Author Archive: Sarah Stroh
Merida, Designer Rugs made for Legends
Merida custom rug company based out of Boston. Rugs are made in the USA. They are about Sustainable design, sharing the story, working with Interior designers. For the LCDQ Legends event, Merida worked with four designers, Jeff Andews, Ross Cassidy, Jay Jeffers and Celerie Kemble, in designing rugs especially for this event, to showcase Merida [...]
La Cienega Design Quarter Event
Legends: Time Capsule- The Past, Present and Future in La Cienega Design Quarter (LCDQ), LA, CA 3 days of social media and designers meeting, talking and listening to presentations. Over 30 retails stores have decorated their windows to represent the, past, the present and the future. Stay posted for presentation overviews, window displays and on [...]
Set The Scene, Create A Dream
During High Point Market, I realized that words were sometimes meaningless. Rug News andDesign posts over 600 pictures per year in Walking the Market – a visual representation of what we see at markets.
Next Stop High Point Market
It’s spring and that means High Point market. Keep an eye out for me walking the market. I will be wearing green, Rug News andDesigns signature color. My son will not be joining me- 1st market he has not attend since birth. Besides for the standard market stuff, I will also be looking at products that capture [...]
Niche Marketing – MommyCon
Mommies – Babies – Rugs… You’re scratching your head going, “HUH, what do these have in common?”
Simple: Mommies like homes that are nicely decorated. Mommies have babies. Homes should be filled with soft, curl-your-toe-in rugs.
Rugs on Pinterest
Every day I search Pinterest for rugs in room settings. It’s a frustrating thing to do. Rugs in room shots usually do not have the name of the rug. Instead they highlight the use of the rug. Rug companies only pin flat pictures of their rugs. While a pinner will know the name of the [...]
ART RESOURCES
Art Resources Sultan collection based on original antique Mahal rugs. Comes in 9×12 upto 15×25 Morakash collection, 4×6 and up in plain and colors start at 6×9 and up. Wool, longer pile Contempary line- Indoor tibitan weave collection, 6×9 and up and oversize in custom order
Caravan
Caravan Modern mixture of content Wool, linen, bamboo, Nettle. Stocked in 8×10, 9×12, 10×14 and some 12×15 most of the designs are in 3-4 color ways. Also have CCC- complete custom capability. natural nettle rugs made in Nepal. Caravan Rug traditional rugs are out of Afghanistan, divide and organized by room size- 6×9, 8×10, 9×12, [...]
Mehraban
Wool, transitional, pink and grey, made in India, a variety if color ways. Buyers are drawn to their transitional rugs, antiques reproductions or as they call it recreations. Vi bath Vintage Moroccan from the Atlas Collection.
Zollinvari, New
Zollanvari Rug on the floor from the Kundan Silk collection. All one of a kind and custom. In the back round is a Michaelian & Kohlberg rug.
