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Nowadays, with the coming of websites where you can buy area rugs on sale, buying area rugs online and at discount prices has become so easy. You don’t even have to step outside your house. You can buy area rugs online at affordable discount prices simply by finding the best price, or a coupon, and shopping  from some reputable website. Discount coupons are widely available online. With them you can purchase beautiful rugs from popular manufacturers, who keep rugs of all varieties of latest designs and styles from authorized dealers, at discount prices. All these you can do from the comfort of your home, because in these days of computers and the Internet, you can buy area rugs for discount sale online.

Area Rugs on Sale are not so hard to find.

An online area rug sales event is the best time to buy top brands such as Karastan Rugs or Momeni Rugs. A sale actually happens when either supply exceeds demand or when a manufacturer wants to advertise its area rugs. And, sometimes the economic downturns and slow sales will help in finding great deals as many dealers and manufacturers are in need of some quick cash. Such an event is obviously an opportunity for the consumer who wants to buy area rugs online to purchase good quality area rugs for sale at very low discount prices. This explains the huge rush that is always seen at online sales of area rugs. Coupons are distributed online and customer service networks work around the clock advertising their area rugs for sale in aggressive and modern-day advertising. Needless to say, people are satisfied making purchases from such genuine sales held by original manufacturers, and keep looking out for and returning to area rugs sales online because it is only at these sales that they get such discount prices that they cannot get anywhere else.
However, you must be careful while buying from these online sales sites or else you will end up buying low quality fake area rugs for sale carrying big brand names. These fakes only look like real, but they are not really so, and most often they are not even from the manufacturer they purport to be. They do not last long. They shed color on even careful washing and very soon begin to show signs of wearing out. Only experts can tell the difference between a genuine product and a fake. Since most casual buyers are not experts, they must be very careful so that they are not cheated out of their money at these fake discount online area rug sales.

One common misleading tactic used by many online area rug merchants is claiming to offer the consumer certain amount of percentage, I’ve even seen some ‘Up to 80% Off’ and if you don’t do the math for yourself, you may end up paying more compare to an “18% Off” coupon from AreaRugsClub.com. I encourage you to try this for yourself to see what I’m exactly talking about.

There are so many kinds of sales these days: holiday sales, pre-holiday sales, early bird sales, post-holiday sales, etc. With so many sale ads on TV or on the Internet it’s not always easy to decide who to buy from or which deal is the best deal. Some merchants may offer the rug of your choice on a “sale price”, but only for a limited time, some may discount it at a price lower than the “sale price”, some may not have free shipping or return policies. There can be various options and restraints like these, and one needs to be very cagey to be able to choose the right online area rug sale to buy from. Some items may have a “quantities limited” or a “not available at all stores” tag. So read advertisements carefully. Take very thorough stock of a sales situation, ask around, get in touch with other local area rug enthusiasts who might have visited such sales, get feedback – in other words, before you go and spend your money, do your homework right. How frustrating it is if you drive to a shop located far away only to find that the item you are looking for is out of stock!
One should be very careful when purchasing online. Only retailers who have secure websites with a “locked” symbol at the bottom which indicates they have been verified by authoritative agencies like Verisign may be trusted. Buying from retailers without secure websites may not be safe; your credit card information may get stolen, your personal information may get stolen, or you may not get the right merchandise that was advertised in their discount online area rugs sale websites. These are often online hackers and swindlers. One should note down the physical location and phone number of the online retailer before ordering from them using credit cards. Also check out the shipping and return policies, for some people forget that they should figure in shipping costs, if any, and delivery time, and not just take note of the price, when buying area rugs online. So many of them provide the facility of free shipping. So why should one not avail themselves of this wonderful money-saving facility online. When there is free shipping, delivery is hassle-free. You are not only spared the cost of transportation but also the trouble associated with it. Buying out-of-state will also save you money on taxes, which could be hundreds of dollars, depending on the amount you spend. A smart shopper can find great deals on area rugs and save a bundle!

