Decorate like The Godfather

Uncategorized Last week, AMC celebrated the 40th anniversary of The Godfather movies by running all three over and over and over.  Of course, I had to watch them over and over and over as well.  Part II of The Godfather trilogy is by far my favorite, partially because...

I Think Knot

Uncategorized A rug recently came into our shop for repair, and it was something that even my dad had never seen before.  It was a rug that was started using one type of knot technique and then completed using another. On the surface of the rug you can’t tell a...

Stairway to Carpet Heaven

Uncategorized Our newest, most exciting acquisition this month is not a new rug, but a staircase on wheels.  Not sure what it is officially called, but to me, it is heaven.  Now I can get rugs down off the racks myself without having to wait for help from someone with...

White House Library Rug

Uncategorized Recently, photos of the White House decorated for the holidays were released.  Normal people are probably oohing and ahhing over the trees, the ornaments, and the marzipan miniature of the White House, but not me.  I’m drooling over the rug in the White...

Yarn Organization

Uncategorized There is a good chance that my next post will be from an insane asylum somewhere, as organizing our ginormous knots of yarn which we use for rug repairs is making me crazy. Recently, I decided that our organizational system (I use the term loosely)...

A Rug in the Unlikeliest of Places

Uncategorized Last night, my husband and I were watching a show about a show about Zombies.  (Sad that I’m willing to admit that.)  “Walking Dead” is a show about Zombies that my husband somehow convinced me to watch, and now, I’m too scared to stop watching it. ...