Great rooms are created from the ground up- literally.

The floor is the foundation of any room and should act as both a decorative feature and the anchor for all the other elements in the room. The floor is your opportunity to give a face to a room. It can darken or lighten the atmosphere, bring reflective shine, or demarcate spaces. Floors bring pattern and texture to a room or help disguise awkward proportions. Stripes, for example can widen a long, narrow room.

Nothing warms up a room like a beautiful rug. A rug provides a visual footprint, a guide to how to use the space within a room. Rugs can draw people to a seating area, or indicate a pathway to another space. They are a means of not only adding warmth but bringing coherence to a space, to differentiate path from place.

Don’t underestimate the warmth that a beautiful rug will bring to completing your next project. And remember that your home should be as rich and varied as the life you live within it.

Fall Collection 09

The Shivhon Fall Collection 2009 is a visual pleasure. The vision for this collection has a very comforting feel;patterns that bring a feeling of soothing and warmth. With the times we are living in, we all need a peaceful mind set and that starts at home. And we wanted to convey a sense of the basics of nature here.

The new collection is brought to life by a rich palette of the colors… warm olive, burnt sienna, honey yellow, purple heart, American beauty, and crème brulee.

Please contact us to view the entire collection, request samples, and receive price estimates. We look forward to hearing from you.

We walk on carpet almost every day, yet the appealing colors and patterns and the comfort it provides are often taken for granted. Of course we notice when it’s worn or soiled, but we seldom, if ever, think about how this product is made or how it affects indoor air quality during use.

Carpet is usually made of synthetic fibers, such as nylon, which are produced from petroleum, a non-renewable resource. Petrochemical processes for synthetic fiber production require high inputs of energy and water and produce harmful air emissions (VOCs) that contribute to smog. Carpet production itself is energy and water intensive and toxic dyes have been used to produce the attractive colors the consumers demand. Sometimes these dyes end up in streams. Carpet has also been a contributor to indoor air pollution, particularly from adhesives used for installation. Finally, old carpet is typically disposed of in landfills, taking up valuable landfill space and wasting resources that could be reused or recycled. Gratefully, the carpet industry is now finally addressing some of these major environmental impacts.

So choosing a green carpet is good for both the environment and your home. Take a look at renewable fibers such as wool and hand knotted carpets that require no machinery to be assembled. Also, most fine carpet producers are using environmentally friendly dyes and vegetable dyes in the production of their product.

Today consumers have many more choices and options when it comes to green home products. Lets work together to stop filling our landfills and create products that do not harm our bodies or the planet we call home.