Hot Summer Day and Cold Rug Market in Los Angeles
I was going to the post office at 2:00 pm today and it was 98 degrees. Very hot day in Los Angeles. The rug market has been very slow. We hang a 5′ x 8′ rug outside of our store…
A Rug Mistake!!
We hang an area rug on a rack outside of our rug gallery on La Cienega Blvd. every day to attract customers. The day before yesterday, I was the last one who left and closed the doors. I totally forgot…
Oriental Rug Cleaning & Online Chat
We have online chat on our web site. A customer chatted with me for a few minutes and got a quote from me for rug cleaning. He showed up in less than half an hour and brought us one Moroccan…
Romanian Area Rugs and Romanian Customers
Yesterday, we had two customers, a husband and a wife looking for an 8 x 11 feet area rug. They messed up our store and liked/disliked many pieces. Finally, they selected one piece. The wife said I would also like…
We Clean Your Area Rug, You Pay Us After Christmas
Before I close my rug store this afternoon, a lady walked in carrying an area rug for cleaning. I walked toward her and got the rug from her. It was an extremely dirty rug. It had a kind of Zebra…
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…
Area Rug and A Half a Million Dollar Ferrari!
Area Rug and A Half a Million Dollar Ferrari! A beautiful half a million dollar Ferrari stopped in our parking lot and blocked the way to our store. A young man got off and came into our store and we…
A Homeless Man Paid Cash and Bought A Rug
The day before yesterday around 5:00 pm a homeless man walked into our rug gallery and looked at an area rug which was on a stack of Persian rugs and asked for the price. I treated him well with respect…
Kathy Ireland and Her Area Rugs in Los Angeles
Kathy Ireland area rugs are produced by Shaw Industries, a very famous manufacturer of machine made rugs. Kathy Ireland (born March 20, 1963) is an American super model, actress, author, and entrepreneur. Kathy Ireland is a wife, mother, Sunday school…