A Holmes Bespoke rug usually begins with a piece of inspiration and whatever that may be, we will work tirelessly to achieve the look and feel you envisage. Entirely collaborative, we help match the colours to fit with your scheme, determine the shape and size that best suits your space and select from an array of premium fibres.

At the studio, we finalise and draw up the initial artwork and plan view before the sampling process begins. If required, sampling can take up to 6 weeks. Final artworks and samples are then presented for sign off and production on your bespoke rug can begin.

All in the preparation, our expert artisans carefully begin washing, spinning and dyeing your chosen yarn. For hand woven and hand knotted pieces, a new loom is set up each time, before the yarn is strung onto the loom. For hand tufted rugs, our artisans will stencil the chosen design onto a piece of fabric which is then stretched on a frame.

Finally the hand tufting, knotting or weaving of your custom made piece can begin. Individual craftsmanship is really at the heart of this process, whereby our passionate artisans work on the rug from start to finish weaving your story into a one-off piece of art. This process takes some time, but what you are left with is something incredibly special that is designed to last a lifetime.

Just like everything that comes before, the final touches are carried out entirely by hand to ensure that your rug is finished to the highest quality. Depending on the design and technique, the rug will be trimmed, sheared and bound, often with a hand stitched border. The finished rug will then be carefully hand washed and draped outside to dry in the sunshine.

Each rug will pass through quality checks prior to being delivered to our London HQ and again once they arrive. Your rug is then packed with absolute care and delivered to it’s final home. For those local to us, in and around London, we partner with with Zhero Logistics to ensure that our rugs are delivered to you and installed with zero emissions and an unrivalled service.

Bespoke hand woven rugs are becoming increasingly popular, delicately structured yet durable.

Flat weaves can be handmade in a wide variety of patterns using fibres such as wool, jute, linen or polypropylene for outdoors. The designs are often geometric or linear but can also be organic. Changing the height of the pile or using multiple fibres can create unique and tactile effects.

Produced by punching individual yarns through fabric backing using a hand held tufting gun. The design options are limitless due to the precision and versatility of the gun.

Our experienced team have the ability to use multiple yarns and colours, switch from cut pile to loop pile or change the height of pile making this a very popular technique to produce bespoke rugs, carpets or wall hangings. Our bespoke pieces can be hand tufted in a variety of premium materials such as silk, wool, bamboo and polished cotton.

Hand knotted rugs are created by tightly knotting the yarn by hand using thousands of individual knots.

The size of the knot determines the quality of the rug, with the smallest knots allowing the finest detail. This is the most traditional technique we use, it is very skilled work and takes time, patience and expertise.

The structure and density of a hand made rug will withstand many years of use.