Karastan Rugs that Create Style

Floor coverings have always been an important part of home decor. An Oriental rug just naturally pulls a room together from its four corners, blending and interacting with other furnishings in any given setting. Rich with heritage and culture, they are rugs that represent a time line of the old world in an array of flavorful styles.

Oriental rugs have always captured the artful romantic in all of us with soft, luscious wool fibers that never seem to lose their form. Bright exotic patterns bring life to any room, mesmerizing with that unique class that only the talented weavers of Asia can create.

The western world fell in love with the velvety, eastern essence in every rug design and in the early 20th century, companies and individuals were striving to mass produce the Oriental rug. Before long they discovered that you could not duplicate a work of art on an assembly line.

But in 1926, an industrialist, with an eye for design, modified a weaving loom that simulated the Oriental rug with a machine. Marshall Field appreciated the intricate detail of the hand woven work of art and created a loom that worked through the back to replicate the original. Today this company still exists through Mohawk Industries and is headquartered in Georgia.

The patented process and finishing steps are not the only reasons behind the success of Karastan rugs. Karastan is the only company in America that uses worsted wool products, the very best wool that is available today and still used in hand woven Oriental rugs.

Similar to the hand made Oriental, karastan rugs have an extremely long life, up to 21 years beyond conventional floor coverings. The strong, natural materials that are used also reduces energy consumption by 50%, guaranteeing warmth where it is needed.

Karastan offers a multitude of styles without wandering away from the original heritage found in the Asian and Orient alliance of style. Sources of new styles may come from cave drawings or antique designs found in museums. The nature of preserving the Oriental rug is important at Karastan and all that it represents.

You will never find a blend of chemicals in a Karastan rug that create their vivid colors. Properly mixed natural dyes from the extracts of plants and vegetables are the sign of a true weaver's skill in obtaining just the perfect combination of color and tone. And because wool is a natural absorbent to indoor contaminants, is fire retardant and resistant to dirt, you can rest assured that you are doing your part in buying only a pure, natural product.

The Karastan rug is more expensive than any other machine made carpet but you definitely will not think of your new floor covering as just another mass produced, synthetic, short lived rug. With a twenty-year warranty and a lifetime guarantee against moths, the Karastan resembles a hand woven Oriental rug with a ruggedness that makes it worthy for any area of your home.