The Florida Gardening forum is probably a better bet for that kind of regional info.

I came across Dash & Albert while searching for a blue stripe rug (back when I was having a "something gotta give" inspired moment). layla grace sell these -- They are great for beach house!

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.

I know I submitted a response to this thread last week, I don't know where it went. Thank you to everyone for your responses, I now have plenty to choose from!