Sheepskin Rug Size Guide: Single, Double, Quatro and Sexto
Everyone does the same thing. Arms out, squinting at the gap beside the sofa, trying to picture it.
It is genuinely hard to judge, and not because you are doing it wrong. An empty floor makes everything look smaller than it is, which is why a rug that seemed generous in a photograph can arrive looking a little lost.
So we have drawn all four sizes against the same three-seater. Here is what each one covers, where it suits, and the one rule that settles most decisions.
Why a Rug Always Looks Smaller on the Floor
Scale is relative. Held up at chest height, a rug is measured against your own body, and it reads as large. Laid down, it is measured against the whole floor - the span between the sofa and the window, the width of the boards, the distance to the door. The rug has not changed. The thing it is being compared to has.
This is why the most common sizing mistake runs in one direction. People buy small.
The Rule: Meet the Furniture, Don’t Float Between It
A rug should touch the pieces around it rather than hover in the gap.
Beside a bed, that means wide enough to land both feet on waking, and long enough to run with the line of the mattress. Beside a sofa, long enough to follow its length rather than stopping short of the arm. Under a coffee table, generous enough that the table sits on it properly instead of perching at one edge.
And if you are between two sizes, take the larger. Nobody has ever wished theirs smaller.
The Four Sizes
Single Sheepskin Rug — from £79
One full New Zealand sheepskin. The most versatile piece we make and rarely the only one in a house.
Best for: over the back of a dining chair, on a bench seat, folded into the arm of a sofa, beside a cot or a reading chair. As a floor rug it works as an accent in a small space rather than an anchor in a large one.
Double Sheepskin Rug — from £159
Two skins joined end to end. Long and narrow, which makes it the natural choice wherever you need length rather than width.
Best for: running alongside a bed, down the side of a sofa, across a window seat or a long bench, over the back of a three-seater.
Quatro Sheepskin Rug — from £279
Four skins, approximately 195cm x 120cm with a 70mm pile. The first size that reads as a proper floor rug rather than a throw.
Best for: under a coffee table, at the foot of a double bed, as the grounding piece in a seating arrangement. If you have been looking at singles and finding them lost, this is usually the size you actually wanted.
Sexto Sheepskin Rug — from £395
Six skins. The largest rug in the collection and the one that will hold a whole corner of a room on its own.
Best for: open-plan living rooms, under a full seating group, in front of a fireplace, anywhere an empty floor is swallowing everything you put on it.
Choosing by Room
Bedroom. Beside the bed, a Double running the length of the mattress. At the foot of the bed, a Quatro. If the room is large and the bed is central, a Sexto will carry both sides.
Living room. If a coffee table sits in the middle of your seating, the rug should be large enough for the table to stand on it - Quatro at minimum, Sexto if the seating is generous. If there is no table, the rug can be smaller and placed where feet actually land.
Seating and benches. Singles and Doubles, laid over rather than under. This is where the shorter sizes earn their place.
Hallways and landings. A Double follows the run of a corridor better than a square ever will.
Pile Depth Changes How Size Reads
Our rugs carry a 70mm pile, and depth affects how large a rug appears underfoot. A deep pile holds its own against hard flooring in a way a flat weave of identical dimensions will not. If you are comparing our measurements against a rug you already own, factor that in: the same centimetres will read as more.
One Note on Measurements
Sizes are approximate - every sheepskin grows differently, so expect a few centimetres either way.