A second sold out Carpet Concert was held at Craft & Folk Art Museum here in Los Angeles last night. Rowan Storm performed vocal and played dayereh and Daff (framed drum). Morteza Yadollahi played Persian tar and tanbur and Faraz…
It was Wednesday today and I was very busy at work. I sold a couple of rugs and received few rugs for cleaning and repair. I got home at 7:00 pm and had a small dinner then went to gym….
Today is March 20, 2009 the first day of Spring and beginning of Persian new year. We celebrate Nowruz which means “new day” and go to family and friends’ homes to visit them and spend some time with them. We…
In our latest rug shipment from Tehran, we received a unique small Bijar rug with a very unusual design. The size is 25 by 32 inches and the design is dragon and phoenix. Khosrow Sobhewww.RugIdea.com310-770-9085
Several Iranian artists made the biggest sand carpet in the world on the beach of Hormoz Island on the Persian Gulf. Source: http://www.carpetour.net/fa/index.asp Khosrow SobheCertified Rug Specialist (CRS)www.RugIdea.com310-770-9085
A gentleman contacted me by e-mail and said he had a silk rug and needed some information on this rug. Below, you can read what I wrote to him and what he wrote back. “The foundation and pile of this…
Rug cleaning in Los Angeles is very competitive. The customers are also very diverse. Some look for deals, while others look for quality rug cleaning in Los Angeles. There are number of customers who look for both good quality of…
What are my least favorite rugs? Tufted rugs. What are my most favorite rugs? Tribal and rural (village) rugs. Tribal rugs are the type of rugs made by nomads and tribes who may migrate during winters and summers such as…
We received a damaged hook rug few days ago. We did a cosmetic rug repair. When the customer stopped by to pick up his rug he looked at it and said “my wife would not believe this. You guys did…
Some customers ask their wall to wall carpet cleaners to do the cleaning of their valuable rugs at home. Carpet cleaners usually do not say “No” to these customers. Carpet cleaners do not know rugs. On the other hand they…