Blue pairs well with pale oak, white bedding and grey linen, which is why the Silky in Blue works so easily as a hallway runner or beside a bed. This is a plain, single-colour rug, so a patterned throw or a painted wall next to it never competes. Where the bedroom is warm and a little muted, it adds one calm colour. Simple. The same goes for a hall runner by a coat rack, where it softens bare boards and gives the long, narrow space a bit of weight, even when the rest of the hallway is kept quite bare and plain.

Spun fine, the 100% polyester microfibre pile feels soft underfoot, and the backing is cotton. Each rug is worked by hand in India with a tufting tool, and depending on the light and the direction of the pile the surface looks a shade lighter or darker. Shaggy and fine over underfloor heating, it sits well in Bedroom Rugs and suits a nursery rug spot too. Other rugs in the Synthetic Fibre Rugs collection share the same polyester fibre.

Spills sit on the surface for a bit, so blot first and keep water to a minimum, as our cleaning advice for the blue runner explains. Should a bed leg or foot traffic flatten the pile, brush it back up against the pile. Vacuum without the rotating brush. Done.