"Show Us Your Style" Contest

Enter to win a $1000 Shopping Spree at NW Rugs

by submitting a photo of a room with a rug from NW Rugs!

It's Easy....

1. LIKE the NW Rugs Facebook Page by clicking the LIKE button on our Welcome page

2. Email the photo of your room with an NW Rugs carpet to contest@nwrugs.com OR bring a photo to any NW Rugs Showroom. Make sure to include the rug name/design, purchase date and city, along with your name in the email. We will add the photos to the "Show Your Style" photo album.

If you do not have an NW Rugs carpet to enter into the contest,

you can still be entered into a random drawing to win a $500 Gift Certificate at NW Rugs by voting for one of the photos.

Two easy steps...

1. LIKE the NW Rugs Facebook Page by clicking the LIKE button on our Welcome page

2. To VOTE, Click the LIKE button on your favorite photo.

Leave a comment too if you would like. Tell us why you chose that photo.

People who enter photos can also enter the random drawing by voting - TWO CHANCES to WIN!

Photo entries accepted starting March 3rd, 2012

Start voting March 21st, 2012

You don't want to vote too early in case another fabulous room gets posted after you vote for one already posted.

Show Us Your Style - Enter now and don't forget to cast your vote starting March 21st.

TIPS FOR A WINNING PHOTO

• Photos will be cropped to 576 pixels wide X 432 pixels tall (8" wide x 6" tall). Make sure your photo will display nicely in "landscape" (wider than tall) rather than "portrait" (taller than wide).*Submit a photo up to 2 MB in file size, but not less than 300 KB file size.

•Show the rug. After all, this contest is about how your NW Rugs' carpet enhances your room's overall décor-- Show your style!

Nepalese & Tibetan Collections

Nepalese Collection: Hand-woven by artisans on the high mountains of Nepal, the Nepalese Collection is inspired by Art Deco and early modern aesthetic environments. The extra lush pile of the Nepalese rugs feature hand-spun Himalayan wool interwoven with silk accents.

This Tibetan Weave collection brings an ancient weave and fine materials to the present sensibilities of today's interior design. Simple geometric patterns, with muted accents, soft shades and neutral earth tones, are the main visual characteristics of this series.

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Making An Inspiration Reality

Many of us browse interior design or home decorating magazines and websites looking for inspiration. Sometimes we find something. Sometimes we retreat, telling ourselves “I can’t get that look. I wouldn’t know where to begin.” Sometimes we tear a picture out and “file it away” for when we get around to the re-decorating project.

One evening in September 2008, while at the opera, a gentleman sat flipping through the program before the curtain went up. His eye landed on an ad for NW Rugs. He had discovered what he had been looking for …the living room in the picture was exactly how he wanted his SW Portland living room to look. He saved the picture. Flash forward to 2010, when he and his wife set upon the task of re-doing their living room to match the photo ad.

(the inspiration photo/ad - creases and all)

The couple contacted our Tanasbourne Showroom and told their story to our design consultant, Jacque Hubl. She immediately recognized that the rug in the picture was no longer available. This of course did not deter Ms. Hubl from the hunt for a rug that would meet the couple’s need and desire. The couple had begun sourcing the furniture and the rug was one of the last pieces to go into the finished room.

Choosing the rug last can be challenging but not daunting. Often designers begin with the rug and pull all the complementary colors, textures and patterns from the rug. Fortunately, this couple was clear on what they wanted and had a picture to work from, so that made the search much less challenging. With Ms. Hubl’s assistance, they selected an excellent "near-match" in the form of a beautiful wool contemporary rug from the New Wave Collection by Momeni.

(The inspiration realized)

It is true, duplicating what you find in a picture or on HGTV exactly can be difficult. However, achieving the same feel, style and overall impact is not. With the assistance of a design consultant or experienced sales professional who is willing to work with the client as long as it takes to see the project to completion, re-creating a magazine quality look can be achieved.

We at NW Rugs pride ourselves on the level of service we provide our designers and clients. Perhaps you are trying to re-create a look you have seen. Bring in pictures and/or any color swatches and paint chips you have and our team of experts will work closely with you until your inspiration becomes a reality. We have seven locations to serve you. We're here to help!

Reintroducing a Luxury Fiber to a Changing World

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New Zealand wool is a sustainable natural fiber with outstanding beauty, performance, maintenance and health benefits.

Today’s discerning consumers are looking for more than superior quality. Increasingly, they are seeking authentic, natural products imbued with integrity and sustainability.

NW Rugs offers several collections created using New Zealand wool, which is universally considered one of the finest in the world. We believe our clients appreciate our commitment to bringing the best products available to the market.

Integrity: New Zealand wool is grown in open pastureland following sustainable land use and animal friendly practices, resulting in fiber that is natural, renewable and biodegradable.

