HOME ABOUT US SERVICES COLLECTIONS BLOG SPECIALS CONTACT ORIENTAL RUGS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN THEIR COMEBACK Next Previous ORIENTAL RUGS HIT THE GROUND RUNNING IN THEIR COMEBACK By Jura Konicus, Courtesy of The Washington Post. Photo by Michael K. Wilkinson/The Washington Post The tangerine and brick-red vintage tribal Persian rug on the September cover of House Beautiful heralds a major design direction. Oriental rugs are back. And they’re not just in your granny’s living room. “Orientals add a lot of warmth and sophistication to a room,” says Sophie Donelson, House Beautiful’s editor in chief, who with her team selected the cosy sitting area in a Vermont farmhouse as the establishing shot for the all-important fall season. It’s the first Oriental rug on the magazine’s cover since June 2008, she says. “Most Orientals aren’t staid at all. They are really wild, gorgeous and intricate patterns — no two the same. They’re a friendly, non-obtrusive ground for a room,” Donelson says. “They’re part of filling a home with soulful objects.” The old-world Oriental rug is making a comeback on Pinterest boards and in the homes of design lovers and millennials, who are decorating with it in fresh ways. While the design community scours auctions and old-line rug dealers for fine centuries-old carpets, younger shoppers on a budget are hauling rolled-up Heriz rugs out of their baby-boomer parents’ attics or snapping up Oushaks on Craigslist. They are discovering that small Orientals are great for layering over their bland sisals or using as a rich colur accent in a hallway. Lifestyle bloggers seem ready to sign on for some warmth. “I would have laughed a few years ago if you had told me I would own a Persian rug,” says Sherry Petersik, 33. She and her husband, John, the Richmond-based Young House Love bloggers, have two young children and a dog. They recently bought two vintage Persians for a house they chronicle in their new book, “Lovable Livable Home”: a tomato-red one for the living room and raspberry for their dining room. “This is sort of a new thing for us. We have never had a secondhand or vintage rug,” Sherry says. She, and others of her generation, seem to be getting past buying disposable furnishings and are looking for something with personality that will hold up. “The rugs added a lot of colour and pattern to our home. They also can withstand spilled juices and crushed Pop-Tarts.” Washington designer Annie Elliott of Bossy Color says her clients are requesting Orientals or pulling them out of storage. “I like the more colourful and tribal ones. But if you inherited one of these 1980s dark red and blue, intricate, small-patterned ones with a medallion in the middle, you can still make them work. “You pick out a strong colour, like aqua, from it and paint the walls bold. It gives it a very young feeling.” Flea markets and estate sales are often sources for affordable, vintage Orientals that can add a little boho to a room of mid-century modern. “A good rug is like art. It’s an investment. I buy my Orientals used, with frayed edges to give off that worn look,” says Eddie Ross, a design blogger and editor at Better Homes & Gardens. Ross, whose new book is “Modern Mix,” was just in Nashville, where he Instagrammed a pink and deep violet Oriental he unearthed. “It’s not just about fabrics anymore,” Ross says. “These vintage rugs are becoming the starting point for a room.” ON: SEPTEMBER 24, 2015| BY: RB1| UNDER: ART, RUG TIPS| COMMENTS: 0| TAGS: Like this post? Share it with your friends: ABOUT THE AUTHOR rb1 RELATED POSTS CONSUMER ALERT: ORIENTAL RUG “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS” AND AUCTION SCAMS MY RUG WAS IN A FLOOD! NOW WHAT? WHAT’S IN A KNOT? PROPER STORAGE OF ORIENTAL RUGS IS MY RUG AN ANTIQUE RUG? LEAVE A REPLY Name * Mail (will not be published) * Website CONTACT INFO 924 McMullen Booth Rd. Clearwater, FL 33759 (Across the Kapok Tree) Phone:(727) 726-8787 Fax:(727) 725-9541 Email: rugbazaar@aol.com Web: www.rugbazaar.com SAMPLE COLLECTIONS A sample of our rug collections RECENT POSTS Oriental Rug Bazaar Pandemic Liquidation Sale And Sanitizing Services September 18, 2020 Consumer Alert: Oriental Rug “Going Out Of Business” and Auction Scams February 20, 2016 Oriental Rugs Hit The Ground Running in Their Comeback September 24, 2015 We’ve been selected as “Best of The Bay 2015”! August 31, 2015 CATEGORIES Antique art rug cleaning rug maintenance rug tips Uncategorized © Copyright 2021 All rights reserved | Website by DaBiri Designs | Accessibility