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Saturday, July 22, 2017

Rug Selections from the Top of the Pile by Brandon Oriental Rugs for Bucks County, PA Farmhouse Renovation

This is another in a series of How-to videos regarding use of Real Handmade Oriental Rugs from Bucks County, PA oriental rug store Brandon Oriental Rugs. "Brandon Oriental Rugs helps you make your world your way."

The rugs seen in this video are just some of the many selections Brandon Oriental Rugs found, and custom picked, to help new homeowners in Upper Bucks County, PA complete renovation of their two hundred year old farmhouse. All of these rugs (and many others further down in the piles) will be delivered to the home for evaluation and final approval by the homeowners.

https://youtu.be/91R4yohrJjg

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Ten Things Interior Designers Don't Want You to Know

This link provides information to bolster your confidence about establishing and managing a relationship with an interior design professional.

Far from discounting the benefits and usefulness of employing a designer's help, it discusses many areas where designers can provide you with a better result than you could hope to achieve with DIY methodologies.

http://freshome.com/2014/12/08/10-things-interior-decorators-dont-want-you-to-know/

Establishing a budget for decorating your home with which you are comfortable is essential. Once upon a time the rule of thumb was to set aside ten to twenty percent of your home's market value as a reasonable decorating budget. That probably is not a comfortable consideration for many today. But you want to be realistic about what it will require to accomplish all that is needful (hopefully including beautiful handmade rugs from Brandon Oriental Rugs - www.BrandonRugs.com.) As the article details, an experienced designer can help with planning and fulfillment, so that every dollar in your budget yields maximum value to you on a schedule that makes sense for you.

It is important to realize and remember that you are in charge of all aspects of your home decorating projects, and that there is much that you can (and will) do on your own acting upon what you like and what you know. But having assistance from someone who can do what you can't, or help a little where you are unsure or want some guidance is a benefit you won't want to overlook or discount as you labor to realize all your dreams for your home.

Sunday, July 13, 2014

What Will Tomorrow Look Like?

If you have faith in the future; if you are working on a dream; if you take thought of what another day may bring, you necessarily have regard for the decisions you must make about how best to apply the resources of the present in order to realize a better tomorrow. With that in mind:

Photo: www.countryliving.com/homes/decor-ideas/antique-filled-living-room#slide-52

The hand-knotted Persian rug in the living room of the picture above has been in continuous use in various homes for over seventy years, and still looks great.

The contemporary "animal skin" rug seen in the dining room has not been around that long.

The timeless design of the Persian oriental rug consists of 100% natural and organic materials (wool pile on a cotton foundation.) Skilled artisans meticulously crafted the rug by tying tiny knots one-by-one by hand into its foundation over the course of many months. It is one-of-a-kind.

The stylish "animal skin" rug was machine made with 100% synthetic (man-made) materials on a production line. Many others like it were made at the same time.

As a consideration -- trusting that tomorrow will come -- which rug do you think will still be around, and on proud display ten, twenty, or thirty years from now?

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Doylestown, PA Homeowner Finds Oriental Rug to Complete Furnishing of Family Room with Help From Brandon Oriental Rugs - www.BrandonRugs.com

Our customer, who discovered Brandon Oriental Rugs via an internet search, invited us to help her find a rug to complete her recently refurnished family room.

She has two small children (one a toddler) and wanted her rug to be durable; resistant to dirt and stains; easy to keep clean; and soft to the touch (to assure soft landings for her toddler). She had already done a lot of research online about area rugs; and had tried some selections from other sources which turned out to lack the quality she wanted. By the time she engaged our services she knew that only a real, hand-knotted oriental rug would do; though she wasn't sure exactly what kind or style would be most suitable for her.
Initially she thought a 9x12 rug would be best for the room, but pictures shared with us suggested that a 10x14 deserved consideration too: an idea to which she was open provided it did not explode her budget. The following "before" and "after" pictures demonstrate what the patience and resolve she brought to her rug search enabled her to accomplish.

BEFORE: our customer's family room prior to installation of her rug. The stone
of the fireplace and the leather were the color cues we were asked to honor.

An image of the rug which was selected from among eight others after
two presentations in our customer's home: a 10x14 hand-knotted
Persian Tabriz design rug made in India.

AFTER: Our customer's room beautifully finished with the rug
she chose from among all others.

Another picture of the completed room showing how the rug unites the elements
of the seating group; and makes the family room much more inviting to the family.

