WHERE CAN I FIND A FLATWEAVE RUG TO COMPLEMENT MY GREY COLOUR SCHEME?

Can you help me find a Scandinavian-style flatweave rug to sit between two grey sofas in our 5m sq living room with grey walls. Our budget is £1,000 and we’re thinking of a 200x300cm rug, or will this look too small?

Whether a 200x300cm rug will be big enough depends on the size of your sofas, the height of the room and the scale and position of other furniture. Tape together newspaper pages to these dimensions and lay them on the floor to see if this size will work or if you need something larger. The flatweaves I’ve found are all in wool or wool/cotton and will add pattern and colour to your room. For the Scandinavian look begin at Ikea, 020 3645 0000, ikea.com/gb, with Stockholm, a design of squares, 250x350cm, £280, or the striped Kattrup in Grey or Red, 200x300cm, £170. Next look at Metallic Diamond kilim in Slate, which has a glimmer of metallic yarn. In the 244x305cm size it costs £499, from West Elm, 0800 404 9780, westelm.co.uk. The rug that best meets your brief is Kelim in Natural Grey (above). This flatweave by Danish label Massimo, massimo.dk, can be found at UK stockists including Beut, 01225 292088, beut.co.uk, where the 200x300cm size is £857.