Rug Blogs, RugMaster and My Post Number 300
It is Friday morning 6:15 am and I am writing my post number 300. Having a rug blog and posting real stories about my professional career has been a real joy for me during the past 14 months since I…
Un-Standard Rug Pads
Few days ago, we went to a customers house to pick up two rugs for cleaning. The rugs were very old Karastan Kerman machine made area rugs. The rug pads were not the right kind and the standard pads suitable…
A Busy Monday: The Rug Tent’s After Math
Busy Monday: The Rug Tent Sale’s After Math It was Monday today and I went to work at 8:30 am. We organized and divided several rugs and kilims which we had received during the past three days for cleaning and…
Rug Tent sale and Our Third Day, A Busy Day
It was Sunday today, the third and the final day of our Rug Tent Sale. It was the busiest day of the sale. We were busy from around the noon, up to 8:00 pm. I got home around 9:30 pm….
Rug Tent Sale in Los Angeles 2nd Day
It was Saturday today and the second day of our Rug Tent Sale. It wasn’t that bad. We sold several pieces of hand knotted and area rugs. I do not know why in many instances several customers come in at…
Rug Tent Sale and a Relatively Busy Day
It was Friday November 28, 2008 today so called the “Black Friday”. I went to work at 7:00 am today and at 7:30 Pedro and his worker showed up and sat up our tent. Then we took several samples from…
Thanksgiving and Our Rug Tent Sale Preparation
It was the Thanksgiving day here in the U.S. yesterday, Thursday November 27th, 2008. We were at work in our rug gallery getting prepared for our big rug tent sale event. I went to work at 9:00 am and stayed…
Rug Tent Sale
We will be having a huge Rug Tent Sale from Friday Nov. 28 (The Black Friday) through Sunday Nov. 30, 2008. During the past few days, we have been busy getting prepared for this event. Almost all of our rugs…
A Busy Sunday With Rug Cleaning and Repair and One Rug Sale
It was Sunday yesterday and we were at work from 9:00 am till 9:00 pm! We were supposed to pick up two rugs for cleaning from a neighboring town, some 25 miles away from our rug gallery. My helper did…
Making a Runner and a Smaller Rug Out of a Big Rug
A Cosmetic Rug Repair!! A customer who had a hand knotted wool on wool 9 x 12 Turkish carpet wanted us to cut the rug and make it smaller into a 6 x 9 rug and a 3 x 12…