by Veronica Viana April 12, 2021 4 min read

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE BUYING A JUSTINA BLAKENEY X LOLOI AREA RUG

Justina Blakeney x Loloi area rugs have the bright and vivid colors that shine within her collections. Blakeney’s collections add an excitement to life in anyone's living space with its eye-catching patterns and its vivid hues that will brighten up any room. Justina Blakeney x Loloi collection area rugs are everything you would want in a boho collection!


TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. THE ARTISTIC FLAIR

2. THE MATERIALS

Polyester

Wool

Polypropylene

Bamboo Viscose

3. THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS

Hand Crafted

Power-loomed

4. OUR FAVORITE JUSTINA BLAKENEY x LOLOI COLLECTIONS

The Caspia Collection

The Cielo Collection


THE ARTISTIC FLAIR

Blakeney grew up in Berkeley, CA where she states her city’s hippie culture helped foster her aesthetic expression. Growing up, her parents understood the spirit of the arts. She painted murals in her room, sewed her own curtains, and was allowed to move furniture around the house and experiment and figure out the lessons of trial and error.

Blakeney prides herself over her fun and vibrant collections. Her joy and fun in decorating other people’s homes with her collections is what she loves the most. Blakeney wants to express the enjoyment and originality that she puts into her collections and liven up everyone's home. To bring a piece of her into someone's home is bringing a part of her creativity into their life.

 

Justina Blakeney posing with rugs

Justina Blakeney posing with her area rug collection

THE MATERIALS

Polyester

Polyester is one of the many different materials that Justina Blakeney uses to create her unique rugs. Having the ability to use polyester for shag rugs, it allows the continuous softness everyone loves as well as the capability to hand-tuft these soft-colored area rugs with a modern twist in the design. Polyester is known to be naturally moisture and stain resistant. It continues to be a very popular material for manufacturers and buyers.

teal shag rug under bohemian bed
100% polyester Justina Blakeney's Caspia shag in teal

Wool

Wool is a soft and delicate material that is environmentally friendly. With its comfort and durability, it is made to last for many years. The colors and designs on wool rugs stay as prominent and eye-catching as when you buy it from the store! Wool is naturally stain and soil resistant, making it a material that only requires cleaning once a year.

tiger area rug on the floor infront of a bohemian sofa

Hooked of 100% wool pile, Justina Blakeney's Tigress

Polypropylene

Polypropylene is a key material that most rug manufacturers use. They are designed to look like sisal, but they are actually made from synthetic fibers. They are easy to wash as well and maintain the beautiful vibrant colors and designs in-tact as it is melted down from BPA free plastic. It is resistant to moisture, so it dries faster than other rugs. . This material allows it to be very affordable in consumer price.

two rugs at an angle on the floor infront of a white brick modern fireplace.

Photo montage of Justina Blakeney's Silvia collection, 100% polypropylene

Bamboo Viscose

Bamboo viscose is known as a “regenerate bamboo.” It is a regenerated cellulose fiber that has recently appeared on the market. It is known to have environmental advantages by using less chemicals to create rugs. Bamboo viscose is one of the strongest and most affordable materials allowing it to keep its shape, durability, and outlasts cotton materials!

THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS

The care and love in these rugs are the most important to Blakeney. Blakeney expresses that the love she puts into her rugs should also be love brought into someone's home. To help maintain the beautiful boho collections and the vivid colors and patterns, every method for manufacturing is used for each specific collection. It lets the unique and original patterns be brought to life.

Hand Crafted

Blakeney’s goal for all her area rugs is to keep her artistic creativity in-tact with the colors and designs she has chosen. Her collections are primarily made through hand-tufted or hand-woven methods in China and India to allow the patterns and comfort to come to life in everyone’s home. With tufting, the manufacturer is able to make multiple loops without the use of a machine to create the rugs that are desired. This results in a great durable rug that is cost efficient and beautiful for everyone.

close up of blue handmade modern rug

Hand-tufted Symbology area rug by Justina Blakeney

Power-Loomed

Power-loom is a key technique in weaving. This method started in the Industrial Revolution, but has been modernized to be used today to create durable area rugs. It is used to tightly squeeze the threads being used while the wefts are drawn between making it sturdy and creating the area rugs.

 

OUR FAVORITE JUSTINA BLAKENEY x LOLOI COLLECTIONS

The Caspia Collection

With such a bold, modern, and beautiful rug, the Caspia collection will take you to great depths in the soft and silky textures of this shag rug. Hand-tufted in China, it creates this elegant flow and texture while keeping the boho chic that Blakeney creates and loves. A subtle collection with lots of comfort and elegance that can be brought into everyone's home!

 

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The Cielo Collection

With its bold and beautiful colors, The Cielo Collection is the one that will be the accent piece for your home. With its rich color pallet and printed in 100% polyester material from Turkey, this area rug is perfect for your boho chic room.  Those colors will shine bright and bring such bold positivity into your living space.

 

Shop Entire Cielo Collection