Awesome Rugs

There’s a whole YouTube sub-genre of carpet-cleaning videos. This one from Change Cleaning Services is quite satisfying. Like most of these videos, it starts with a rug so caked with mud that we assume they did it themselves. After saturating it with water and cleaning foam, then scrubbing it endlessly, two cartoon characters are revealed. Best watched at 2x speed.

The shot of Homer Simpson backing into a bush is a classic meme. It’s appeared on t-shirts, mugs, prints, and even sneakers. Now it’s a handmade rug. In this video from RugTrade, you’ll see how the textile artist used a rug tufting machine to replicate the iconic moment with yarn. Shearing off the excess yarn looks mighty satisfying.

If you’re looking for unique floor coverings, we can think of no better place than Ruggable. Among their many designs are these rugs based on the work of artist José Guadalupe Posada, who created this dynamic image of Don Quixote’s skeleton and his horse riding to victory. Available in a variety of rectangular and round sizes.

Airportag makes lots of fun products inspired by by airports and aviation. Among our favorites are their rugs, including a top-down airport map, a long and skinny runway runner, and a round one that looks like a jet engine. Each one is printed on a soft woven polyester chenille and is easy to clean.

Take a walk on the surface of the moon – without leaving your living room or bedroom. These fun circular carpets feature a printed image of the moon on a high-density Polyester fiber pile. It’s comes in sizes from 60cm (~2′) to 180cm (~5’9″), in grey or blue. Earth is also available in rug form.

Artist Trish Andersen grew up in Dalton, Georgia, aka The Carpet Capital of the World, so it’s no coincidence yarn is her primary medium. She uses an electric tufting gun to “paint” abstract images onto a backing fabric. Art Insider shows us a bit of her technique, which is sort of like using a giant, handheld sewing machine.

Black Sheep (White Light) offers limited edition Icelandic sheepskin and North American buffalo hides. You can use them as rugs, seat covers or bedding. Each one is unique in shape and size. Touch of Modern has a great selection as of this writing.

It may not look like much, but this officially licensed Star Wars Millennium Falcon rug is sure to delight fans of the franchise. It measures 79″x 104″ and has a rubber grip at the bottom to hold it in place. A smaller version is also available.

Heeeere’s an expensive way to pay homage to Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. Film and Furniture offers an officially licensed rug that bears the iconic pattern of the Overlook Hotel’s carpet. The rug measures about 95″x 67″. It’s also available as a runner.

South African shop Shift Perspective offers this rug map of the southern tip of New York City’s Manhattan and its surrounding boroughs. The rug measures 6ft x 9ft and has different pile heights to highlight buildings and greenery. Limited to 25 pieces.

Scott Jarvie’s handmade rugs have an incredibly simple yet brilliant pattern. When viewed at an angle, the Void Rug looks like a literal black hole on the floor. It’s available as a circular or a rectangular rug.

Etsy shop Fluss Design makes rugs, mats and pillows that look like they’re made of water-smoothed stones clumped together. But each stone is actually made of a foam core that’s been wrapped with wool. The shop also accepts custom orders.

Designer Florian Pucher creates amazing handmade wool rugs which are based on satellite imagery of the Earth. We just love the idea of stomping around barefoot on the tiny plush world below.

Middle of Beyond pokes fun at traditional tiger rugs with its tongue-in-cheek, animal-friendly, rug hand-tufted from acrylic fibers. Measures 72″ x 44″ with a 7mm pile. If cats aren’t your thing, then maybe Sasquatches are.

If ThinkGeek’s officially licensed Death Star rug seemed puny to you, check out Totem’s 6′ x 6′ version. Limited to 5 units, the rug was handmade in Nepal out of wool and bamboo. It’s going to vaporize your money though.

That’s no moon. It’s not a space station either. Unlike its predecessors, this Death Star is fully operational… as a rug. This officially-licensed rug is made of polyester pile and has a 52″ diameter. Much fancier, unofficial version here.

King of Sweden sells large rugs made of the leather and fabric labels from discarded jeans. The labels are stitched together over a sheet of cotton. If you have enough old jeans lying around you could try this idea yourself.

Tested in the harsh climates of Hoth, this Wampa fur rug will keep your whole house warm even in the coldest of Earth winters. No, Slave Leia doesn’t come with the rug.

Messy, functional and totally awesome, the Shoelace Rug ain’t your momma’s decor as it shifts and evolves beneath your feet; available now in black/white or custom order your own.