Area Rugs & Flooring

Rug News
News about the rug industry includes advertisements and links to rug resources. Rug industry news and rug trade show information is included, as are a list of rug vendor links and their websites. Another section of useful rug industry websites is also noted. A rug education tab includes information about basic rug making, classic rug text, broad perspectives in the rug business, powerful rug sales tools, Flokatis rugs, and the U.S. machine made rug industry.

Tibetan Rugs
Information about the book named Of Wool and Loom: The Tradition of Tibetan Rugs. This is the first overview of the Tibetan rugmaking tradition to be written in English by native Tibetan authorities on the subject. Introductory material presents a brief history of Tibetan carpet and textile weaving from its earliest origins to the present, including "planted-pile" textiles, drumtse knotted-pile carpets of the Wangden Valley, and warp-backed rugs of the Lhuntse region. It next traces the emergence of Tibet as a commercial centre of carpet weaving, and reveals an insider's account of the arduous process required to learn the craft, from apprentice to master weaver. A final section gives an account of wide range of functions for which Tibetan rugs are employed -- by nomads, by the aristocracy, and by ordinary people, including special ecclesiastical and equestrian uses.

Rug Selection and Use
A University of Nebraska NebGuide publication that covers different rug types and styles, as well as cost and consumer considerations. For example, consumer considerations include weaving, texture, color, soiling, pattern use, padding and labeling. Styles range from Berbers, braided and hooked to kilims, dhurries and oriental rugs.

All About Flooring
This site consists of four helpful articles filled with usable information on various types of flooring. Begin by skimming the brief article descriptions and decide if you would be interested in additional information on a particular subject. The subjects presented are Exotic Wood Flooring, an article on General Flooring available, including synthetic flooring, Laminated Flooring and Hardwood Flooring. If any of the brief article descriptions sound intriguing, then it is time to click on the Read More link. By clicking on the Read More link you will be taken to a more complete and extensive article on the subject you've choosen. Each artile is helpful and filled with tips and hints for ways to purchase flooring at a savings as well as hints on putting the floor in. If you have additional questions on any aspect of flooring you can join a chat room or a message forum and get almost immediate feedback. You can also have future flooring articles emailed straight to your inbox. A fourth option is to talk directly with the author(s) of the article(s) that you have just read in order to get additional information, insights, and the answers to your specific questions.