About Us
Esti Barnes trained as a graphic artist in her native Istanbul and founded Topfloor in Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London in 1998.
The company has become a favourite of the interior design world with its distinctive textured rug designs and breadth of choice in material, style, and construction technique. ‘Pushing the boundaries’ is Esti’s mantra and she tries to stay ahead of the curve through continuous experimentation with yarn types, colours and textures.
As well as its core collections of hand-tufted, hand-knotted and hand-woven rugs, the company can offer hospitality and commercial clients its bespoke Axminster and Wilton carpet ranges. Luxury rugs for presidential suites, outdoor carpets for pools or superyachts, an eco-friendly hand-woven rug for a Cotswold mansion or an opulent interpretation of one of her prize-winning designs for an upper westside penthouse, these are Esti’s stock in trade.
Esti draws inspiration from travel, nature and, of course, art. In fact, her design collaborations have all been with artists featuring very different styles: the florid, dynamic swoops and swirls of contemporary calligrapher Hassan Massoudy (SCRIPT Collection), the mystical multi- layered canvasses of Nicolas Galtier (MUSE Collection) and the optically mesmerizing graphics of San Francisco artist Gianluca Franzese (MATRIX Collection).
Esti’s designs have been regularly recognized with awards including Best New Product (Elle Decoration UK), Architizer + (Best Flooring Product) and, multiple times, in INTERIOR DESIGN magazine’s Best of Year Awards in the USA.
Esti’s rug collaboration with Japanese artist Noatsugu Hashimoto, MONOCHROME STORIES, has been named Winner in the Residential Rug category at Interior Design Magazine’s 2025 Best of Year Awards in New York City
Finally, the Company has recently launched MORE by Esti – an online store offering a curated range of Luxury Bed Linen, Colour Matched Cushions, Throws and Blankets, Formitura Polyurethane Seating and Storage and a selection of Designer Rugs – all designed to work perfectly at home, in a hotel or on board a super yacht.
