I always feel guilt when I look at an animal skin rug and think to myself ‘that looks fantastic’. I know full well that some of my friends look at it as though it’s an animal’s corpse. Sheepskin, goatskin and cowhide are all popular animal skin rugs, but you can also buy reindeer, rare breed sheepskin and springbok rugs among others. I’ve never liked the feeling of fake animals skin rugs, but over the last few years I’ve become a little less at ease with the whole concept. No animal should need to be killed for its skin, just so a wealthy, pompous person can rest their sweaty feet on it. I had a change of heart recently, but I can declare right now that I’ll never buy an animal skin rug. I’ve always much preferred polyester runners anyway!