We receive many antique rugs for cleaning and repair from all over the country. This time, we received a pair of hand knotted antique Persian Farahan carpets sent to us by a very reputable rug collector from Miami, Florida. Both…
Some times our customers asked for asymmetrical designs and a little out of balance designed rugs. We created such design and produced several pieces of these rugs in Varamin, a city with fine rug weaving tradition in south east Tehran….
For a career day and to familiarize students with different professions,I spoke before the kids in a public middle school in New York City about rugs and how they are made. If new generation knows more about rugs, they begin…
In an earlier post, I mentioned how American Sarouk rugs were born. Here, I post few pictures from another American Sarouk rug, this time a machine made rug which we had for cleaning and repair. This rug was also made…
This summer my Oriental carpet business was slow, but I had the great pleasure of having my two sons with me in my rug store most of the times. My younger son Kash (his real name is Khashaiar and a…
It was Saturday today here in Los Angeles. I received a phone call early morning from Baghdad, Iraq from a US army personnel who was going to come home in a few days. He would like to buy a silk…
It is 4:44 am and I could not sleep. I got up after struggling in my bed to continue to sleep. It did not work. So I checked my e-mails. These days I receive many inquiries from walk in or…
Just while ago, there was a Persian carpet exhibition in Kish Island in Iran, a 20-minute fly from Dubai, UAE. The show was held on April 29 to May 2, 2008. An American rug dealer was among several other visitors…
Today is April 22, 2008. For the past three decades, April 22nd. has been observed as the Earth Day in the United States to inspire awareness of and appreciation for the Earth‘s environment. At our company RugIdea.com every day is…