A selection of hand-knotted oriental rugs (in runner sizes) surrounds the island of this kitchen in a Newtown, PA home. DK Interior Concepts of Yardley, PA invited us to assist in the project to find a coordinated set of rugs that would be practical, durable, and functional in a heavily used area of the home. Size considerations were paramount to provide proper coverage of the floor without obstructing or intruding upon furnishings and adjacent areas.
DK Interior Concepts in Yardley, PA invited us to assist them with finding a traditional, but unique, oriental rug to complete the step-down living room of their client's Newtown, PA home. The selection, a beautiful hand-knotted 12x12 square antique reproduction Persian Sultanabad design rug, does a great job of supporting the designer's detailed plan for furnishing and accessorizing the room without overwhelming any part of it. You can feel how good this room is.
The area rug appears to be what is commonly marketed as a "Peshawar" or "Pak-Agra" rug. It is made in Pakistan with hand-spun yarns, vegetal dyes and the muted limited palette; available in different (but similar) designs and various background/border color combinations (this rug is natural ivory/light blue). Most rug stores have examples of this rug type and access to selections with the best color combinations to suit your decor.
The hand-knotted oriental rug is like a grayscale image of a traditionally colored oriental rug; and that was the genius behind its realization by the rug importer/manufacturer. Many companies are bringing the concept to market now in various designs. Just keep in mind that, for all its perfection in this room, real oriental rugs can be around for a lifetime. A rug with a more varied palette could also succeed in the room, but be more versatile and interesting for future room makeovers.
Reproduction Mamluk design rug made in Pakistan and beautifully detaied is a great complement to this room. The spice tones radiate warmth that marries with the brick walls and hearth and carries our eye to the coordinated Pak-Bokhara rug at the front door. The blues in the rug strike a balance to add a little extra "cool" to the mix.
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The handmade "Patchwork" rug makes this wide open room a little cozier, yet succeeds in advancing the modern groove. These rugs are available to us from a number of different importers in various colors; and each rug is unique because of the way they are made. Questions? Write to us @brandonrugs.com@gmail.com
A lovely Persian Heriz design rug (possibly a well-made Indian made reprodction) is splendid in this room. The spice-red field is an excellent complement to the golden tones in the room. My compliments to the designer who devised a nice solution to the problem of furniture arrangement posed by the angled wall with fireplace. Bravo too for realizing that the table does not have to be atop, or even aligned with, the medallion of the rug. This is a special room, and the abundance of luxurious accessories make it so. It validates Coco Chanel's adage that, "Luxury is a necessity that begins where necessity ends."
Another home office anchored by the rug. This is a Pak-Jaldar (a lower knot version of the so-called Mori-Bokhara produced in Pakistan in large quantities in the 1980's and -90's). The rug does a splendid job of picking up the colors of the furnishings and accessories in the room, to give a sense of overall integrity to the room.
Nice panel design rug (an Indian reproduction of a Persian Bactiary "Chahar Mahal" design with a much toned-down palette) anchors this bright office and holds it together visually. Appreciate too that the one way (asymmetrical) design is not in any way upsetting to the sense of balance in the room. Nice job all around.
lovely use of fine handmade rug to visually fill a large center hall of home.
proper arrangement of furniture around rug
Take away the rug and a whole room becomes a room with a hole.
An antique reproduction Hadji-Jalili design hand-knotted oriental rug was selected from Brandon Oriental Rugs (www.BrandonRugs.com) by DK Interior Concepts of Yardley, PA for the traditional living room of their clients Newtown, PA home.
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