Missoni Carpet and Rugs – Fashion For Your Floors

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets offers the stylish Missoni line of carpet.  Available for wall to wall installation or  fabricated in area rugs.  Nothing beats the styling of the famous Italian designer.

HEMPHILL’S RUGS & CARPETS  230 EAST 17TH STREET COSTA MESA, CA  92627

The Great Indoors Closing California Stores

Another “Big Box” home furnishing store is closing.  This time it is The Great Indoors.   All of their California locations will soon be gone.  A similar story to the Home Depot Expo which exited the retail scene a few years ago.  Our showroom experienced an increase in business when Expo closed and we have already felt a positive impact since the recent announcement from The Great Indoors.

In both cases, Karastan, Masland and Fabrica seemed to be the carpet lines that Expo and The Great Indoors tended to show.  The amazing thing is that the consumer thinks that the Big Box stores offer the best prices and selection.  However, our showroom offers over 80 lines of carpet, area rugs, wood floor, premium vinyl products and more.  Our prices are competitive.   And, where we really shine is customer service.  If you read the reviews, I think you will learn what caused the demise of the home furnishing Big Box stores.  Their “rebates” and price guaranteed tended to be complicated and angered their customers.

I like the concept of the 3/50 Project which promotes the concept of purchasing from locally owned businesses.  It shows the benefits of what happens to our economy when consumers shop with local businesses.  When $100 is spent with a local business, $68 stays in the local economy versus $43 with national chains.

Need floorcovering?  Stop by our showroom.  We would love to meet you and show you all that we have to offer.  We are open to both the public and the trade.

Discover price, service & selection at:HEMPHILL’S RUGS & CARPETS  230 EAST 17TH STREET   COSTA MESA, CA  92627   949-722-722-7224

 

Stripes!

Our showroom is filled with great stripe carpet and area rugs. Stripes can add a neat element in the design scheme of your home. Stripes can be installed as a runner on stairs and make a boring staircase come to life. Stripes also look great installed or as area rugs in kids bedrooms, home offices and family rooms. We offer striped carpets and area rugs from Concepts International, Karastan, Weave Tuft, Glen Eden, Safavieh, Prestige Mills, Missoni, Unique, Woolshire, Masland, Fabrica and more. Check out this new line of striped area rugs.

HEMPHILL’S RUGS & CARPETS
230 EAST 17TH STREET
COSTA MESA, CA 92627
www.RugsAndCarpets.com

Decorative Carpets Make a Great Statement

Designer’s Inside Tip:
Consider installing a really unique and decorative carpet in at least one room of your house. A stairway carpeted in a neat style of carpet can make a boring staircase come to life. An animal print carpet installed in a walk in master closet offers an inviting touch.

Go ahead and make a statement.

HEMPHILL’S RUGS & CARPETS
230 EAST 17TH STREET
COSTA MESA, CA 92627
949-722-7224
http://www.RugsAndCarpets.com

A Premier Partner Showroom of Excellence
Wools of New Zealand

Offering over 70 name brands including Karastan, Fabrica, Masland, Nourison, Stanton, Unique Carpets, Merida Meridian, Fibreworks, Design Materials, Natural Carpet, Delos, Feizy Rugs, Obeetee, Gangchen Carpets of Tibet, Company C, Prestige Mills, Concepts International, Kane, Weave Tuft, Robertex, Carousel, Glen Eden, Woolshire, Dixie Home, OW Sphinx, Miele Vacuums, Vovito Candles, Richard Marshall, Greenwood, Lamontage and more…..

A History of Karastan Rugs

The first Karastan Axminster rug came off an Eden loom at 2:02 p.m. on April 8, 1928. When we visited on Oct. 20, 2010, Karastan Original Collection rugs were still being made on the company’s Axminster looms.

Karastan 717 Multi Colored Panel Kirman

Karastan’s 50-color 717 Multi-Color Panel Kirman design in the Karastan Original collection was introduced in 1937 and is still the company’s all-time best seller.

Over the years, Karastan has modernized the Eden facility to include Karaloc woven and Van de Wiele wilton looms. (Machine-tufted Karastan broadloom is produced in other facilities). Both spool and gripper Axminster constructions were developed from the original jacquard loom technology invented in Axminster, England during the Industrial Revolution of the early 19th century.

Halcyon Skinner, an American who was employed by Alexander Smith, is credited with inventing the spool Axminster in 1878.

Today, Karastan is the only U.S. maker of spool Axminster rugs.

Modern electronic gripper Axminster carpeting is made all over the world and most often found in contract installations, particularly in the hospitality field.

When Karastan developed advanced Axminster technology in 1928, the new manufacturing process was considered so revolutionary that the trade press reportedly referred to the first Karastan rugs as “Mystery Rugs.” Axminster rugs can contain up to 50 colors, which has been a major selling point since the looms were invented. The depth and detail of a traditional hand-knotted rug can be reproduced using this manufacturing technique.

The fact that Axminster rugs are also virtually indestructible is another major selling point. Karastan invited visitors to walk on the rugs at both the 1933-34 World’s Fair in Chicago and the 1939-40 World’s Fair in New York. Nearly 5 million people walked on a Karastan rug in Chicago and 9 million people walked on another Karastan rug in New York. After both Fairs, the rugs were cleaned and restored to their original condition.

