And Now From Abroad...

One of our new and one of the loveliest F.Schumacher carpets. A washed ikat perfect for today's quieter lifestyles.

The American carpet company, Langhorne, introduces this vibrant Flame Stitch pattern, Scott Chevron in collaboration with Alex Papachristidis.

Here, we have the real deal. An ancient ikat. I love the vibrant hues!

Unless one lives under Rock City (the Southern phenom- the 1950's destination extraordinaire),  it's impossible not to notice the recent influence on design here in the West from Central Asia, the Middle East, China and India. From out of these culturally rich countries we've received the deep soulful color of Indigo, the all over Flame Stitch pattern of ikat, and I love the history of traders traveling The Silk Road swapping rugs and other textiles at the end of their journeys.

The bold patterns and colors from the Italian design house, Missoni, have always reminded me of the intense hues achieved from the natural dyes that saturate this 19th century ikat (pictured above) preserved in the Smithsonian.We love our Missoni Carpets like this cool stripe a mix of wide and narrow.

We have received beautiful Schumacher samples recently that definitely take a suggestion from these iconic pattern styles and softened with colors created for our market.

John Robshaw has a lovely description of indigo and the technique of block printing on his web site:
"It's so simple and natural. You touch a woodblock to wet clay and then to the fabric. After the clay dries, you dip the cloth into the indigo vat and the clay stays on. One dip gives the fabric a sky-blue color, two dips and it deepens to cobalt, three dips and its a saturated midnight blue. Then the fabric is laid out to dry in the sun and later the clay is washed off. The dyer says the indigo vats are like a mistress because they need constant attention. I was completely fascinated by the dyeing and printing processes, as well as how the finished product is used. Textiles become intimate companions in daily life, whether as a pillow, bedcover or sarong."
I love to fill my work and living environments with color and pattern. It's a mental adventure to far away lands exotic and foreign... a tribute to those who have traveled the road of life before myself and were inspired to create from the natural world around them. Bon voyage!

An Ancient Tradition

Our Harouian Rugs sales rep, Bob Ball, dropped by Moore Floor Coverings yesterday. He shared with us his photographs from his recent trip to Nepal, and he was lovely enough to allow us to post several images on the blog. And happy traveling...

I love this image above.The natural colors of wool appeal to me (we have wonderful un-dyed wool carpet in many textures & patterns!), but when wool fibers are hand dyed in the ancient traditions using vegetable and mineral dyes, the colors are stunning! An obvious pairing.

This Cherry Blossom in Celadon is running line in standard sizes and also comes in red. 

The light in this photo inspires.

I wonder where this custom beauty is scheduled to land? I can just picture the room.

It's been too long since I've posted on Moore Beautiful Floors, but we are still here and going strong. Business has picked up, and we've been collaborating with designers on custom rugs from Delos, a line new to us that we introduced this Spring. Their rugs combine the updated designs, such as bold geometric and patterns inspired by nature that also help us humans. For example the collection, Rovos, "draws it's inspiration from Africa, with its figurative Animals and Kuba Cloths. Five percent of this collection's proceeds are contributed to the World Global Fund to fight three of the world's most devastating diseases: AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria." The company is easy to work with to boot- like Mike and I- very service oriented.

Plus, we have the newest collections from Nourison. The samples finally arrived last week. We love both the Manhattan Collection and the Miami Collection (pictured above), which offers an amazing bang for the buck, especially here at Moore Floor Coverings if you're a designer.
We hope to see you all soon!
-Sloane

What Makes A Home

In my opinion area rugs,
and window treatments make a room the favorite gathering place in a house and makes it home. By expanding our rug collections and options, knowing the advantages and limitations of our lines like the backs of hands,  Mike and I create an easy and comprehensive way for the designer to shop for area rugs. At least this is our hope! We would love for our designers to provide feed back anytime on this matter, for we take the fun of designing and creating a rug with our clients very seriously.     Please comment liberally ; )

***Pictured above are a few of our gorgeous hand-embossed silk and wool rugs stocked in sizes 6 x9, 8x10, 9x12, 10x14, and custom sizes 4-6 months.

Showroom snapshots

WE LOVE BEAUTIFUL CARPETS!

All of these rugs featured here are in stock in 4x6, 6x9, 8x10, 9x12, 10x14, 12x15 and 12x18 (custom sizes avail)

Davenport Designs Ltd. Feature

Here are a few images from Ty Pennington At Home featuring one of our favorite designers, Lauren Davenport. MFC provided rugs. I love Lauren Davenport's mix of rich warm tones with the touches of sophisticated modern accessories- has an updated version of Classic Hollywood feel to me. Enjoy!-Sloane
Written by Lisa Mowry, Photos by Lauren Rubenstein and Styling by Lauren Davenport

An Atlanta Classic

We love Stan Topol here at Moore Floor Coverings. Here is an interview from a recent Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles, http://www.atlantahomesmag.com/Atlanta-Homes-and-Lifestyles/January-2010/20-Minutes-with-hellip-Stan-Topol/
Please post comments about how you have been influenced by Mr. Topol's work and stlye?