The collaboration of Armadillo & Co was born between friends Jodie Fried and Sally Pottharst from a mutual love of earthy homewares and a frustration at the lack of good quality, hand crafted woven rugs on the market.

They wanted honest designs that combined both aesthetics and ethics. So what they couldn’t find, they decide to make themselves.

Moving on a few years and the Armadillo & Co brand has become a much loved and sought after name for pure wool, jute, cotton and hemp rugs in Australia.

It’s not only the beauty of each piece in the collection that has our little home hearts swooning, but the Fair Trade and sustainable practices that go in to the creation of every handmade rug - all Armadillo & Co rugs are produced to the IFAT Fair Trade Standards, and each rug comes with the KALEEN label to ensure there is no child labour used in the making of these rugs.

In fact, Armadillo & Co also give back to their weaving communities in India, where their rugs are made, by running a school project and funding community based initiatives that keep their workers employed and their families well supported.

As the Armadillo & Co team say, they aim for their rugs to ‘lie lightly on the earth’.

Lovers of organic interiors and pared back, earthy style will love the Armadillo & Co collections. We’ve got them on our ‘lust’ list!

Check their collection out and try not to fall in love too - www.armadillo-co.com

The latest range of gorgeous rugs hit the floor at the Designer Rugs showroom recently with the Brisbane launch of fashion label Easton Pearson’s rugs. The locally based design duo attended the launch of their rug collection at the Designer Rugs‘ Fortitude Valley showroom. The rugs, made from New Zealand wool, viscose and silk are scene stealers.  Their ‘Snow Drop’ design is featured in the Winter edition of Queensland Homes (out now) but you can see the whole range by visiting their new showroom at 628 Wickham Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, which is now open seven days a week.