• What to do with new designs…

    Bloggers whose core business is not blogging face a unique set of challenges. It’s hard enough to keep a blog filled with new and interesting content when blogging/publicity/PR/social media is your business; it’s even harder to do when writing a blog post is not a core competency, but just one more thing on an already packed to-do list. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. Anyway, after a recent Twitter conversation about this with award-winning interior designer Tobi Fairley , I was inspired by her short, sweet, and colorful post about a recent purchase.  I thought, “Hey! I can do brief and colorful.” So here’s a picture, along with…

  • Are they really worth a thousand words? You tell us.

    We have several new photo albums on our Flickr page, and we’re adding more sets and photos all the time. In addition to the recent set of photos from our weaving workshop, we also have a growing assortment of pictures of custom order carpets and photographs of our carpets in clients’ homes. View all sets on our Flickr page.   Originally published 5/31/2009

  • FAQ Part 2: Why do hand-knotted (oriental) rugs cost so much?

    This is Part 2 in a series. (See Part 1 here.) Please leave a comment if you find the posts helpful or relevant, or if you have followup questions. The short answer is: Quality. An oriental carpet is more akin to a work of art than a commodity, and making a hand-knotted carpet is an extremely labor-intensive process. (All hand-knotted carpets may be generically referred to as “oriental” carpets, regardless of design, because the technique of hand-knotting originated in Asia, and that is where most of them are made.) Once a carpet’s design and specifications are determined, the design is graphed out on paper (known as a “cartoon”) for the…