Our thoughts are with Nepal.
As you may know, a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Nepal on Saturday. The loss of life is a staggering 7,500 people and rising, while the number of injured is estimated at 9,000 and rising. In many parts of the country, roads, temples, houses, and infrastructure has been destroyed or severely compromised. Due to the lack of communication it is difficult to get a sense of the total damage, especially in remote areas, however it is estimated that over eight million people have been affected.
Numerous buildings have been structurally compromised and may still collapse as aftershocks continue, driving people to sleep outside. There are shortages of many basic necessities such as water, food, tents, electricity and medicine.
Large, or small, we can all play a part in helping Nepal recover by donating to an international charity or relief organization. Kush made an immediate donation to Oxfam and will be donating a portion of sales throughout the month of May to aid in ongoing relief and rescue work. Oxfam is one of many international charities helping Nepal recover. To connect with a quality charity of your choosing, we recommend one of these groups.
Please do what you can to help the wonderful people of Nepal.
We were delighted to provide a rug to Katie Rae for the Tiny Heirloom photo shoot! Tiny Heirloom builds custom luxury homes on wheels, handmade in Portland Oregon. Their homes are small footprint spaces crafted with high quality materials and beautiful fixtures. They offer custom options with granite counter tops and wooden tables made out of actual gasp, wood. They have embraced the tiny home concept and made it truly luxurious.
Kush was delighted to assist Osmose Design with a custom colored Gem rug for their client's nursery.
Osmose Design is the creative interior design team behind such notable commercial projects as Ava Gene's, Salt & Straw, & Panic, as well as gorgeous residential interiors like the Fisher & Ricker Residences. For Portland foodies, yes, that it is Portland super chef and restauranteur Andy Ricker.
It is exciting to be a small part of such beautiful work!
To vacuum, or not to vacuum that is the question. A quality hand made rug should be vacuumed periodically to remove dirt and allergens. If your rug looks a bit dirty, give it a couple of passes with a decent vacuum. What's a descent vacuum? Ahhh, therein lies the rub, or at least the suction.
Because pile height and construction vary greatly from rug to rug, we like a vacuum that has control over the amount of suction it employs. Miele makes an entry model canister they call Quartz. The Quartz has served Kush at the gallery for many years, with only a minor incident that was easily repaired. Another nice feature of Miele, is that their models tend to be quieter than many similar brands.
For devotees of upright beater bar vacuums, make sure you can adjust the beater bar up, or down depending on the rug. With any vacuum, but especially a beater bar, make sure you don't suck in fringe, or the corners of rugs.
If you want to review several vacuum models and even test drive a few, we recommend you visit Stark. The Portland retail location has very knowledgeable staff and a reliable repair department. It's nice to have a local resource where the staff really knows their product.
For more rug cleaning tips, Kush recommends you visit Renaissance Rug Cleaning. Renaissance is our go to resource for rug stains, hand washing, repair, consultation, and appraisal.
Design by Leslie Minervini of Minervini Interiors. The Tibetan rug is River Rock Mint from our modern collection.
Design by Pangaea Interior Design. The rug was hand tufted in a stria of natural wool tones. For similar ideas, please visit our Textures Collection!
A warm red flat-weave rug, hand woven in wool. From our Mosaic Collection.
Kush brings cellular division to your floor. Amoeba Bob & Amoeba Steve used to be one, but now they are two. Which one to put on the floor is entirely up to you!
Materials: Hand tufted wool. Made to order. Lead time 8 ~ 10 weeks. Sample 3 ~ 4 weeks. Click to view more colors, or design your own.
Channeling our inner spirit animals in front of our
Expressions Tibetan Carpet. Grrrrrrr!!!
