Can a good rug be cheap? Can good rug cleaning or repair be cheap? Everything has a price and market value. Good stuff cannot be cheap. It i...

It was 7:00 am this morning (Saturday) and I was checking my e-mails. I received another early morning phone call from a gentleman who had m...

I do not turn my cell phone off at all. It is connected to our rug gallery's alarm monitoring company and if something happens, the secu...

Several visitors found my rug blog when they searched for "Obama Rug"! I had a post few weeks ago on if by coming President Obama ...

Yesterday, I was busy with a carpet concert at the Craft and Folk Art Museum (CAFAM) on 5814 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90036. Rowan St...

Few weeks ago, a young lady walked into our rug store with a very beautiful Persian hand knotted Tabriz rug. Her rug was damaged by water an...

Today is the valentine's day and it is supposed to rain here in Los Angeles. We have had rainy days for the past few days. I proposed to...

Rug Market Will Never Die Because of the present world economic situation, some rug dealers or those who are somehow involved in one of the ...

Navajo blankets and rugs (these are not pile rugs, but rather flat weave and kilims) are highly regarded and have been sought after for the...

If you leave your rug without having it cleaned in a dark and humid storage for four years, this is going to happen. Moths would have parti...

It has been raining in Los Angeles for the past few days. We have received several rugs from different customers for water damage restoratio...

Animal blanket is a kind of flat woven textile to keep the animals mostly horse, donkey or camel warm. In some instances animal blankets are...

WHERE DOES GABBEH COME FROM? The oldest document that refers to Gabbehs dates back to the sixteen Century. It is a decree of Shah Tahmasp , ...

There was a place 25 miles south of Tehran called Cheshmeh ALi (Ali Spring). A hill with a spring. In 1933-6 Cheshmeh Ali hill was excavated...

Interactive Carpet Concert with Rowan Storm & Friends. Rowan Storm is an American lady who fell in love with Persian music many years a...

I am a board member of the Iranian American Parents Association, IAPA . This non-profit organization is planning to have a Persian new year ...

For a long time, I have thought to myself to find a correlation between the mentality/personality of a customer and the cleanness/dirtiness ...

We received an antique large Farhan (Ferehan) rug from a customer for repair. The size is 18 x 14 and the design is Herati, an old version o...