I hope you find these tips helpful. Your comments and questions are always welcomed.

James

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Posted on December 13th, 2008 under Area Rugs. Tags: area rug, Area Rugs, Area Rugs Free Shipping, Area Rugs on Sale, Area Rugs Online, Coupon Code, Discount Area Rugs, Discount Coupon, karastan rugs, momeni rugs, rugs. Comments: 1

Rugs For Sale: You could save big when there are genuine manufacturer's sales events.

Rugs for sale in a true sense of value do not come by everyday. Good things are either free or very expensive and hard to find; a discount coupon for good area rugs for sale, for example, is something that’s pretty rare although we are flooded with images of coupons in our virtual and snail mailboxes. Not that there aren’t sales going on all the time. Its just that most sales are not really genuine sales at all, but ways to lure people in and dupe then into buying cheap area rugs, low-grade stuff. In these so-called sales, one will find rugs looking like Momeni Rugs or Karastan rugs being sold at deep discounts. Buy them and a few months later these rugs will start looking a few years old.

People still look for sales, because original and good-quality rugs are expensive stuff and beyond the means of ordinary shop-goers. An “Original Karastan 700” may cost in the thousands, and a real Persian rug can be even more costly. People want to have these exquisite things, and the only time most people can buy one is at discount sales for area rugs, like the National Karastan Month going on at the time of writing this blog.

These sales occur when a manufacturer gets overloaded with stock, or simply when a manufacturer wants to advertise their product to the general public. It is best to look for sales held by original manufacturers or by trustworthy online shops like AreaRugsClub.com. One generally finds the best quality discount area rugs here. People, therefore, are always on the lookout for sales coupons. But one must be careful that the sales that they are getting coupons for are genuine sales.

This website is here with the purpose of educating our readers on how to choose genuine area rug discount sales from the rest. We will discuss great deals that are going around, and we will tell you where to find the best savings and the most genuine coupons. You will be able to interact with a community of sale-goers in our Area Rugs Forum and share your knowledge and experience of past and future sales. Have a happy shopping this holiday season!

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Posted on November 1st, 2008 under Area Rugs. Tags: Area Rugs, Coupon, Discount Area Rugs, karastan, karastan rugs, momeni rugs, Rugs For Sale, Sale. Comments: None

Karastan rugs has announced that its manufacturing plant in Eden, NC has achieved ISO 14001 certification with the International Organization for Standardization. Karastan’s spinning and worsted wool facilities in Greenville, NC have receive this prestigious environmental certification. Karastan wool rugs are one of the best sellers among “green area rugs.”

ISO 14001 is an environmental management standard (EMS) that specifies a set of procedures and requirements. The purpose of this standard is to help organizations become more environmentally friendly. Some of the benefits of an ISO 14001 include:

• Encourages organizations to improve in overall environmental performance and compliance
• Provides a set of protocols for using pollution prevention practices to meet EMS standards and objectives
• Cost savings when managing environmental obligations and increase efficiency.
• Promotes consistency in managing environmental obligations.
• Advances effective targeting of scarce environmental management resources.
• Gives consumers the reassurance they need that the organization’s environmentally friendly claims are valid.

“Conformity to ISO 14001 standards benefits the environment, our company and our customers,” says Scott Mair, director of manufacturing for Karastan. “By making environmentalism a priority, we constantly strive to find better and more efficient ways to meet our eco-goals. These efforts are reflected in products with environmental value and selling power that sets our customers apart.”

Karastan is also proud that all New Zealand wool it uses is scoured by a company that meets stringent Environmental Choice New Zealand specifications.

If you are shopping for area rugs, don’t miss Karastan Sale going on right now at AreaRugsClub.com. Take an additional 20% off already reduced prices. Just enter the coupon code: KNM58 at checkout.

