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The purpose of this study is to determine the significance of rya-rug in today's homes. Based on previous rya-rug research, we know that rya-rugs have been widely woven throughout Finland and rya-rugs have been part of the interior design of almost every home. However, the idea of unhygienic and dusty textiles in the 1980s reduced the popularity of rya-rugs and the use of rya-rugs in decoration decreased. In recent years, rya-rug seems to have returned to the interior and one can talk about some kind of “rya-rug boom”. Both collectors and enthusiasts find rya-rug interesting. This study seeks to find out how rya-rugs are used as part of interior design and what meanings are associated with them. The research is qualitative. The material was collected with a questionnaire via Facebook's Rya-rug, the Finnish traditional textile group. 366 people participated in the study. The material was processed using qualitative content analysis. The results of the study show that rya-rug is interest to Finns as interior textiles, but also as Finnish traditional textiles and masterpieces. In interior design, rya-rugs would still seem to remain on the wall, although the use of rya-rugs on the floor, for example, has increased. Based on the research results, the leading features in choosing rya-rug are colors and patterns. Practical features such as warmth and acoustic properties are also appreciated. Most of the respondents had inherited the rya-rug and the rya-rugs were associated with a lot of memory and emotional charge. The most important rya-rugs turned out to be the ones that resembled relatives, were self-made or contained some other relevant story.