A bedroom with pale floorboards can feel bare beside the bed, and the red Gabbeh Uni runner fills that gap with one strong colour. Red is warm.

Laid alongside the bed, it is the first thing your feet touch in the morning, and its low pile stays flat underfoot. On polished boards, set an underlay beneath it so it stays put. A hallway suits it too.

Under the colour is pure wool. The red Uni has a 100% wool pile on a wool backing and is hand-woven in India, which makes it one of our wool rugs. A new wool runner sheds a few loose fibres at first, and they lessen as you vacuum.

Handmade pieces can be slightly longer or shorter than listed, which is worth remembering when choosing the right size for a hallway or bedside. As one of our bedroom rugs, the red runner can lie over underfloor heating as well.

Following our cleaning advice, beat the red runner from the back now and then and let it air. A dent from a bedside table usually lifts after a light dampening. Turn it round occasionally.