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In the March 2010 issue of American Vogue with Tina Fey on the cover, Hamish Bowles featured the London home of Suzanne Sharp, the designer of the Sellarsbrook Blue rug that is now on our living room floor. The interview is insightful: Sharp started The Rug Company with her husband Christopher. When they were living in Riyadh (Christopher was working in film), they started collecting Afghan rugs from souks. When they finally returned to London, they opened a store and started selling the rugs. This led to the production of their own rugs by Nepalese weavers. They also invited top decorators in London and when that proved to be a success, they invited fashion designers as well.

Below is a photo of the Sellarsbrook Blue rug in the Sharp's study.

Close-up:

Our own Sellarsbrook Blue rug:

It's Here!

The Sellarsbrook Blue rug by Suzanne Sharp from The Rug Company has left the premises of Lane Crawford and has found a permanent home in our apartment. We all love it, including Brighton as you can see in the photos.

I really like the how the pattern on the rug is almost identical to the legs of the tables.

Chic Covets

We are loving this Sellarsbrook Blue area rug from The Rug Company designed by Suzanne Sharp. Fell in love with it the first time we saw it at Lane Crawford. According to the www.therugcompany.info, it is handmade using Tibetan wool. The interlocking circle motifs echo the design of the legs of the Lyric tables we ordered from Baker furniture, which arrived from the US today.

Our contractor Andy likes the rug because he said the circles look like coins, which in Chinese culture mean good luck and fortune.