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Posted on October 13th, 2008 under Area Rugs, In the News. Tags: Area Rugs, Environmentally Friendly, Green Area Rugs, ISO 14001, karastan, Karastan rug, karastan rugs, Karastan Sale, Karastan Wool Rugs, wool. Comments: 1

Artworks Rugs: Karastan Colette Red

PLUM Blossom, one of the twelve-series Karastan Artworks area rugs collection, is a fresh, modern and distinctive rug that offers imaginative statement-making designs in a series of hand-made rugs. A variety of available techniques are craftily used in this series to give a plethora of colors, shades, textures and definitions. Many diverse combination of wool and viscose yarn yield a juxtaposition of luxurious softness, subtle shimmer and textural interest in the Karastan Artworks collection, specifically in the Plum Blossom.

The Karastan Artworks is a spirited design in the Studio by Karastan series. What sets it apart is the use of specially constructed yarn and wool combinations in a handcrafting setting to create carved decorations and fine-grained modular texture. The breathtaking variety of techniques used to create this design element in flowers and trees and other modern motifs makes the Artwork Plum Blossoms a unique Karastan area rug creation. These decorative details are further underlined by the use of cut-and-loop techniques that contrasts yarn from yarn and creates depth and space in the design elements.

The colors of these Karastan Artworks area rugs are strong and vigorous, and shimmer effects illuminate them in a beautiful manner and style. The motifs express various lifestyle interests and draw the attention of the candid buyer and admirer. Karastan has own not a few of these latter with the artwork collection and Plum Blossom.

The twelve names in the series are Bolero, Mimosa, Bistro, Couture, Tango, Colette-red, Colette-yellow, Plum Blossom, Plum Blossom Maize, Plum, Blossom Mocha, Zen Garden and Trade Winds. As these interesting names suggest, each of these in the Artwork series is a unique and novel creation from Karastan area rugs manufacturer. The Plum Blossom, especially, with its slightly faded colors and simple natural designs is very evocative of softer shades of nature. These area rugs are highly prized in various drawing rooms across the length and breadth of the North American continent and elsewhere.

Don’t miss the Karastan Sale going on right now. Look at the previous post for discount karastan coupon!

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Posted on September 27th, 2008 under Area Rugs. Tags: Area Rugs, Artworks Rugs, karastan, karastan area rugs, karastan plum blossom, karastan rugs, Karastan Sale, rugs. Comments: None

Karastan National Month is Here!

Karastan National month are special times to save big on Karastan Rugs.

A sale promotion as big as this from Karastan is always a much-awaited affair, and customers who cannot otherwise afford to buy a Karastan, but must have one, have their dreams come true!

Karastan rugs can seem pretty expensive to some, but considering that they are made in the US under very strict quality standards, environmentally friendly (green rugs), child labor free, with lifetime or twenty year warranty, and are seemingly everlasting, the prices don’t seem to be too high at all. Buying a rug which will not last 10 years at half the price is probably not as good an investment as buying a Karastan that can last many decades but perhaps cost a bit more. Karastan area rugs are the only machine-made rugs in the world that when used for years, you can still get good money for them.

Enjoy the Karastan Sale while you can! Just enter the coupon code in “Discount Coupon/ Gift Certificate” box at checkout.

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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 under Area Rugs. Tags: Area Rugs on Sale, child labor free, Echo-Freindly, Enviromentally Friendly, green rugs, karastan, karastan area rugs, Karastan rug, karastan rugs, Karastan Sale, Rug Sale, rugs. Comments: None

Karastan area rugs took a novel direction in 2006 with the introduction of the Shapura collection. “We’re always looking for ways to expand on traditional collection,” said Elizabeth Miller, senior vice president of design for Karastan. “So we decided to develop a line for a customer who may not have felt Karastan was for them.”

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The Shapura rugs emulate the jaded shades of vegetable-dyed yarn and the close color values so characteristic of authentic handmade Peshawars. The exquisite details that used to be possible only in fine-crafted handmade rugs are now visible even in these Axminster rugs, and the faded, worn effect created by Karastan’s patented luster wash technology also gives these rugs a unique authentic sheen. These Shapura rugs once again demonstrate the superiority of Karastan in the space of machine-made but authentic looking Oriental area rugs.