Two presentations in our customer's home with rugs of various sizes, styles and colorways were necessary to help her and her husband decide on the rug seen here. While some of the other ideas presented had merit, this rug really stood out as "made for the room".
(After more than twenty-five years involved in rugs and interior design, we've learned not to doubt the adage believed by many of the venerable older Persian rug importers that "every handmade rug finds its rightful home at last." We congratulate our customer for her selection, and for recognizing the moment when one rug from among all those available to her turned out to have arrived at its true home.)

Thursday, December 26, 2013

Custom Cut Rug Pads (Cut to Your Rug Size) Available from Brandon Oriental Rugs in Bucks County Pennsylvania for Shipment Anywhere in USA and Canada

BrandonRugs.com offers custom-cut rug pads (cut to properly fit under your rugs.) These are available to those in the USA and Canada who do not have rug padding; or have the wrong kind of padding for use with hand-made rugs; or who need to replace old, damaged, disintegrating padding.

If you want good quality, durable pads (10 year anti-skid) to protect your floors from abrasion (and yourself from the hazard of rug slippage) write us using the "Contact" app on the sidebar; or call us directly (215-794-2300) with the sizes of your rugs. We'll be pleased to provide a quote and discuss arrangements for ordering and shipping your pads.

Our rug pads are manufactured using inert materials guaranteed not to mar or adhere to the special finishes on pre-finished flooring. (If your new floors come with a warranty, you'll want our pads to protect them.) Even if your flooring is custom installed, these pads will protect them from damage.

Thursday, August 29, 2013

Brandon Oriental Rugs (BrandonRugs.com) Helps Find Oriental Rugs for Customers and Interior Designers in Bucks County, Lehigh Valley, South Jersey, and all the PhillyBurbs

You can name your style, color, size and shape preferences, and your price limits. If it exists anywhere and is available to us, we can make it available to you.

You will save the time and effort you'd expend trying to do it yourself; AND it will cost less for the quality you want than it would anywhere else -- even the places with "70% OFF" sales. We promise you will spend less for the quality you want; and will get better quality rugs for what you want to spend.

We also deliver the rugs you want to see for free to your home so you can see how well they work in the room(s) you are trying to complete.

We love what we do. You'll love what we can do for you.

Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Masterpiece Hunt Design Rug Epitomizes Why The Rug Making Art Is Gaining Interest And Respect Among International Art Investors

A masterpiece hunt design rug from Isfahan, Iran by the master weavers, Seirafian. Unfortunately, due to the embargo on trade with Iran, unless a rug like this is already in the USA, it can't be brought into the states. Some rugs of this quality do exist here still for purchase (and this company continues to produce for the rest of the world) but practically, for the time being, if you want this you can only wish.

For a rug to be a true "Hunt Design" there must be the depiction of bloodshed. There is a related class of rugs (often called "Garden Designs" to distinguish them from Hunt Rugs) where flora and fauna coexist peaceably in bucolic sumptuousness.

Rugs like this, are avidly sought by collectors around the world, and are beginning to challenge other artworks as stores of value for investors.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

Hitting the Wall | Home and Design | Robb Report - The Global Luxury Source

The new wallpaper looks like the new rugs. Rugs need to be different though for rooms to have the correct visual structure. (Too much yin, or too much yang, you can't do it all with just one 'thang'.)

Anybody ready for retro-traditional rugs yet? (The signs are beginning to accumulate for a change in the pendulum's direction.)

Hitting the Wall | Home and Design | Robb Report - The Global Luxury Source
http://robbreport.com/home-and-design/hitting-wall?utm_source=HomeStyle&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HSeNews

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Traditional Rugs and Contemporary Settings: A Great Partnership for Fans of Eclecticism

(Round one of a series of pins to Pinterest from fresh, new design ideas using oriental rugs that we've been collecting from around the web.)
The mix of old and new looks gives a balance that is refreshing, exciting, inspiring, comfortable and eminently tasteful.

(Reposted with thanks for recognizing great design from ideas found at http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/oriental-rugs-a-144565 )

Monday, June 17, 2013

Real Hand-knotted Rug to Anchor Renovation of Multi-Use Room: An Ideabook

"Begin with the end in mind" Stephen Covey

We've been asked by an interior design company in Bucks County, PA to assist in finding a "transitional style" rug to integrate other decisions regarding color and accessorization of a small multi-use room. The desire to establish the room with a neutral color rug -- preferably gray -- has been expressed.

Based upon the floor plan (see below), two rug-sizes are proposed for consideration: 8x10 and 8x8 square. 8x10, a standard size for hand-knotted rugs, offers a wide range of selections. 8x8 square, less common, is nonetheless an option; with several pieces available that are oriented toward the project's goals.

Proposed Room With 8x10 Rug and 8x10 samples: