Faux fur mat 60×90 mustard yellow

Mustard with gold in it is the colour a room hears first. The cloth is uneven in brightness: at the narrowing near the top the tone is thick and ochre, and towards the lower edge it washes out into sunny yellow. That is not a fault but the way short pile plays with light.

One mat like this closes the question of an accent in a grey and white room; nothing else bright is needed. The second obvious place is a child’s room, where the colour reads as sunshine and feels friendlier than dark shades.

• Colour: mustard yellow with a gold sheen
• Size: 60×90 cm
• Material: polyester, faux fur
• Pile: short and dense
• Shape: pelt silhouette with a wavy edge
• Care: vacuum
• SKU: 56
• Price: $72

Its warm counterpart is the amber mat 60×90, which is darker and turns coppery, while mustard stays lighter and cleaner. More options for a child’s room are in children’s rugs.

Be clear about the material: this is polyester imitation fur, not a dyed pelt. A saturated yellow on synthetic fibre stays even and does not fade in patches. Cleaning means a vacuum; we have not tested wet cleaning or washing, so we give no advice there.