Floorcovering: Texture, Color & Style

Floors don’t have to be boring. The image above shows a really nice color pallet of products that can give your home a designer “wow” factor. The wood is an engineered wide plank smoked oak where the color is infused into the wood. Shown on top of the wood is a rug that is machine made in Turkey and really well priced. There are two linear patterned carpet samples that are made of wool and silk. Finally, a luxurious wool shag piece that can be used as wall to wall carpet or an area rug.

Our showroom is filled with great floor covering options from around the world: Custom wood floor, leather plank floors, Vovito candles, New Zealand wool carpet, natural fiber products, dozens of bindings for area rug fabrication and more.

HEMPHILL’S RUGS & CARPETS
230 EAST 17TH STREET
COSTA MESA, CA 92627
949-722-7224

www.RugsAndCarpets.com

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.

Nourison Rugs Offer Wide Range of Choices

Nourison Nourmak

Nourison Element

If you are thinking of redecorating your home, one of the most important things that you should consider in the new design is a rug. You might think that a new rug would be one of the last items you buy, more of a dressing, a finishing touch, than a major design feature but a good rug can define a room. There is nothing that can spoil the style of a newly decorated room more than an old rug that refuses to fit with the new look you have created.

When you are looking for a top quality rug, the first place you should look is Nourison. If you’ve never heard of Nourison rugs, you will be pleasantly surprised by what you find. Visit Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets you will be literally bowled over by the amazing range of stylish, hand crafted rugs available there. A Nourison rug is simply the most beautifully designed rug you can buy and the company has earned its place as one of the worlds leading rug manufacturers.

What’s more, Nourison manufacture all of their rugs in a traditional manner, either by hand or by good old-fashioned loom weaving. This provides for a level of quality that you just don’t get with other rug manufacturers. It’s a rare delight to find so many contemporary designs being produced in such a time-honored fashion. It’s even more astounding to find beautiful classic designs manufactured the way that they would have been hundreds of years ago. And these manufacturing techniques (it deserves to be called a craft really) have been applied to rugs of all shapes and sizes, from area rugs to scatter rugs. One of their programs offers various rug patterns in 50 different STANDARD SIZES. Also, Nourison offers custom size options in their hand tufted and machine woven area rugs. We recently installed a custom 5′ wide runner in a designer’s own home.

Classic
If it is a traditional or classical style rug you are looking for, then look no further. Nourison have an extensive range of classical designs and classical European designs, including a stunning Versailles Palace collection, and the infamous Nourison 2000 rugs collection. They are also now featuring a country range, which comprises of the kind of rugs you might mind in a traditional American farmhouse and also feature an extensive Nourison oriental rugs line.

Contemporary
If the contemporary or modern is more to your taste then you won’t be disappointed either. Nourison have a rug to suit any modern room, including their popular tones and textures ranges. In fact, Nourisan have rugs in styles ranging right from colonial to the very latest in fashion (including designs by Calvin Klein Home and Liz Claiborne).

Nourison is just one of the rug lines offered by Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets. Other lines offered include Karastan, Company C, InnerAsia Gangchen Carpets of Tibet, Feizy, Obeetee, Delos, Masland, Capel, Tamarian, LR Resources, Fabrica, Stanton, Safavieh, Rugs International, Concepts International, Merida Meridian & Jaipur.

Feizy Rugs Available at Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets

Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets is proud to offer the complete line of Feizy rugs. Feizy offers a wide variety of patterns and sizes in a huge array of price points. The introductory category is made of Polypropelyne and is machine loomed in Turkey. There are stunning designs with great texture in the products that are hand tufted. Finally, the hand knotted category offers terrific designs. You will be amazed by the great value pricing in all categories when you shop at Hemphill’s Rugs & Carpets. Featured below are a small sample of what we have to offer:

Amzad Azure


Qing Yellow


Saphire Chocolate


Saphir Zebra


Verdigris Gold

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