Health: New Zealand wool is non-allergenic and its natural properties provide inherent fire resistance, air purification and moisture control, creating an exceptionally safe and healthy indoor environment.

Comfort: New Zealand wool’s natural insulating properties result from wool’s unique biological structure, thereby reducing heat loss, condensation and noise levels to create a welcoming and comfortable ambiance.

Beauty: New Zealand wool’s superior quality enables extensive design, color and pattern flexibility, while wool’s natural ability to shrug off dirt and spring back into shape after crushing ensures long lasting good looks to complement and enhance any room setting.

Two of many NW Rugs vendors are -

Nourison: Nourison is one of the largest and most diversified producers and importers of handmade and machine made rugs. They found that New Zealand wool presented the best quality, so it began using it almost exclusively in its signature products.”

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Calvin Klein Home – Luster Wash Collection

Iintroducing the wash series, a mini collection of four rugs added to the luster wash group. Inspired by nature using a watercolor-like technique, each rug is imbued with a subtle and uniquely elegant patina. luxuriously textured, our luster wash rug collection is produced with 100% New Zealand wool pile and reflects the highest standards of craftsmanship and attention to detail. offered in beryl, citrine, amber and chrome.

Sphinx by Oriental Weavers: “Always a fashion leader, the first Sphinx wool rug that carried the Wools of New Zealand brand was Patina, launched in 1998. Since then, Sphinx has expanded its use.”

Andy Warhol Home Collection

Andy Warhol was known for breaking the rules, harnessing the latest technology to express his ideas, and creating a new movement in Twentieth Century art to be studied and imitated for years to come. The Andy Warhol Home Collection is divided into design categories that span the different themes of his portfolio Factory, Pop Abstracts, Pure, Revolution, Signature, and Simply Andy. The Factory designs were influenced by the early textures and shading of Warhol's "Factory" period.

GREEN STYLE; Hemp Area Rugs

Eco friendly decorating that’s stylish, practical, and innovative has finally hit the floor. Eco sensitive rugs made from diverse materials ranging from: natural fibers like wool to upcycled poly-silk blends to recycled nylon fibers to repurposed bicycle tires are fashioned into creative and innovative forms that will have you taking a second look at what lies beneath your feet.

Inspired by nature, Verde is a completely organic collection of rugs hand-knotted of 100% hemp and colored with vegetable dyes. Part of the "Naturally…Momeni" group of products, Verde is completely eco-friendly and will offer a environmentally conscious touch to your home.

Hemp makes sense ecologically and aesthetically. In fact, hemp fiber is stronger than cotton, and its dense heavy weave lays flat. Hemp Area Rugs have a naturally course texture, and will soften somewhat with time and actually become stronger as it wears. Hemp is also naturally resistant to rot and mildew.

Hemp Facts:

• Hemp grows without pesticides and chemicals fertilizers. It actually outruns weeds.
• Nearly every part of the hemp plant --from the stalk to the seeds--can be utilized for products such as cosmetics, textiles, and fiberboard.
• Hemp grows up to 150 times faster than trees and yields four times as much fiber per acre.
• Consumption of hemp products conserves oil and timber resources.

Momeni’s Verde Collection of organically hip rugs are hand-knotted from 100% hemp and colored with eco-friendly vegetable dyes. Decorating divas with chemical sensitivities will love this Momeni rug since it is free of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) which are known to aggravate respiratory conditions such as Asthma and allergies.

Caring for Your Hemp Rug:

When cleaning your hemp rug it is best to first start with using water and a toothbrush or a scrub brush depending on the size of the area you want to clean. If the area is large, we advise taking the rug outside and hosing it down. It can be left outside to dry in the summer, or hung to air dry inside. Occasionally, water is not sufficient to clean the hemp rug. In this situation, we advise using a very mild dish soap or detergent along with a toothbrush or scrub brush to clean the area. After using the mild soap, it is important to rinse the area thoroughly as any residue left on the rug may give it a powdered appearance.

Use white vinegar mixed with a mild dish soap to protect colors when cleaning. 1 cup vinegar to 1 gallon water, or stronger, is recommended. Rinse thoroughly on both sides and make sure all soap residue is gone before drying. The use of a wet-vac is ok, but hot water is strongly discouraged (luke-warm to cold water is best). Colors should be expected to fade somewhat even with these precautions. Minimum soap and maximum white vinegar (only) is the best advice against color fading. These rugs are not machine-washable. Please note that naturally dyed products may fade when placed in direct sun.

See the entire Verde Collection from Momeni at any one of our seven showrooms or call if you have questions.

The Subtle Wonder of Nepalese Craftmanship

A series of contemporary and traditional designs in warm and earthy colors. All rugs in the Jade Collection are hand woven with 100% hand-spun wool, which imparts striations in color for today's all important vintage look and feel.

See more rugs in the Jade Collection here.