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Meredith Heron Collection Inspired and Informed

Noted Interior Designer Meredith Heron has been utilizing rugs and carpets in her interiors for years. Yet time and again she’s found herself unable to...

Old Craft, New Work - Part II

A continued exploration of a new approach to rug making. Purchasing a hand-knotted rug or carpet by first determining size, budget, and texture...

Saura – Inspired by the Chakra of the Solar Plexus

Hindu and Buddhist traditions identify numerous chakras, or focal points in the psycho-spiritual subtle body, which not only reside within the...

The New Moon Difference

More than marketing hype, the differences at New Moon are tangible. Erika Kurtz is the second-generation principal of New Moon Rugs, an early...

Afghan Carpetry

Whether it’s for the war rugs woven during the era of the Soviet invasion, or for weaving in exile in Pakistan during turbulent years under the...

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A-Maize-ing

We’re just mad about saffron, and gold, and yellow, and squash and … The myriad versions of the color described as yellow tend to delight, enliven, and...

Wool Song Hand-knotted Tibetan Rugs

Laurie Downing is no stranger to the world of rugs and carpets. So while her new firm Wool Song brings refreshing, colorful, and stylish...

Introducing Abstract Road

To talk rugs and carpets with Laura Parker is to enter into an atypical discussion encompassing far more than “Is the rug the right size?,” “Is it...

Women Designing Change - Worlds Apart, Woven Together

As both a leader in the fight to eliminate illegal-child-labor in global supply chains and an observer of the hand-knotted rug and carpet industry...

Carpet and Rug News

HRI Expands Sales Force with Industry Veterans Campa and Forman

Harounian Rugs International (HRI) a 55-year-old industry leader in the manufacturing and importing of mid to high-end area rugs, announced the addition of two veteran sales...