You can find many of these type rugs on Ebay for much more affordable prices. Just do a search for malayer runner.

The poster ST favors Nain rugs, and the Habibian Nains which are still being made are among the best and are still being made and are of extremely high quality. As in all Persians, with genuine Nains (and Isfahans) what is important is the condition, the materials, the quality of the wool, the condition and thickness and density of the pile, clarity of design, and the colors should be true all the way down to the knot, and the higher knots per square inch (kpsi) the better. With Nains, in addition to kpsi, they talk about lah, and it can be 12, 9, 6 or 4 lah. The lower the lah, the better the rug and more expensive. Lah ( sometimes pronounced layeh, a Farsi word meaning layer) refers to the number of layers of threads that have been wrapped around each warp thread in making the carpet. The lower the numbers of layers of threads wrapped around the warp in making the knot, the higher the knots per square inch you can get, so a low lah is an indirect measure of a high kpsi, and good quality. A 9 lah is considered good quality. Before you plunk down your hard-earned money on a Persian of any type of rug, please educate yourself. A lot, a lot, a lot. Read every book on Persian carpets you can find, read every website, but trust the books more. Go to museums and galleries. Go to every high-end store and ask questions respectfully and don't be ashamed to say that you are in the market and are in the process of educating yourself. If you dress decently and are respectful, the store-owners will consider you a prospective customer and will be happy to educate you a bit, especially if you know something already. What you want the stores to tell you is why this or that rug is good quality and why this rug is better quality than that rug, what are the features that make it so. Is this a real Nain? Is this a Habibian? Is that signature real or a fake? Do this again and again and again to educate your eye and your hand. And if none of this interests you at all, and you just want to buy something that looks Persian-ish with a Nain-like pattern, that's okay too. There is no law that you have to buy the real McCoy, just don't spend $$$ thinking you are, to get a copy or something machine made.

I also wouldn't call that either Scandinavian or MCM in terms of style. There is no reason they couldn't go with MCM furniture or Danish modern or look well in an MCM home as they are beautiful and would work with any decor. I'm all for the well put together eclectic look as it feels to me as if the person had curated it rather than buying all at once :-) My best friend back in the day lived in an MCM home - although it wasn't called that back then because it was just a contemporary home LOL. Her parents both favored the rich bohemian look (before it was known as that). Her stepfather was a modern jeweler and as I recall they had rugs that had that kind of look and they blended well with their contemporary furniture - which would now be called MCM LOL. As I recall Rya Rugs were one of the trends back in the day or back in the MCM day. I had a Rya Rug in high school which traveled with me through my early first apartments. You might check Karastan rugs as I happened to be looking through their selection a few days ago online because I have a Karastan Rug that is about 20 years old and I was wondering if they still sell that pattern. They had a lot of rugs that looked in that style/motif you like and they appeared to be moderately priced - especially with sales on like the one Macy's is currently having. Of course, price is going to depend on size. ETA - And the Karastan Rug is the Kirman 717 so I guess it's a true classic since I loved it 20 years ago and I still love it. :-)

Matt, if you want a specific variety of tree, then you pay the price. Actually, their prices are pretty good compared to others here in the US for the size of pot and age. The shipping is what costs so much, not the tree. If you watch the youtube video on what a citrus nursery does in Africa, then you will think you have gotten a bargain because it's so labor intensive. I have purchased from Four Winds Growers many times and paid about $75 a tree because of the shipping. I pay the outrageous price because the varieties available locally to choose from is poor. Every year the same varieties are found and I have them already. Not only that, the trees found at the big box stores are not on a dwarf rootstock.