These Karastan area rugs have come out in some of the most beautiful Persian designs, Tiana, Tiana Ivory, Tiana Glacier Blue, Athena and Mandara. Each comes with 20 year warranties and lifetime moth resistance warranties and the support that Karastan traditionally gives to its customers. With these new area rugs, the Shapura collection, Karastan is sure to get a lot more converts to its fold.

The original Peshawar area rugs were made with a special process using hand-spun wool that gave a very characteristic color when dyed and woven. These rugs were prized for interiors, especially bedrooms, for their subdue color palettes and natural-looking hue. Karastan master craftsmen have created these same colors and texture using their Axminster looms, and yet have managed to retain the authentic natural tones of Peshawar rugs.

Each of these rugs has a unique patina. They remind one of Oriental bazaars and colorful carpet-weavers carrying on with their craft in warm sunlight. They look so authentic that even a master craftsman from Peshawar will be hard put to tell one from the other. Karastan has once again been able to make a statement of its own with the Shapura collection.

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Posted on September 17th, 2008 under Area Rugs. Tags: Area Rugs, karastan area rugs, Karastan Coupon, karastan rugs, Karastan Sale, Karastan Shapura, rugs, Rugs On Sale, Traditional Rugs. Comments: None

There are area rugs and there are more area rugs, and then there is that one rug that blends perfectly into your room. The trick lies in knowing how to choose. You have to keep a lot of things in mind while choosing that ideal area rug for your home. Whether it is the color, the texture or the design, you have to consider each of these and see how snugly they fit into the general decor of your room before you buy your area rug.

10 Easy Tips to choose area rugs from a vast selection.

So let’s check out some easy tips that can come handy while choosing area rugs for home decorating.

Color:

The first thing that’s important about an area rug is its color. The color of the rug you choose must be in tune with the color of the place you’re going to place that rug in. You should not forget that color coordination creates the vital bond between your room and the rug. Thirty percent of a room’s color is dominated by the color of the floor covering. If you want the area rug to be the center ‘color bank’ for your room, choose the paint color of your room according to the colors of the area rug.

For instance, choose a rug that has patterns with multiple, distinct colors. Then you can plan your room’s color scenario around the colors of that area rug and even extend the plan to other rooms with different rugs while keeping the rug colors complementary to each other. If you want area rugs that conform to your room’s general appearance, then you may want to opt for low key tones and designs that easily blend in your room’s decor while adding a new dimension to it. A textured rug is a really great choice when you want to provide a backdrop for your furnishings. You can use textured rugs that are slightly darker or lighter than the wall color to create a subtle color movement in the background.

Design:

After color, the second aspect that counts is the design of the area rug. While area rugs as a whole are an extension of the owner’s personality; the design of the rug can easily be termed as the most visual way of achieving that. Be it contemporary or traditional, both styles account for your self-expression and taste. Geometric patterns are best suited for modern settings; whereas traditional floral patterns are the ones you can use to enhance the English garden feel. When mixing patterns, it is important to remember that either the color or the pattern should be in sync with each other. This helps in binding the décor of your rooms. Another thing to note is that patterned area rugs are far better at hiding stains than solid colors. So you may want to place one under your dining table, where spills are likely to occur!

Karastan Artworks, Plum Blossom

Texture:

The texture of an area rug matters a lot in choosing the right one, too. It is the key feature that adds to the room’s warmth. The way the rug feels, literally adds to the feel of the room. A wool rug adds warmth and definition to a room that has shiny or smooth surfaces. What you can do with this is aim to get a balance of textures. Considering the variety of area rugs available today, the possibilities are endless.

