Simply elegant, our Arcadia range in grayscale colours, will add sumptuous luxury to your home. Handwoven in India, these variably textured rugs bring a classic beauty to their setting. Arcadia is at home with both lavish and quiet decor styles, and is as pleasant on the eye as it is durable.
Arcadia Silver Wool is the kind of rug that disappears into a room in the best possible sense.
About the make
At a glance: Crafted in India. Indian artisans bring a level of finish to a hand-woven rug that you only get from generations of practice. Wool is the original rug fibre for a reason — it's naturally stain-resistant, it ages gracefully, and it has a warmth underfoot that no synthetic quite replicates. Run your hand across the surface and the pile feels even from corner to corner — that consistency is what separates a well-made rug from a budget one.
How it handles real life
In a real Australian room, we see this style most often in inner-city terraces with high ceilings and dark hardwood floors. A wool rug will shed lightly for the first few months — this is normal and slows quickly. Vacuum gently and let the rug settle in. We sell more of this style to families with school-age children than to any other group, which says something about how it lives.
On the design
The colour story matters here. Silver rugs sit between grey and ivory and tend to read either way depending on the light through the day. Tonally, the rug shifts subtly through the day — warmer in morning light, more grounded in the cooler hours of the afternoon. It plays nicely with a low timber coffee table, a linen sofa, and the kind of considered clutter most lived-in rooms accumulate.
Which size?
Have a tape measure handy before you commit — our Rug Size Guide has the layouts most of our customers end up choosing.
Reliable, calm, hard-wearing — three words that describe Arcadia Silver Wool fairly.
Things customers ask
Will this rug shed?
A wool rug will shed lightly for the first three to six months. This is normal — wool fibres come loose at the end of the weave and clear with regular vacuuming. After the initial settle, shedding tails off significantly.
How thick is the rug overall?
The total thickness includes the pile plus the backing — for most of our rugs, that ends up somewhere between 8mm and 30mm depending on the pile listed. If you need a precise figure for a door clearance, message us and we'll measure.
Can I steam clean this rug?
We don't recommend steam cleaning wool — professional dry cleaning is the safer path.
Will the colour look the same as the website photo?
Very close, but never identical — every screen renders colour slightly differently, and the rug itself will read warmer or cooler depending on the light in your room. If you want certainty, message us and we'll send additional photos taken in natural light.
Does it work with a robot vacuum?
Yes for low and medium piles. For the deeper shaggies in our range, a robot vacuum will struggle a bit — you'll get better results with a regular upright on a higher setting.
