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From poolside to lanais, in residential and commercial settings, SHIVHON outdoor carpet products reflect many of the latest and most sophisticated trends in carpet styling. The outdoors is becoming an increasingly important part of homes today. Outdoor hearths, grills, and furniture create perfect getaways in the comfort of your own yard. Pools, spas, and hot tubs provide a sense of personal luxury, and upgraded landscaping and gardening amenities are more popular than ever. With SHIVHON outdoor carpet products, you can now buy the perfect foundation and finishing touch for all your outdoor spaces.

Our outdoor carpets are constructed of the finest UV stabilized fibers and are mold and mildew resistant.

How To Select The Right Area Rug

Area rugs can make such a beautiful contribution to any room and they are often the first thing that catches the eye as you walk into the room. In view of that, doesn't it make sense to select the right area rug for each room of your home?
Of course, area rugs come in almost every size, shape and color combination imaginable, but a lot will depend on what the intended use is for the rug and the budget that you have to work with. Hand made rugs are considered to be of high quality and able to stand up to constant use and heavy wear.
In fact, for most people hand made rugs can be the best solution all around as they offer solid and durable construction and wide choice of styles and patterns at affordable prices. If the rug will be used in a room that is not decorated with fine furniture and accessories, why spend the money for the most expensive rug to put on the floor? On the other hand, if your room is filled with very high quality furnishings, why would you want to put down an area rug that does not fit with it's surroundings?
Hand made area rugs are still considered the best available area rug product and they possess a look and feel that is superior to all machine made rugs. You will find that our handmade rugs use the highest quality Tibetan wool for construction simply because it lasts much longer and stand up to heavier amounts of traffic than most other fibers. Tibetan wool also gets softer the more you walk on it. So pay attention to the material used to make the rug.
The weaving process of a hand made rug can be important too as the more densely the knots are placed together the higher quality of the rug. This is referred to as knots per square inch and our hand made rugs boast a weave density of 100 knots per square inch.
Of course, such high quality hand made area rugs can be expensive, but if used in the correct surroundings and treated as a piece of fine furniture that is cared for properly, they will last for many years and look incredibly beautiful while doing so.
So when you choose an area rug, first determine where it will go and try to match the decor of that room as much as possible, then choose the level of quality that will match your budget, and you will be able to make a wise choice.

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.

For the love of our oceans

As you know, our office is located on the North Shore of Oahu where the ocean plays a daily role in our lives. Its simple- we love the ocean, our quiet beaches, waves, and salty trade winds blowing through our hair. In anticipation of the surf season just a few months ahead SHIVHON carpets will be releasing several new abstract carpet designs that capture our love of the ocean and its waves.

The way we see it life’s circumstances are very much like the ocean and her waves, they are constantly in motion. They are whatever they are, wherever they are at any given moment and it is our responsibility to be flexible and work with them. The ocean is our spiritual connection to the earth. To live on land we must learn from the sea…to be free as the tides, free as a wind swell, joyful and loving in letting it be. The ocean also has a way of unleashing our creativity so that it flows without effort: it allows us the opportunity to have our inner beauty and light shine through for all to see.

Here is a sneak peak of our newest patterns. We hope they inspire you and bring you closer to the vastness and beauty that the ocean stirs in us…our heart-home.

Aloha.

Reasons to choose wool rugs

Wool Rugs – Resilient

While wool rugs are popular for many different reasons, one of the most popular reasons is the resistant nature of wool rugs. Wool fibers do not absorb soil very well. This makes the rugs easier to keep clean.
In addition, wool rugs are said to be resistant to fire. The rugs are safe to put in children’s rooms or in high traffic areas of the home.

The material is also resistant to static electricity.Wool also naturally absorbs water from the air. Studies show that the wool fiber may suck up to 30% of it’s own weight in water and it still feels dry to the touch. Wool rugs can actually absorb the water vapor in the air, relieving the humidity in the home.

Wool rugs are also very durable. They can sustain their quality for years, even within the home of an active family.

Easy to Clean Wool Rugs

Above, it was mentioned that wool rugs didn’t absorb dirt. Homeowners really like that the wool fibers are also easy to clean. You can remove most stains with a little warm water and with light blotting. No chemicals would be needed, making it safer for health conscious families.

Upkeep of your wool rug depends on how you look after it once you bring it home. A light vacuuming once a week with slow, even strokes actually helps to improve the quality. A new wool rug may shed a few fibers at first and this is quite natural. With time, the shedding effect will fade and with continued regular vacuuming, your carpet will be better conditioned and have improved quality.

Wool Rugs are not only popular for their many benefits, but also for their designs. You can get our SHIVHON traditional hand knotted Tibetan carpets in so many different patterns and colors for no extra cost and for a fraction of what the competition are charging.

If you are looking for a nice contemporary feel to your home, wool rugs make for an elegant and inexpensive option. Wool rugs are a great investment for your home.