ORIENTAL RUG ACCESSORIES
Experience the allure of Oriental rugs with a quartet of stylish accessories: a set of four wood-framed coasters made from antique rug fragments (shown here); mouse pads printed with a variety of rug designs; new 16-by-24-inch wool car mats in Persian patterns hand-made in India; and a beveled mirror with antique rug upholstered frame.
Retail Price: coaster sets, $65; mouse pads, $15; car mats, $52; mirror, $1,650
Available at: Frances Lee Jasper Oriental Rugs, Quad 7, 1330 Bardstown Road, 459-1044
SIGNED PERSIAN
Why settle for a run-of-the-mill rug when you can buy a piece of art for your floor, such as this one-of-a-kind handwoven Bidjar? Made of vegetable-dyed wool, the new nine-by-12?-foot rug includes a tag depicting the Iranian town of Bidjar, where it was crafted, and is signed by the weaver.
Retail Price: $9,000
Available at: Anabel’s Oriental Rugs, Vogue Center, 3740 Frankfort Ave., 895-9595, www.anabelsorientalrugs.com
CARPET TILES
Create an inexpensive, easy-care area rug in your basement, family room or under the kitchen table from commercial-grade nylon carpet tiles. Available in a wide range of colors, textures and patterns, individual tiles can be combined in different ways to produce a design uniquely your own. Tiles are applied to the floor with double-sided carpet tape, making them a snap to remove and clean at the kitchen sink when kids or pets have an accident.
Retail Price: unpadded tiles, $1-$1.59 per square foot; padded tiles, $1.59-$2 per square foot
Available at: iCarpetiles.com, 3320 Gilmore Industrial Blvd., 810-0233, www.iCarpetiles.com [4]
BLOCK DESIGN COTTON RUG
L/files/storyimages/warmth and informality to your home with a handwoven rag rug from The Weavery, the Lexington studio of designer/weaver Harriet Giles, who offers this geometric block design in several color combinations to complement any decor, from colonial to contemporary: They include cardinal and poppy; black and walnut; Dijon, sage and terra cotta; and aqua, Aegean, willow and French blue (all shown).
Retail Price: $172 for three-by-five-foot (other sizes available by special order)
Available at: Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, 715 W. Main St., 589-0102, www.kentuckyarts.org