Friday, June 22, 2012

Customer Found The Rug She Wanted At Brandon After Looking Elsewhere For Months

Our customer had been working with her designer on redecorating her living room for several months. From the outset she had decided she wanted an area rug to anchor the room, and unify all of the furnishings and colors she was selecting.
She reported to us that after many months of searching in many stores she had found nothing to her liking (her exact words were to the effect that "there's a lot of junk out there.")
The room was nearing completion - her new furniture had been installed - and she was still without a rug when, via our website, she found Brandon Oriental Rugs in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and decided to see if our Rug-Search(TM) service could accomplish what she had been unable to do herself.

It so happened that on her first visit to our store, we had in inventory the rug that was "exactly" what she had been hoping to find. (Still, before making her final decision, we brought numerous other choices for her consideration, any of which could have worked in the room but which, in the end, demonstrated the appropriateness and success of her original choice.)
We also learned from her in the process that the REAL hand-knotted rug she selected from Brandon Oriental Rugs was more reasonably priced than many of the choices that had been suggested to her previously. She is also delighted with the fact that she has a REAL rug (not some machine-made or "tufted" imitation) giving her the quality and value that is important to her - as evidenced in all of her tasteful decorating decisions.


Monday, June 4, 2012

ABOUT BRANDON ORIENTAL RUGS

   Though we are proud of the visible demonstration that our store makes of the magnificence and enduring qualities of REAL Handmade Rugs -- and of our commitment to offering the same to our customers -- Brandon Oriental Rugs is NOT just a store, we are a service.
   Those shopping for rugs who take advantage of the unique benefits our Rug-Search(TM) service offers will save time, effort, and cost in their acquisition of fine handmade area rugs.
   Brandon also offers complimentary design assistance related to rug selection and use with professional evaluation of the wants and needs of our customers in consultation with them and/or their interior designers or architects.
   Other complimentary services (including free local delivery and in-home trial of multiple rugs) are offered to make rug-search and selection an enjoyable process.
   Additional services associated with fine handmade rugs (including professional rug cleaning, rug restorations and repairs, and rug appraisals for purposes of estate protection, insurance, and loss evaluation) are also provided by Brandon Oriental Rugs.
   We take pride in being "The Home of REAL Rugs"(TM) because, regardless of where you choose to make use of them, "REAL Rugs Bring Pride to Every Room"(TM).
   Our real commitment to keeping things real means that we only offer:
Real Handmade Rugs (No tufted or machine-made imitations; and no rugs made with synthetic, plastic, man-made fibers, or rubberized backings);
Real Selections (customers are NOT limited to choices from current store inventory. Every rug available to us we can make available to you. Once you have conveyed your desires to us, we can bring as many solutions as we know exist to appropriately resolve your wants and needs. We bring real solutions in the actual sizes you need for immediate on-site evaluation in your rooms. We do NOT offer or countenance sample "strike-offs", or sample sizes because of their uncertainties of realization in time or fact.)
Real Savings Based on Real Prices (Brandon's pricing is based on QUALITY not discounting, or limited time offers, or manufactured events. You never have to wait for a "SALE" to be certain of the best possible value, and you can readily comparison shop (comparing quality with quality) to appreciate the values we offer. You can be certain that you will "Spend less for the quality you want to acquire, or get better quality for what you want to spend"(TM) .) (The only thing possibly "unreal" about our prices is the wonder that they are not much higher considering the skill, time, and quality materials invested in producing each and every hand-knotted rug.)
   Whether you are an expert or a novice in the use of REAL, hand-knotted rugs, Brandon Oriental Rugs works to advance your appreciation and experience of all that is of significance to you in your special rug search. Our resources are available to you to help you realize your goals, and to assure you the enduring pride and satisfaction experienced in achievement.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Symphonies In The Round: New Inventory Selections at Brandon Oriental Rugs (Bucks County, PA)

Check back for our soon to be posted essay: "Oriental Rugs Are Exemplary Demonstrations of the Principles of Information Science" (which will also include a video presentation.)

Briefly, organized complexity is more interesting and appealing to us than simplicity (provided randomness is avoided). A symphony is more appealing and interesting than a commercial jingle. We'd rather have a seat watching Mother Nature's majesty than one viewing the four corners of a white room. The Mona Lisa's smile will hold us enthralled much longer than a "smiley face" logo. And a REAL hand-knotted oriental rug has a lot more to say to us than wall-to-wall carpet, or cheaply made imitations.

With that as preamble, we present the following "Symphonies in the Round".

Symphony #1















Symphony #2
Symphony #3

Symphony #4

Symphony #5

Symphony #6

Symphony #7

Symphony #8


Symphony #9: This piece is SOLD. Selected by our customer for use at the
doorway leading to the pool in their backyard.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012

Hand-knotted Runner to Connect Existing Rugs and Furnishings in Living Room and Breakfast Area

Breakfast Area Rug and Runner to Connect with Existing Rug and Furnishings in Coastal Georgia Home

We were asked for help by our customers who are completing their vacation home in one of the coastal communities of Georgia. They had existing living room furniture with an area rug, and asked us to help them locate a handmade geometric style rug for the breakfast area of their kitchen. The antique reproduction Serapi-Heriz they chose from us for their kitchen is on the right side of the composite picture. Their existing living room rug and furnishings are on the left. The hand-knotted runner to connect the two spaces was selected for coordination from the same collection of antique reproduction rugs as the kitchen rug, and carries all of the living room's palette of colors toward the kitchen.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Runners for Split-level Stairway Demonstrating Correct Installation

These hand-knotted stairway runners were recently installed by us in a New Hope, Pennsylvania home as part of an ongoing redecorating project by the owners. The stairway configuration is common in homes. The required lengths for the runners to properly fit were non-standard however, which necessitated cutting the excess from the field of each rug and reattaching its border. This option was less costly, and achieved more expeditiously, than the alternative of commissioning a set of custom-made runners.
Lower Stairway Runner: centered on top riser
(which centers on the landing above.)

Lower Stairway Runner: showing detail of where the rug
was cut and the border reattached. The workmanship
 is excellent, and the repair is not apparent.

View from the upper hallway showing that the
two runners are NOT sewn together.

View of Upper Runner showing that it crosses the landing.
(If the lower runner crossed the landing, it would pose
a trip hazard when descending the stairs.)

Another view of how the two runners "fit"
together. We recommend stairholds instead of
stair-rods for securing handmade runners on stairways.
The runner is featured instead of brass rods;
the rug stays cleaner (rods are a dust/dirt trap);
it's safer because rods can be a trip hazard to women wearing heels.
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Friday, March 16, 2012

Handmade Living Room Rug From Brandon Oriental Rugs Used In A Doylestown, PA Existing Home Makeover Using Old and New Furnishings

Our client moved into her present home two years ago from a home with a much smaller living room. She chose to use her existing living room furnishings and supplement them with additional pieces to create a multi-use space. The rug selected balances and integrates the existing colors, patterns and textures of the fabrics and brings focus to the primary seating group.

New Hand-knotted Oriental Rug for Redecorated Dining Room in New Home in the Lehigh Valley

Our client recently purchased their home and selected the dining room rug as a finishing touch in their newly furnished/ redecorated dining room. Our primary challenge was finding a rug properly coordinated with the new colors and proportioned to work with a long solid-top table placed off-center in the nominally square room.










Lehigh Valley Dining Room: Rug Solution for Solid-Top Table Off-center Placement