Carpet by Dusty Deco

After launching a spectrum of furniture in 2020 - table, daybed, chairs, sideboard, mirror - Dusty Deco now continues to perfect its collection with rugs.

– For us, carpets, lamps and art are what add personality and make a home cosy, says Lina Kjellvertz. "Over the years, when we've helped private customers who haven't quite got their interior design right, carpets have always been a good first step towards tying the home together, building rooms within rooms and creating a harmonious whole.

Just over ten years ago, Lina Kjellvertz and Edin Memic Kjellvertz started Dusty Deco as a pet project, little more than a hobby at first. They bought and sold – and of course also kept some of the essential gems - modern antiques and flea market items. It soon became clear that they have an unusually sure sense of the unique and disarmingly characterful.

The love of vintage became a full-time passion. Lina and Edin travelled across significant parts of the world in search of extraordinary finds and sold to a growing international clientele. Everything they have accumulated mentally and physically over the years is a perfect backdrop for producing their own designer furniture from their base in Palma, Mallorca.

– We design the rugs ourselves, says Lina Kjellvertz. The ideas come from books, Pinterest, photos from travelling and everything we come across. Then we cut and paste. Most of the rugs are based on wool. It's soft and natural and can have so many different looks depending on pile length and technique. The hand-tufted wool rugs are dip- or batik-dyed to give each rug its own expression.

– We are constantly evolving in carpets, looking at new techniques and styles and want to meet customer needs, make collaborations, surprise, inspire and above all see our carpets in customers' homes.

– For example, we have developed a grey-green tone that we call sage green, says Lina Kjellvertz. I think it will be a good alternative for those who want a little more colour, but still not colourful. Then the light green colour, which we stole from the dry vegetation here in Mallorca, is a perfect alternative.

In the "Shaggy Labyrinth" series, a fluffy new white version goes very well with the heavier, darker furniture - "The inspiration has come from places we have been to or dreamed of being to," says Lina Kjellvertz.

The more luxurious wool rugs with their "watercolour" tie die effect bring our own thoughts to luxury hotels. The labyrinth patterns come from our love of rya rugs and our favourite park in Barcelona, Parc del Laberint d'Horta. It's mysterious, gothic, like the labyrinth in "Confessions of a Vampire". We get ideas for different sketches from there all the time.

The 'Double kiss' rug is a twist on a classic Moroccan beni ourang. The motif of the kissing mouths comes from a street scene taken by Dennis Hopper. One of the most distinctive novelties of the spring is a carpet in black and white with a zigzag pattern.

– We started by looking at old Native American-inspired Pendleton rugs that had passed us by while travelling and shopping in the US, says Lina Kjellvertz. We've also been thinking about ethnic patterns from Morocco, and we're obsessed with the results! We just put one in the office in Palma and it lifted the whole room. That's how we want it to feel. The carpet should lift the room and give it a new look, a new feel and above all make the home comfortable and cosy.

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