The AllureHive Journal

Styling ideas for a warmer, calmer home

Practical guides to living with natural woven decor: how to size a jute rug, organise a room with baskets, and care for natural fibre so it lasts for years.

Room by room guides·Sizing & care advice·Written by our team

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Large handwoven jute area rug on pale oak flooring in a sunlit living room, with the front legs of a linen sofa resting on the rug

How to Style a Jute Rug: Room-by-Room Sizing Guide

Getting a jute rug right comes down to size. A room-by-room sizing guide with a full size chart, layering ideas, and how to care for natural fibre so it lasts...

How to Style a Jute Rug: Room-by-Room Sizing Guide

Getting a jute rug right comes down to size. A room-by-room sizing guide with a full size chart, layering ideas, and how to care for natural fibre so it lasts...

Oak dining table dressed with a woven jute table runner, rattan charger plates, cream ceramic bowls and taper candles

How to Style a Table Runner: Sizes and Layering

A table runner should overhang, not just sit there. Sizing rules by table length, how to layer with placemats, and looks that work on an ordinary Tuesday.

How to Style a Table Runner: Sizes and Layering

A table runner should overhang, not just sit there. Sizing rules by table length, how to layer with placemats, and looks that work on an ordinary Tuesday.

Close up of natural fibre textures on pale oak: the rolled corner of a jute rug, a folded seagrass basket and a soft cotton cloth

How to Care for Jute, Seagrass and Rattan

Natural fibre is low maintenance, not no maintenance. What to do about shedding, spills, damp and sun, and the three habits that keep woven decor looking good for years.

How to Care for Jute, Seagrass and Rattan

Natural fibre is low maintenance, not no maintenance. What to do about shedding, spills, damp and sun, and the three habits that keep woven decor looking good for years.

Handwoven jute and seagrass storage baskets in several sizes arranged along a plaster wall on oak flooring, one holding folded linen blankets

Woven Basket Storage Ideas for Every Room

Baskets only tidy a room if they are the right size and in the right place. A room-by-room guide to sizing, grouping and actually using woven storage.

Woven Basket Storage Ideas for Every Room

Baskets only tidy a room if they are the right size and in the right place. A room-by-room guide to sizing, grouping and actually using woven storage.