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These are some old textiles "carts". I am thinking about using them for rug displays.  Rug displays are a problem for us and I know for our shop customers. 
Take 2x3 or 3x5 rugs and roll them with the face on the outside.  Put a nice tie string around the rug and put them into these carts.  It does the trick and looks great.
What do you think?
Jason Sumner

In Beijing, hutongs are alleys formed by lines of siheyuan, traditional courtyard residences.^[1] Many neighbourhoods were formed by joining one siheyuan to another to form a hutong, and then joining one hutong to another. The word hutong is also used to refer to such neighbourhoods.

Since the mid-20th century, the number of Beijing hutongs has dropped dramatically as they are demolished to make way for new roads and buildings. More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.

New designs from Michaelian Home. The Virginia, Joyce and Marianne are beautiful handmade needlepoint pillow made from 100% wool with a cotton velvet zippered back. Removable insert. These bold designs were inspired from a Chinese applique. Bright reds, golds, yellows, oranges, and blues sit upon a royal blue background. Buy all three today!!  Click Here

Check out our stunning new Standing Sheep NCU785 and Black Angus NCU789 needlepoint pillows!! These are new companion pieces to our Farm and Ranch collection. We will be adding to this collection throughout the fall so keep checking in with us here at the ranch.

Have a seat, put your feet up and relax with Michaelian Home's unique new bench and stool furniture accents. The coverings of the benches and stools are our most popular wool hand hooked designs. Blue Pennies is shown on the left and Bert is featured on the right. Both of these styles would look beautiful in any room. The benches measure 47 x 24 x 16 and the stool is 16 x 16 x 8. They will be coming soon to our store! You can find the coordinating rug designs at the following: http://www.michaelianhome.com/Blue-Pennies-Hooked-Rug-_p_931.html http://www.michaelianhome.com/Bert_p_1021.html

Feel like you are living in a rain forest?  Embrace it with Michaelian Home's Fern Floral collection. If you live in or have visited Western North Carolina this year, you know that we are on track to break annual rainfall records this year. It is not a question of if we will, it is a question of when. But being stuck inside on a rainy day doesn't mean you have to dampen your spirits, decorate with greens and sprinkle in some browns! Flood your sense with these lush green tones on handmade wool needlepoint pillows. You can see more of this collection online here: Fern--Helene-Verin       

 (To read more about WNC's record breaking weather go here: Asheville-tops-US-rainfall-anomalies)

Inspiration refers to an unconscious burst of creativity in a literary, musical, or other artistic endeavor. It comes from the Latin inspirare, meaning "to breathe into". Inspiration can come from many different sources, the Greeks believed it came from muses or gods, something outside themselves. This belief of an outside source started to change in the 18th century towards an inner source when philosophers entertained that inspiration was considered a product of the mind, or ‘winds’ within the mind.

Later in the modern era, psychologists studying the creative process believed that inspiration was the result of the individual’s subconscious or, even deeper still, Carl Jung suggested that the ideas sprang from the collective unconscious. While humans throughout time have sought to describe the mechanics of the creative process, in the end, all we know for certain is that without the hard work and dedication of the artist, the inspiration, no matter where it comes from, would languish unfulfilled.

 Since 1920, Michaelian Home has sought to capture the inspired endeavors of artisans around the world. Frank Michaelian began to travel to China, India, Persia, Africa, and Europe to build his rug manufacturing and importing business. When he traveled to these places, he acquired art material of many styles and mediums. Over the years this constant traveling and artwork purchasing built into a grand collection of inspired works. To this day, Michaelian Home still uses original artwork as the inspiration for all of their products.

Michaelian Home suggests themes and concepts to their network of artists. The artists then present original artwork back to Michaelian Home which is modified so that it can be translated into a rug or pillow design. A craftsman then takes the design and creates the resulting hand hooked rug or needlepoint pillow. From newly submitted artwork, Michaelian Home will be adding 3 new pillows, an Atlantic Crab, a Dolphin and an Octopus to its Nautical Collection. These new designs evoke the richly colored life of the seas. It is a realistic inspired vision of sea creatures resting on a sandy bed with seaweed and coral. The companion pillows were also inspired by original art and went through a similar design process.

 Since each piece is handmade, the opportunity to expand on the idea, to make the texture and color fit within an existing collection, or modified it into a particular shape or size, ensures that the final designs are unique and are truly a collaboration of inspired minds from around the world.

Michaelian Home now offers Indoor/Outdoor Rugs and Accessories. Handmade of Polypropylene that will moderately resist most conditions: water, snow, sun and pets! Easy clean. Visit Michaelian Home to purchase. Stock sizes and custom sizes available, just ask us! 1-800-258-3977