Step onto the Sina runner barefoot and you feel soft, springy wool in a mottled beige that looks warmer close up than from across the room.

• Low pile, mottled beige
• Suits underfloor heating
• Runner for hallway or bedside
• 100% wool pile, cotton backing
• Hand-tufted in India

Along a hall, this beige rug frames the way through, with a little floor left free at the walls and in front of doors so they open without catching. Leave that gap when you measure, using our advice on rug sizes for the length. Next to the bed, it works as one of our bedroom rugs for that first step in the morning. Wool feels warm there. A tufted rug like this is made with a hand-held tufting gun that shoots yarn into a base cloth, after which the back is finished with fabric.

Blot spills with a light cloth from the outside in. Loose fibres in the early weeks are normal for new wool, and regular vacuuming, which the care guide recommends for wool, clears them. Sina yarn that stands up should be cut with scissors, never pulled.