Smooth enough for bare feet but with a dry, natural grain, this white jute rug brings a bright look to the floor. Its plain centre sits inside a border.

• Flat weave, no pile
• Plain white with a border
• Suits underfloor heating
• 80% jute, 20% cotton, handwoven in India
• Felt backing with PVC nubs

White lightens a lounge with dark furniture. Let at least the front feet of the sofa and armchairs rest on it and the seating reads as one group. Below a table it serves as a dining room rug. In front of the units it also makes a light kitchen rug, and it sits among our Kitchen Rugs for that reason. Warp and weft build the texture and the border together, as in the other shades of jaloom's Jute Rugs.

Keep white jute in a dry room, away from bathrooms. Switch the brush off and skip steam altogether, just as our cleaning advice for this fibre recommends, and put a slightly smaller anti-slip mat underneath. A slow pass with the vacuum on low suction lifts grit out of the flat weave.