Randomguy Posted April 21, 2021 Share #1 Posted April 21, 2021 I don't know squat about rugs, you see, what do I need to know? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Further Posted April 21, 2021 Share #2 Posted April 21, 2021 Your knees will tell the tale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Some Old Guy Posted April 21, 2021 Popular Post Share #3 Posted April 21, 2021 A bad rug. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted April 21, 2021 Share #4 Posted April 21, 2021 Truthfully, @AirwickWithCheese is a pro about carpets as his family owned the business. I sincerely got good flooring advice from him. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted April 21, 2021 Share #5 Posted April 21, 2021 If you can afford it....it is a good rug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted April 21, 2021 Share #6 Posted April 21, 2021 23 minutes ago, Airehead said: Truthfully, @AirwickWithCheese is a pro about carpets as his family owned the business. I sincerely got good flooring advice from him. Sorry, against company policy to give expert advice to perverts. 1 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share #7 Posted April 22, 2021 40 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: Sorry, against company policy to give expert advice to perverts. I am not a pervert regarding rugs. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted April 22, 2021 Share #8 Posted April 22, 2021 43 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: Sorry, against company policy to give expert advice to perverts. Give this man some advice. RO needs a decent rug 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted April 22, 2021 Share #9 Posted April 22, 2021 30 minutes ago, Airehead said: Give this man some advice. RO needs a decent rug Look for midsized carpet store. Know your size and ask to see their remnants. You're welcome. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share #10 Posted April 22, 2021 4 minutes ago, AirwickWithCheese said: Look for midsized carpet store. Know your size and ask to see their remnants. You're welcome. The rug should be handmade by a one-armed woman between the ages of 44-56, and the rug should be oriental in style and at least 145 years old. I am quite certain this should be readily available. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some Old Guy Posted April 22, 2021 Share #11 Posted April 22, 2021 41 minutes ago, Randomguy said: The rug should be handmade by a one-armed woman between the ages of 44-56, and the rug should be oriental in style and at least 145 years old. I am quite certain this should be readily available. I would try Wal-Mart and/or Sam's Club first and if they don't have it, try Target. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted April 22, 2021 Share #12 Posted April 22, 2021 12 minutes ago, Aire said: I would try Wal-Mart and/or Sam's Club first and if they don't have it, try Target. IIRC, the one-armed woman that made the Wal-Mart rugs was 58 at the time she made them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AirwickWithCheese Posted April 22, 2021 Share #13 Posted April 22, 2021 @Airehead has some beautiful rugs at her house. Cloak of invisibility and bada boom, new rug. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted April 22, 2021 Share #14 Posted April 22, 2021 All rugs are bad, they lie all the time. Cant trust a lying rug. Caveat emptor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted April 22, 2021 Share #15 Posted April 22, 2021 If I was going to buy such a rug, I'd learn more about weave and material quality - about which I know very little now. A couple decades ago, we were in a carpet stall in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul - the most amazing shopping place I've seen in my life - and my companion was interested in getting a Persian rug. The salesman was discussing the tightness of the weave, the quality of the threads, etc. and when she wasn't happy with the mostly gray color in one design, the salesman sent a boy, about 12 years-old, running down the street to the factory to get samples of other colors in the same pattern. They shipped the one she picked directly back to her home in the USA and she still has it in her living room. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted April 22, 2021 Share #16 Posted April 22, 2021 9 minutes ago, MickinMD said: A couple decades ago, we were in a carpet stall in the Grand Bazaar of Istanbul This is the correct answer. Though personally I prefer the rugs out of Cappadocia, mostly because it is a great excuse to visit there when we travel to Turkey. The weaves are exceptional. We have two wool rugs and a silk "summer" rug. The silk one has been in my wife's family for probably 50 years. It looks beautiful to this day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted April 22, 2021 Share #17 Posted April 22, 2021 This is a rug factory we actually visited. https://www.etsy.com/shop/AntikaArt?ref=l2-shopheader-name&awc=6220_1619098632_05fccfdfe1ba91b805e4d8df2b4c225b&source=aw&utm_source=affiliate_window&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=us_location_buyer&utm_content=136348 Did not know they had an Etsy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted April 22, 2021 Author Share #18 Posted April 22, 2021 1 hour ago, goldendesign said: This is the correct answer. Though personally I prefer the rugs out of Cappadocia, mostly because it is a great excuse to visit there when we travel to Turkey. The weaves are exceptional. We have two wool rugs and a silk "summer" rug. The silk one has been in my wife's family for probably 50 years. It looks beautiful to this day. No, my budget is cheap combined with frugal combined with "$10 for a rug? Are you out of your mind?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted April 22, 2021 Share #19 Posted April 22, 2021 17 minutes ago, Randomguy said: No, my budget is cheap combined with frugal combined with "$10 for a rug? Are you out of your mind?". But the trip to Turkey is well worth it alone! And, despite the "hard sell", you don't have to buy anything. Just enjoy the show and sip your tea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldendesign Posted April 22, 2021 Share #20 Posted April 22, 2021 32 minutes ago, Razors Edge said: Just enjoy the show and sip your tea. This. Also the online prices for the new rugs is insanley good. I bough a shitty wool rug from a discount store for $400 (8x11) and it's garbage. My Turkish rugs cost about 11-1500 each and the silk one would cost a new TOL bike to replace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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