Shopper’s Diary: Anta in Edinburgh

From Francesca: On a recent 48-hour side trip to Edinburgh, I discovered Anta, a purveyor of fabric by the yard, pillows, rugs, and accessories ... to Scottish plaid. antastorefront1.jpg Below: Cawdor Boot Bag of 100 percent wool carpet; £105. antautilitybag.jpg smalltartanbag.jpg Below: Brodick 100 percent wool carpet rug [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 17:15:16

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Cleaning Oriental Rugs Properly and Keep Them Looking Great

When you buy a wool carpet or area rug, you know that they have a beauty that cannot be compared. They are expensive but they are the finest carpets available. For many people wool carpets [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 16:50:03

Morbid Home Decor

Over a year ago, I posted Killer Home Decor and found out how many of you have a subversive, ... either smiles on their faces or chills down their backs! Roadkill Carpet 440roadkillcarpet.jpg Ew, what’s that on your rug? Studio OOOMS has a handmade 100% wool carpet that looks beautiful [more...]

Date: 2008-10-21 12:04:18

Learning How to Make a Rag Rug: a How-To

I love rag rugs. I grew up with a beautiful rag rug carpet that had been made out of a variety of red, brown and black wool rags ... a movie. They just feel really nice to walk on, too. Consider making your own rag rug [more...]

Date: 2008-06-05 22:11:00

Herding Pure Wool Shag

If you’re allergy- and pet-free and in need of some volume to warm up your chilly hardwood floors this winter, ... of friendly fluff at designer carpet stores, and they can run up to $5,000 for anything bigger than ... to its undyed wool products, such as the ivory colored, ultra shaggy rug (below). The blond lady [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 11:00:39

Keep your nursery snug with the Global Warming Rug

e039316de49e7e49ef022ac4935df8ca.jpg I'm not usually into blue, but I love this carpet. For obviously reasons, it's called the Global Warming Rug. Lone polar bear, strides across diminished ice floe, surrounded by vast Arctic Sea. Subtle it's not, cute it is. Made from 100% wool. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 23:45:07

Henna Comes Home

Henna is a natural paste that has been used to etch temporary exotic flourishes on hands and other body parts for 5,000 years ... textiles. Among them, the producers of the Hamsah Hand Rug at West Elm. It’s made of pure hand-tufted wool and is sold up to an 8×10 ($499). I’m floored by the carpet’s interpretation of a henna hand [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 12:00:33

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