Extreme Makeover Without Going to Extremes

Instantly transform a room from the ground up. Shown here, Nourison’s Nourmak area rug creates a traditional feel and the same room with a more contemporary rug from the company’s Elements collection.

Think an “extreme makeover” project has to include a sledgehammer and general contractor? Well, interior design does not always have to include knocking down walls or expensive construction.

One of the easiest ways to change an interior is to start with new area rugs, which go far beyond merely providing covering for a floor. They can serve as the impetus for a new color palette and decorating scheme, changing the entire look and feel of a room without breaking the bank. From traditional Persians to transitional styles, to contemporary works of art, there are more styles to choose from at every price point than ever before.

“Today’s designs have a level of sophistication that just wasn’t available in the past,” says Joyce Lowe, a veteran industry design expert, and VP Area Rug Sales for Nourison, the world’s largest manufacturer of handmade area rugs. “Just about any design type is now available in nearly every construction, with textures, carvings, and fiber mixtures that create striking highlights and pattern details.”

Are you a traditionalist? Choose an heirloom quality hand-made rug from the Nourmak collection, hand made of rich New Zealand wool, or Nourison 2000, highlighted with pure silk-accented designs. Want a living room that’s sleek and modern? A designer rug from Calvin Klein home, rich in texture, color and style, can provide the starting point.

Color is of course, a huge component of a room’s décor and should be chosen with care. “A basic rule of thumb in interior design is to select one neutral tone and two brighter accent colors that combine in a pleasing way,” adds Lowe. Transitional and contemporary rugs from Nourison make choosing accent colors easy because world-class design teams have already selected colors that work well together. Simply pull and match colors from the field of design details.

“Your choice of accessories should complement the décor,” says Lowe. Wall colors, window treatments and accessories are important to a good redesign, none of which need be expensive to change. Toss out old curtains, candles and other accessories from your old room and bring in high fashion pillows, and other accents in complementary colors and styles. You’ll be surprised at how dramatic the change will be.

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets has a wide variety of traditional, contemporary and transitional area rugs. Futhermore, the showroom offers a wide range of price ranges with the ultimate in flexibility in terms of size, construction and design. With over 70 manufacturers represented, Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets surely can assist you with finding the perfect area rugs for your home. Brands include Karastan, Nourison, Masland, Company C, Obeetee, Feizy Rugs, InnerAsia’s Gangchen’s Carpet of Tibet, Merida Merida, Fibreworks, Fabrica, Stanton, Couristan, Delos, Rugs International, Lamontage and more.

Sisal Wars: Another Stark Knock Off at a Great Price

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets is proud to offer a new “diamond” sisal product similar to Stark’s “diamond sisal” – the images speak for themselves. NOTE – We can make these rugs up to 16′ wide.

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets can fabricate this great looking pattern into area rugs in virtually any size. We have a large selection of bindings available including cotton, leather, suede, Sunbrella, chenille, tapestry fabric and more.

Visit our showroom or order online HERE. We ship.

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets
230 East 17th Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949-722-7224
www.RugsAndCarpets.com

Seagrass: A Great Natural Fiber For Installed Carpet & Area Rugs

Seagrass is a great natural fiber to consider for both installed wall to wall carpet or as an area rug. Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets has installed a lot of seagrass over the years. Many of our clients have had it in one house and enjoyed it so much that the installed it again in their next home. Seagrass is quite forgiving in terms of staining as well.

Seagrass is quite durable. We installed it in 2007 at the Pi Phi Sorority house at the University of Southern California. We have done several commercial installations as well.

Here are a couple of examples of seagrass in Coastal Living Magazine.

Posted HERE is a video of some of our popular sisal products.

One thing about sisal, seagrass, jute in Abaca – It is VERY popular. Just look through the home shelter magazines such as Architectural Digest, Coastal Living, Traditional Home, Veranda and others.

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets in Orange County California has a very large selection of these natural fibers. We offer custom rug fabrication using a variety of bindings too.

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets
230 East 17th Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949-722-7224
www.RugsAndCarpets.com

Masland Sale: Wool & Nylon Carpet, Area Rugs, Custom Area Rugs

Rebates of up to $ 1000 on Karastan

We have lots of great promotions going on now through November 30th! Some of this promotions are “stackable” too.
We shared the J Mish FREE wool pad with the purchase of select J. Mish wool carpets.

Now comes National Karastan Month. Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets is teaming up with Karastan to offer REBATES of up to $ 1000 on ALL Karastan carpet and area rugs.

SPECIAL NOTE – We can SAVE you even MORE MONEY on Karastan wool carpet November 1 – 30 during our Wool for a Better World promotion. However, due to the volume of orders that we anticipate, please feel free to make your selections, have your home measured and get a proposal early. Click HERE to learn more.

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets
230 East 17th Street
Costa Mesa, CA 92627
949-722-7224

Our showroom offers over 70 name brands of carpet, area rugs, wood floor, and specialty flooring products. Choose from popular items from Karastan, Nourison, Stanton, Masland, Fabrica, Lamontage, Richard Marshall Olde Boards, Torlys Leather, Fibreworks, Merida Meridian, Company C, InnerAsia Gangchen Carpets of Tibet, Obeetee, Feizy Rugs, Tommy Bahama, Bellbridge, Robertex, Kane, Unique Carpets, Dixie Home, Moda, Camelot, Design Materials, Couristan, J. Mish, Godfrey Hirst, Concepts International, Prestige Mills, Weave Tuft and more.