Materials:

They can be divided into two categories, natural and man made. By far, the material that dominates the world of area rugs is wool. Wool rugs are elegant in texture, highly durable, maintenance is easy and they are crush resistant. Other natural materials like silk, viscose, cotton and jute are used. Silk is expensive but is highly appreciated for its luster. The original rugs which Karastan’s Persian Renaissance collection were inspired from, offered exhaustive examples of how silk is used as accents along with other material. The effect is exquisite. Apart from silk, cotton is used as a foundation for many rugs and viscose (which is derived from wood pulp) acts as a good substitute for silk when used as accents with another material. Jute, coir and sisal are also used but though they have interesting textures, they get stained pretty easily. Man made fibers like nylon and polypropylene are cheap and easy to maintain but traditionalists may say that they lack the warmth of natural fibers, and environmentally conscience consumers find these choice unacceptable due to the effect they have on mother earth. We, AreaRugsClub.com, offer Echo-Friendly, or “green rugs” inline with our commitment to save our environment for us and our future generations.

Quality:

Now we can talk about the whole new concept of quality. Various factors blend in to determine an area rug’s quality. The first thing to notice is the craftsmanship of area rugs. They can be hand woven, hand tufted, machine-woven and tufted. To figure out the best option for you, consider the general make of the rug along with the fiber used and the precision in design. All of these account for a good area rug.

Among the materials used, wool tops the list for various reasons. It is the unanimous standard for comparisons with other materials. You pay more than man made fibers but it’s worth the price.

Skill:

The skill of the artisan who has made the rug (and the machines in power-loomed rugs) is another important factor. The skill of the artisan and the beauty of the rug are directly related.

Pile Density:

This, along with the fiber which was used to create the rug, is arguably the most important indicator on how long your rug will going to last and keeps its original look. It refers to the amount of yarn used in making of the rug and how close the Knots, or weaves, are to each other. Denser the rug, the better it will stand up to time.

Finishing:

This is important as wool area rugs need moth proofing and you should make sure when buying a wool rug that it has been done.

Size:

It is also necessary that you know the size of the room where you want to place your rug. For family rooms, it is good to have one large rug with 12 to 18 inches floor space to frame the rug. Measure the dimensions of your dining table if you intend to place one in the dining room. The table should fit within the rug with extra space for the chairs. We recommend pulling the chairs out on each end, then measure from the back legs and add a few inches. Long runners are good for hallways, and you can even opt to put different runner rugs one after the other, but keep the colors in mind. Bedrooms usually demand a large luxurious rug that is heaven for your bare feet, so that you wake up every morning on the soft side of the bed!

Kids and Pets:

If you have kids or pets at home then it is very likely that mishaps will occur. In such a situation, you should always choose a rug that is easy to clean. Wool is the best choice as it is resistant to soil and stains while being easy to clean.

So when buying a new area rug, keep these things in mind and it will help you to streamline your options because you WILL have a lot of options if you are buying from Arearugsclub.com.

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Posted on August 29th, 2008 under Area Rugs. Tags: area rug, Area Rugs, Artworks, color, design, Echo-Friendly, green rugs, interior design, karastan, karastan area rugs, karastan plum blossom, karastan rugs, Plum Blossom, rugs, texture, wool rug, wool rugs. Comments: 2

Karastan features Kelly Preston in six of its “Make A Statement” ads of 2008 that are running in leading home and lifestyle publications. Preston, along with her husband John Travolta, is one of Hollywood’s “A-list celebrities.  She supports Beyond Pesticides, a national research and advocacy group dedicated to eliminating the use of toxic pesticides, and Save Our Seas, a not-for-profit organization that aims to preserve the world’s oceans for future generations.

Actress Kelly Preston (center) poses with Karastan Retailers.

Kelly Preston joined Karastan Rugs, America’s finest rug manufacturer, in celebrating its 80th anniversary and the opening of its showroom at the World Market in Las Vegas. Retailers attending the event enjoyed posing with Kelly Preston, who was happy to autograph photos of herself from Karastan’s national print campaign.

