Description
This is the Opulence draught excluder, a long bolster in plain velvet finished in a warm sunset orange. The face is a soft, even velvet with a matt-to-lustrous shift as the pile catches the light, and the record confirms it is made from 100% polyester. There is no pattern to line up and no busy detail to work around: the appeal here is the depth of the colour and the hand of the pile, which is what a plain velvet is chosen for in the first place.
A draught excluder earns its keep at the foot of a door, sealing the gap that lets cold air track across a floor. This one suits a living room, a hallway or a bedroom, wherever a door faces a cold stair or an unheated room. The rust-orange tone sits happily against warm neutrals, deeper browns and other autumnal shades, and because the velvet is plain it will not fight anything else you already have in the room. Lay it along the base of the door and it does its job while reading as a considered piece rather than a stopgap.
The construction is a plain velvet face with a plain reverse and soft edging, made in the UK. Velvet is a pile fabric, so it responds to the light and to the direction you brush it, which is part of why a single colour looks as rich as it does. Polyester holds colour well and stands up to knocks along a floor, where a draught excluder takes more contact than most soft furnishings. This one comes in the Sunset colourway shown here; a companion Opulence draught excluder is offered under the same range if you are furnishing more than one door.
Specification
| Material |
100% polyester velvet |
| Design |
Plain, minimalist |
| Construction |
Velvet face with plain reverse and soft edging |
| Sold as |
One size |
| Country of origin |
United Kingdom |
Frequently Asked
What is this draught excluder made from?
It is made from 100% polyester with a soft velvet face, which is a hard-wearing fibre that holds its colour well and stands up to the contact a draught excluder takes at floor level.
Where is it best used?
It sits along the base of a door to block the cold air that would otherwise track across the floor, so it works well in a living room, hallway or bedroom facing a cold stair or unheated space.
Does it have a pattern?
No, it is a plain velvet in a single sunset orange tone, so there is nothing to line up and it will not clash with patterned furnishings already in the room.
Why does the colour look different across its length?
Velvet is a pile fabric, so it catches and reflects light depending on the direction of the pile, which gives a plain colour its depth and its shifting matt to lustrous look.
What colour is it?
It is a warm rust-orange, sold under the Sunset colourway, which pairs naturally with warm neutrals, deeper browns and other autumnal shades.