West + Main Magazine Picks Blue Parakeet Rugs for Vintage Rug Guide

From West + Main

The design stars at West + Main, a design shop known for their luxurious and livable interiors across Colorado, Oregon, and Oklahoma, featured a wonderfully soulful guide to shopping for vintage rugs in their September magazine issue, including Blue Parakeet Rugs!

The primer outlines what makes vintage rugs both beautiful art pieces and durable furnishings for your home. They write, “Mystical pieces of art made of hand-spun sheep and lamb wool dipped and soaked in indigo, madder root, saffron, and other natural vegetables, flowers, teas, spices, and minerals, then hung and scattered under the sun to dry, to finally be tied one small knot at a time to create an ancient and timeless nomadic masterpiece woven from the fingers of mainly women that have an unparalleled amount of patience, imagination, and soul; this is the first thing to know before you search for your perfect antique or vintage rug. The older the rug, the truer it holds to the process we’ve laid out for you above.” We couldn’t have said it better. It’s always incredible to see our clients shopping process in action, especially the moment they “click” with a piece, like two souls meant to be together finally finding one another.

West + Main also details some of the common motifs found in antique rugs and their symbolic meanings, like the Tree of Life, which represents growth and new beginnings.

Head over to West + Main to see the full article, and see if the rug of your dreams is waiting for you over at our Shop.