By any measure, the rug industry has exploded in the past several decades. Once a highly specialized expression of local culture, hand-made rugs have become a metaphor for the new global economy. Traditional designs have been reinterpreted to coordinate with current colors and trends, and new designs that owe no debt to tradition at all [ read more… ]
If you’ve been out there furniture shopping, looking through magazines or just on a quick dash to your local Target, you can’t help but notice: home decor has become lean and clean. Gone are the frills and flounces, the checks and the plaids, the fussy details. Say hello to the new modernism. It’s crisp, it’s [ read more… ]
