Designer Rug Blog - Interior Design Inspiration

                   Lisa and Dee selected one very large rug for the main room in the club. The major pieces of furniture sit comfortably on the rug and expand the feeling of space. The choice of cream for the walls provides a restful backdrop for the colorful fabrics, rug and pillows as well as for the wood floor and ceiling. Lisa and Dee worked painstakingly to perfect the custom coloring of this very large handmade Morena carpet  inspired by a sixteenth century Spanish rug influenced by Renaissance damasks.

Lisa Torbett Interiors* of St. Simon’s Island, Georgia, is renowned for designing luxurious homes, clubs and hotels. This living room by the company's founder, president Lisa Torbett, and vice president Dee Simmons, is both luxurious and accessible. It teaches 5 valuable lessons on how to decorate with luxury rugs and geometric rugs.

Decorating with Needlepoint and Oushak rugs can be overwhelming.  With so many materials, accessories and furnishing available it is easy to feel stalled even before the design process begins.  To learn how experienced designers begin their design project I asked award winning Lisa Torbett and Dee Simmons of Lisa Torbett Interiors, St. Simon's Island Georgia* for their advice. Lisa and Dee start with the most important things first:

Recently interior designers have been asking Asmara for very large size custom rugs for clients who cannot wait the 7 to 9 months it takes to hand weave very large custom rugs.

A fine quality handmade rug is a major purchase that you will live with and enjoy for a very long time. So it is surprising to me how few questions people ask before spending thousands of dollars on a rug. Here are 7 tips that will help you avoid some common rug buying mistakes: