Blue makes a room feel cooler and calmer. The Mora in blue looks good with white walls, light wood and the odd brass lamp, and it lifts a sofa in sand or cream.

• Pile: 100% polypropylene
• Jute backing
• Machine-woven in Turkey
• Short pile with a faded vintage design
• Fine over underfloor heating

Polypropylene does not like heat, so a hot casserole dish or an iron should never rest on the blue pile. Otherwise this low pile rug is easy to place. Put it in front of a sofa so that at least the front feet of sofa and armchairs stand on it, and the seating reads as one group. Kitchens and dining rooms suit it as well. Blue also has a firm place among our kids room rugs, as a rug for the nursery. Being made of polypropylene, the Mora counts as one of our synthetic fibre rugs. Before ordering, read our advice on rug sizes.

Spilt squash waits on the polypropylene for a moment, so blot it first. Next, as our cleaning advice explains, sponge the spot with lukewarm soapy water and rinse with a cloth dipped in clean water. Mora's only real weakness is heat.