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Posted on August 24th, 2008 under In the News. Tags: karastan, Karastan News, karastan rugs. Comments: 1

These days, you cannot buy an area rug from a reputable seller without being offered free shipping; the two go hand in hand. It is always nice to know that companies care about not only the selling part but also the safe and trouble free shipping of your precious area rug. With the area rug industry growing with leaps and bounds, the aim shifts from only selling the product to creating a new bond between the company and it’s valued customer, you. Free shipping is one of the most important values that can be added to the selling of a product. Customers love it, and when it comes to be a matter of choice, they will always go for that area rug which comes with free shipping.

AreaRugsClub.com offers free shipping and no tax!

Speaking of area rugs, the limits to your choice are endless. From the representation of your whimsical desire to pure class and elegance, the area rug of today provides for all of that with little or rather no difficulty at all. With the shattering of the barrier between the machine woven area rug and the handmade, the diversification in terms of quality, style and design is wondrous. And, the best part is that you don’t have to pay a single cent to ship it to anywhere you want. They have not started fedexing to moon at the time of this writing, but if there were people up there, and they were buying area rugs, I wouldn’t be surprised if these dealers offered free shipping. In today’s competitive market, that is, to reiterate, one of the best values that a seller can add to that splendid rug for your home décor.

Do not be under the impression that you have to spend a lot of money in order to elevate the mood of your home to a new exquisite height. An area rug does the job with acute precision. Brands like the famous Karastan sell affordable area rugs that will simply blow your mind. Though Karastan manufactures machine made rugs; don’t get fooled with that, because when placed beside a handmade rug, even the experts have doubts deciding which one is the machine-made one and which the handmade. To create something like this, a complete mimicry of human artwork, this is sheer mechanical excellence. It is not though that Karastan makes only machine made area rugs, as they import a lot of Persian rugs and Indian ones. Whether handmade or machine woven, one general assurance that the brand provides you is the guarantee of the quality of the wool, which is used to manufacture the rugs. Karastan uses wool of the highest quality to make their wonder rugs. This is a guarantee that has been there since 1928 and they intend to keep it that way, with no compromises on this one, ever.

Discount rugs are available from most dealers and you’d be amazed to see the level of quality you can get even when there is the discount tag attached to it. The discount is not because the rugs are bad but rather it is the celebration of the goodwill of the various companies as they are out to provide the customer satisfaction and in return, the inception of a life long relationship between them. The free shipping policy plays a pivotal role in developing this relationship.

Choice of material is never a matter of constraint. So what if you don’t like wool? There’s so much to choose from. New materials and fibers are being introduced constantly, in an effort to provide you the best possible option that you can have for your home. For example, manufacturers are using nylon in ways that you can’t imagine. It won’t even feel like nylon to you. Some may say that this is overworking the methods of rug making but on the contrary, it is the evidence of the untiring dedication of the manufacturers to furnish the maximum possible choices for you. They are very well aware of the fact that your home is important to you and it is important that you get an exhaustive range of options from which you can find the perfect one for your home.

Rugs and home; the former complements the latter and becomes the pride of any home owner for whom the look and feel of his or her home matters. This relationship has its own history and the variety of rugs that are found all across the globe are a testament to it. The Persians made their rugs a whole aspect of their identity and so did many other cultures. The explanation is simple, because rugs can define one’s home, add that essential warmth and color to any part of your home. This wonderful property of the area rug makes it the pride of any room and of course, your home. Use a rug to change your home and the way you will remember your home when days have passed across the landscape of time. A rug adds to the perfect home and takes the not so perfect home to the pedestal of perfection. If you own a good rug from a reputable collection, your satisfaction, so far as making your home a more livable place is concerned, is guaranteed.

So stop looking for expensive ways to achieve your goal of beautifying your home, and go buy an area rug. You’ll most definitely end up saying, “why didn’t I try this before?”

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Posted on August 22nd, 2008 under Area Rugs. Tags: area rug, Area Rugs, discount rugs, free delivery, free shipping, handmade, home decor, karastan, karastan area rugs,