Blue suits white walls, light oak and a mustard or rust cushion on the sofa. The Gabbeh Lola in blue is a plain wool rug in the gabbeh style, woven by hand in India with a 100% wool pile on a wool backing. Blue Lola wool is hard to set alight, and it never melts. It sits among our Wool Rugs.

Lounges call for a size where at least the front feet of the sofa and armchairs stand on it, and our advice on rug sizes helps with that. Short pile keeps it low in a bedroom too, where it joins our Bedroom Rugs. Handwoven pieces vary a little in size. Blue Lola is fine over underfloor heating.

Turn it now and then so sun and footsteps even out. Lay the blue Lola on an underlay a little smaller than the rug, as in our cleaning advice. For spills, a pale cloth dabbed from the edge inwards, without rubbing, is all the blue Lola needs.