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Quality of Nourison rugs from Select Rugs

13 years ago

Hi! New to the forum, but likely to be here for a long time because I am building and furnishing a new house.

I had a little melt down yesterday when the designer at a local high end furniture/design store presented me with their best price on 2 rugs for a large (20' x 32') combo Great/Game room. The price was $25K for 2. I am spending plenty on this house, but I had warned him that I would not buy high cost rugs for this room because of my indoor dogs, roudy grandchildren, and 3 young nephews. The rugs were hand tied with color theme of ivory, silvery blue, light sage green, and a some rust brown. I wasn't wild about the rust brown, and I hated the price.

After reading an old post on this forum today I looked at Select Rugs and picked out 2 Nourison's. They are light blue, ivory and tan. The total price for these 2 big rugs is $5,500. Looks like a bargain to me - if - the quality is good.

Please post if you know of these rugs. It says that they are hand made in China. Links:

http://www.selectrugs.com/rugdetails.aspx?id=24300&name=heritage_he15-aqu_rugs.html

and

http://www.selectrugs.com/rugdetails.aspx?id=25086&name=nourison_3003-aqu_rugs.html

FYI, the flooring is polished Travertine.

Any input is appreciated! Thanks, Pam

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peaches12345
13 years ago
I have several Nourison area rugs in my home and love them. Have had them 10+ years and they look as good today as when I got them. I can't speak about Select Rugs as I bought my Nourisons in a local high end rug shop, but I think Nourison would serve your purpose very well. Nourison is a well-known company.
pamelah
Original Author
13 years ago
Thanks, Patty. I apprecuate your response.
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last modified: 8 years ago
This is an old post but for anyone who is wondering...the rugs that the designer quoted OP for are hand knotted and Nourison ones OP posted are hand tufted. Knotted is of significantly better quality and more luxurious than the Nourison tufted rugs. $25K for two is steep but that is because OP went to a high end furniture store. Furniture stores ALWAYS charge double because they buy from factory direct stores like RugKnots so they have to mark the rugs up to turn a profit. Factory direct will always be cheaper and of the same quality. The hand tufted rugs OP choose are wonderful but they do not even begin to compare in quality to a hand knotted rug.

Hand made, hand woven, hand spun= Tufted by machine. The reason marketers get away with it because human hands load the yarn into the machine that makes the rug. They are NOT made by hand.

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