pile? Take your pick. Stripes? Yes, in every colour combination you can imagine. There’s no wonder this site supplies rugs to most of the UK's interior design programmes from Grand Designs to 60-Minute Makeover.
There are videos of the rugs so you can see what the pile is like so it’s just like viewing the rug in a shop, only nicer because it doesn't matter if you're in your pyjamas at the time.

Oh, and the prices are good too, with the cheaper ranges and smaller rugs often priced at less than £100 and some very luxurious rugs for a few hundred.

Charlotte Laing, Mrs Magpie