It is 6:30 pm in Los Angeles and the date is December 31, 2007. The year will reach its end in a few hours. I want to review what I did in t...

I was looking for a way to attract more traffic to my rug blog. I found this article which I enjoyed reading. An Oriental carpet blog may no...

Afghan carpets to go on display at major trade shows KABUL: Various varieties of carpets, recognised around the world as a symbol of ...

It is good to have a rug blog. During the past few weeks that I have had my rug blog, I have received several e-mails encouraging me to go a...

At this time of the year, when there is only few days left from the year 2007, it is unlikely to sell rugs, since people are usually busy do...

I have been busy during the past few days with holidays, Christmas, remodeling, and redecoration of our store. I sold a very nice Afghan woo...

Persian carpet to be promoted Iran is to introduce Persian carpet to the world. Iran will make an appraisal of hand-woven carpets in a bid t...

PANTONE SELECTS COLOR OF THE YEAR FOR 2008 Pantone 18-3943 Blue Iris CARLSTADT, NJ – Blue Iris, a balanced blue-purple, has been project...

A rug dealer from down town Los Angeles contacted me few days ago and said he is going out of business and would like to sell his area rug r...

We went to deliver one Indian rug which was left with us for cleaning. This customer had given us several rugs for cleaning and had wanted f...

A customer called in and later walked into our rug gallery. She had several rugs to sell. Two Indian silk rugs, two typical Pakistani rugs, ...

A customer who had taken three rugs to try at home returned two of them and kept a 40 radj fine Ivory Mashad rug. Few customers brought thei...

This evening when I was browsing the Internet, I happened to see this note by Emmett Eiland. I liked it and would like to share it with you....

Yesterday was Saturday and a very busy day. We had an appointment with a customer at 10:00 am and delivered 8 rugs we had picked up last wee...

More than any other carpets, I have seen Kerman rugs in the homes of my customers here in and around Los Angeles. I went to a customer's...

I was browsing the Internet and I read a report on old and antique Persian and Oriental rug and why their value appreciates and increases ov...

Yesterday was Monday and a busy day. We picked up several rugs from two customers' homes. One of them was a very fine big Mashad rug whi...

We went to a customer's house yesterday morning, Saturday Dec. 1st and picked up several rugs for cleaning and repair. They were mostly ...

It was raining today in Los Angeles and this affected the traffic and those who might want to go shopping, specially those who may want to b...

Last evening, a customer brought a Farahan small rug for cleaning and repair. For me seeing rugs like this is like a kid seeing a fun toy! W...

We had a meeting at the American Society of Interior Designers, ASID Los Angeles Chapter yesterday for the Industry Partners who are the su...

Today, few customers came in separately looking for cheap rugs. One of them put two 4x6 area rugs aside and said he might come back later. W...

Yesterday was Sunday and a very quiet day. I sold a short Persian Hamedan runner to a customer. Another young lady also bought a small area ...

Each year, the day after Thanksgiving which is the last Thursday in November is the record day for sales in the US. I was browsing the Inter...

We had a great Thanksgiving with family and friends. I already wrote about this in my previous post. As planned, I was at work yesterday, Fr...

Yesterday was a relatively busy day. Few customers brought their Persian or Oriental rugs for cleaning and repair. A friend who lives in a c...

A customer called me at 7:55 am today and asked me if our store was open and I said yes, we're open and I asked if he had our address. H...

It was very slow yesterday. Few people came in separately, but they were only asking for cheap area rugs which I did not have. A couple of r...

Can you imagine what would happen if God had not created women? All the businesses would go bankrupt! Usually when a couple come to our stor...

We delivered few cleaned rugs today. I talked about this job on another post. The lady and her husband wanted to have only one rug cleaned a...