For rug bargains, head to New Zealand

ADD TEXTURE and warmth to wooden floors in winter with well-positioned rugs

ADD TEXTURE and warmth to wooden floors in winter with well-positioned rugs. RugArt (01-2690505) at Terminus Mills, Clonskeagh Road, Dublin 6, has two types of rug on special offer. The first is a new Villamoura hand-knotted Nepalese design at a special introductory offer of 35 per cent off. Irish Times readers can avail of an additional 5 per cent reduction upon presentation of today’s paper.

These rugs measure 1.4m by 2.0m each. The Everest and Classic styles are both a 60-knot design, the former a wool viscose mix, the latter made from 100 per cent New Zealand wool. Both normally retail at €1,050 each. Irish Times readers can buy these rugs for €630 each. The platinum 80-knot 100 per cent New Zealand wool design retails for €1,120. IT readers can buy this design for €670. The Bound design, a 60-knot 100 per cent New Zealand wool creation, was €840 and is reduced to €500.

RugArt also has in stock its successful striped rug from Isle of Wool. There is 20 per cent off these designs, which are hand-tufted and made from 100 per cent New Zealand wool. It is in two sizes: 1.4m by 2.0m, reduced from €595 to €476, and 1.7ms by 2.4m, reduced from €795 to €635. Offers are available to November 30th.