Rugs for you
November 22, 2020
Rugs are a luxury item for any room but they don't have to be expensive, we have rugs that can cater all budgets and will make sure you receive exceptional service. At rug designer rugs are a passion, we do it because we what to bring rugs to everyone and anyone! The rugs you buy […]
Read ArticleThe First Shaped Rugs, with apologies to Charles Lamb
November 18, 2020
Early men almost certainly used animal skins to keep the chill off their feet - and the rest of their bodies. One day, a housewife was tidying up the cave again, and she collected all the shreds of wool and fur that had fallen off the skins. Being of a saving disposition, she stashed the […]
Read ArticleWool rugs are pretty cool
November 17, 2020
Wool is one of the heaviest fibres in use meaning that rugs that are primarily wool are non slip. This is why we advise that an non-slip sheet underneath our rugs is unnecessary. If you have laminate flooring then a non-slip sheet can be used and probably should be used if you have a small […]
Read ArticleAn excerpt on Persian rugs
November 12, 2020
The Persian carpet is a part of Persian (Iranian) art and culture. Carpet-weaving in Persia dates back to the Bronze Age. The earliest surviving corpus of Persian carpets come from the Safavid dynasty (1501-1736) in the 16th century. However, painted depictions prove a longer history of production. There is much variety among classical Persian carpets of […]
Read ArticleWhat I like about rugs is...
November 10, 2020
That they can make any place homely. As I was walking through a shopping mall in london earlier this week I walked past a large rug with chairs and coffee tables on. The scene, with small children playing with their parents and another couple snuggled up together on a sofa made it feel like I […]
Read ArticleSunny days with rugs
October 22, 2020
Supposed to be the hottest day of the year and it certainly feels like it. The cats have been avoiding the shaggy rug today, perhaps they are feeling the heat too. They have been suffering with allergic reaction to something, perhaps pollen like us. Can cats take antihistamines? Whilst lounging in the garden today I […]
Read ArticleRugs rugs glorious rugs
October 19, 2020
In today's society everyone has a rug on their floor, be it a scraggy one they have had for years and haven't gotten around to buying a new one or a beautiful one from rug designer. Our rugs are beautiful, no doubt about it! They exude luxury and are 100% wool. Everyone should have a […]
Read ArticleA Little bit about Persian rugs
October 14, 2020
The art of carpet weaving has existed in Iran since ancient times. This is proven by the 2500-year-old Pazyryk carpet, dating back to 500 B.C., during back to the Achaemenid period. The first documented evidence on the existence of Persian carpets came from Chinese texts dating back to the Sassanid period (224 - 641 AD). This […]
Read ArticleThe Most Beautiful Persian Rug in the World
October 14, 2020
Once upon a time there was a king of Persia, who was also a god and had to make sure his land was fertile and fruitful. I don't know how successful he was, but he certainly knew how to impress people with his power and potency. His name was King Chosroes and he lived round […]
Read ArticleRugdesigner, the manufacturing process
October 11, 2020
In order to make your design into a real size modern rug, we start by printing your design onto a transfer medium and then attach it onto the primary cloth. This will be the blue print from which we will hand tuft the yarns. Printing the design onto the cloth minimise the tufting errors. We […]
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