A Happy New Year

Great things happening in what promises to be a wonderful New Year.

Of quick note:

Tabriz Rug (Iran)

• We have numerous well-stocked sources for REAL Persian rugs (all types, sizes, ages); and look forward to being able to offer these treasures to our clients at very attractive price points (considering the upward price pressures caused by the current embargo on trade with Iran). With the interior design trend swinging again toward vivid color and well-defined pattern -- as well as a revived appreciation for enduring quality and value -- Persian rugs as a class are the perfect answer to evolving style demands.

Kashan Rug (Iran)

•  We are in the process of developing/launching the Loom And Essence web portal, and establishing it as the interface for all of our associated enterprises and partnerships. An appropriate meshing of the Brandon Oriental Rugs brand identity that maintains and expands it within the broader scope of the Loom And Essence mission is a primary objective (and challenge.)

May your New Year be filled with good things. And in the fortunate days ahead, we invite you to consider REAL handmade rugs from Brandon Oriental Rugs/ Loom And Essence as one important way to fulfill your wishes for good things.

Santa's Sleigh Carrying Lasting Gifts For Smart Shoppers

Some gifts are memorable,

and shared for years to come.

Some presents really are special.

(And taking a cue from Santa,

Brandon Oriental Rugs delights in

delivering these enduring presents to you.)

Bucks County Oriental Rugs Store Brandon Oriental Rugs - www.BrandonRugs.com - Provides Perfect Finishing Touch to a Newly Decorated Living Room Using Old, New and Refurbished Furnishings and Accessories in Warminster, PA

     The fine hand-knotted oriental rug in the picture below was the coup de maitre (and sine qua non) to the newly redecorated living room of our talented customer. She had, over many months, painstakingly selected and collected (and in some cases repaired or refinished) every element of new and old decor in the room.

          Upon bringing it all together, she saw the need for a rug to anchor and integrate all of the other elements. She invited us into her home to see what she had accomplished, and asked us to help her find a rug that could appropriately finish what she had so skillfully brought to the finish line.
     With the good fortune that helps every great rug find its true home, we knew of this rug, were able to acquire it for our customer's approval, and helped her to complete her picture perfect room. 
    

How to Install An Oriental Runner on Stairs Demonstrated with Video by Bucks County, PA Rug Store Brandon Oriental Rugs - www.BrandonRugs.com - YouTube

BrandonRugs.com Shows How To Properly Install A Stairway Runner - YouTube

    Using some video shot after we'd installed a matched set of runners on the split stairway in our customer's new home, we demonstrate proper installation guidelines.
     First, we want to make it obvious that REAL hand-knotted runners, which are bordered on all four sides, offer a much more aesthetically pleasing finished look than"roll runners" -- machine made runner stock spooled on large rolls and cut to desired length -- which are bordered on only two sides (and look like a conveyer belts from space to some lower level instead of like framed works of art).
    We also demonstrate our preference for using "stair-holds" or runner "clips" to secure the stairway runner to each tread rather than the use of stair-rods crossing the runner at the back of each tread. The reason for this is that the runner clips allow the runner to be the focus instead of a lot of brass. It's also safer, since rods can be a trip hazard to women descending the stairway in heels. The clips also make it easier to keep the runner clean, and cause much less wear to installed pieces, so that if the runner is removed for use elsewhere there are not permanent wear marks every foot and a half as would be the case with rods.
     We also point out where the runner should start and ideally end on the stairway. In this video, the stairway is split (with an intervening landing) which made it imperative that the top runner not encroach into the landing since an additional rug is going to be placed there.
     As mentioned in the video, the runners used in the installation were originally longer, which meant they needed to be cut to properly fit the new home's back stairway. As we show, if attention is given to pattern matching, and the work of reducing the length is performed by a skilled artisan, the finished look is no less appealing than if the runners had been custom woven for the job. In fact, using existing runners and cutting them to length is much less costly, much less uncertain, and much less time consuming than ordering custom runners.
     If you have questions about any of what we demonstrate in this video, we invite you to call us at 215-794-2300.

Bucks County, PA Oriental Rug Store Video Tour: Brandon Oriental Rugs - BrandonRugs.com - Come and See - YouTube

A brief walk-through of the Brandon Oriental Rugs rug gallery in Central Bucks County Pennsylvania showing a wide selection of rugs which have all been brought to the store to satisfy recent customer requests. Contact Pam or Chris at 215-794-2300 or via e-mail at brandonrugs.com@gmail.com, or, if you're nearby, stop in at 3454 York Road Furlong, PA and take a look around for yourself. Visitors are always welcome, and we're always happy to help you learn more about REAL handmade rugs.

Oriental Rug Searches: Bucks County, PA Rug Store Brandon Oriental Rugs - www.BrandonRugs.com - is Like GPS for Finding the Way to Your Perfect Handmade Rug

An iconic paradigm-shifter of the Twentieth Century, Sigmund Freud, seemed to have some insight into the transcendent value of REAL hand-knotted oriental rugs as springboards for initiating journeys for mapping the mind. Imagine: what you see in the picture isn't some professional's quaint, quirky examination room. It is a high-tech transporter-room for explorations of the human psyche. 
     Your personal spaces express who you are, and what matters to you. So where are you standing, and what you are standing on? Is it as unique and special as you are? Is it one-of-a-kind; irreplaceable; an identity no one else can claim? If it's a real oriental rug, you have that validation because handmade rugs are as personal as your art collection, your music collection, and your highest aspirations.

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The Future Crop of Handknotted Oriental Rugs Is Afoot

The material growing on the special breed of sheep below is the special ingredient for future creation of fine handknotted oriental rugs. It's a natural, organic, green, renewable resource in production.
 

 Over several months, the wool covering these sheep grows into magnificent fleeces which, upon shearing, will be acquired by the world's best rug-making concerns. 

Then, following a time-perfected process -- which takes considerably longer than the production of the raw material -- the wool is spun, dyed and used to build a rug knot-by-knot; and something wonderful results -- the following being but one example of an incredibly diverse set of superb examples available to satisfy any discerning taste.

And, needless to say, there is ALWAYS a bumper crop of beautiful handmade rugs available for your consideration and consumption at Brandon Oriental Rugs. Tell us what's cooking with your design project, and we'll suggest appropriate ingredients to help you serve it up right.