To help you choose the right natural-fiber rug for your home, I’ve laid out the differences between sisal, jute, and abaca rugs, tested a few myself, and talked to Shaffer, Ford, Allan, and 15 ...

If you love the look of jute or sisal rugs but aren't wild about the prospect of cleaning, maintaining, and replacing them, maybe it's time to consider a synthetic alternative.

Belize Outdoor Sisal Polypropylene Rug . $530 AT Sisal Rugs. Alex Kalita, founder of Common Bond Design in Brooklyn, New York, swears by this SynSisal Belize rug in the Dune shade.

Sisal rugs come in a wide range of styles and usually cost anywhere from $30 to $180 a square yard. They are available locally at Rexx Rug (3312 N. Lincoln Ave., 773-281-8800), ...

From Stavish’s cozy attic retreat, where he used a thick checkerboard-patterned sisal area rug, to the tiny third-floor guest bedroom done by Carson Pirie Scott designer John Navolio, with its ...

Sisal rugs have become the jeans of home decor. You can dress them up, dress them down and layer them. And you can afford them. "Sisal speaks to a casual lifestyle," says Eileen Applebaum, Crate ...

Best Sisal Rug: Highland Dunes Handmade Sisal Natural Area Rug. You can't go wrong with this classic Highland Dunes Handmade Sisal Natural Area Rug ($314, originally $499).

The dilemma: Finding the right shape, size and type of rug for a room The expert: Beth Assaf, owner of Rug Chic Home Decor in Mandeville QUESTION: For those who love the look of an antique rug but ...

Sisal rugs are popular today and with good reason. They are attractive and add a special tactile quality to any decor, but sisal rugs aren't all really sisal. That name has become a sort of ...

Add personality to your home decor with this simple stencil project from The Well-Decorated Floor: Floor Cloths & More by Susan Goans Driggers (Sterling, $14.95). Using a purchased stencil in a ...