A rug or carpet can have a significant and meaningful impact on your space. This is why choosing the right one, and tailoring it to your exact room and style, is an essential part of creating your dream home. Follow this guide to learn how the custom rug + wall-to-wall carpet processes work, and find out which option is right for you.
Let’s start from the ground up: what’s the difference between a rug and a carpet? While both have the ability to transform your living spaces, they do have an important distinction:
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A rug, also called an area rug, will cover a specific area in your living space;
- A carpet, on the other hand, also called wall-to-wall carpet or broadloom, will typically cover your living space from wall-to-wall.
So, does custom rug or wall-to-wall carpet suit your needs the most? Here’s a breakdown of each process to help you decide.
Custom Rug: A Personalized Piece, Tailored to Your Exact Desires
With a custom rug, your dreams know no bounds. This is the option to choose if you’re looking for a bespoke and handmade piece, fully customizable from the style to the size to the material, color, and everything in between.
How to get started with custom rug:
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The first step is to speak with a specialist!
Our specialists, who have over 30 years of experience in the rug industry, come with an unparalleled understanding of our product range. Their expertise is not only in materials, designs, and trends, but in deciphering your unique needs and preferences. Our specialists are here to help you determine and carry out your exact vision.
In this step, you can choose to create your own rug, or start with a rug from one of our curated collections.
Creating your own rug: it’s all up to you. Style, size, material, color. Looking to re-create a family heirloom from your great grandparents? Yes, we really can do it all.
Starting with something from one of our curated collections: browse our wide array of styles, from traditional to transitional to modern + contemporary, Moroccan, flatweave, overdyed, or solids + textures.
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Now, choose what you’d like to customize about your rug! You’ve decided on a transitional rug made from wool, but you’d like to change the colors of the central design to match the natural green palette of your library. We can do that! You’ve fallen in love with the floral motifs on a stunning silk rug, but you want to change the material from silk to wool. We can do that!
It’s your rug to define.
- Receive a sample of your customized rug in approximately 4-6 weeks.
- Is it everything you’ve ever dreamed of? Expect your new, fully customized rug in approximately 4 to 8 months from the time your order is placed.
Wall-To-Wall Carpet: In Your Style + Tailored to the Inch
Wall-to-wall carpet is the option to choose if you’re looking for a tailored finish, are working with a particularly unique or tricky space, or simply want a more accessible form of customization. Typically woven on a loom, our wall-to-wall carpets offer a wide range of style and durability options, and are fitted to the exact size of your room. Our wall-to-wall carpet assortment also offers options with shorter lead times and entry price points.
Since our carpets are manufactured from all over the world with distinct techniques, we offer up our decades of knowledge to help you choose the right style, weave and material (Wool? Nylon? Wool and nylon blend? Something else?) for your lifestyle. Room design, sun exposure and pets and kids are some of the many factors we consider to determine the durability, material and ease of care of your wall-to-wall carpet.
How to get started with wall-to-wall carpet:
With over 30 years of experience in the carpet industry, our specialists combine extensive product knowledge with a deep understanding of your needs and preferences to walk you through the process of getting the right-sized carpet in the perfect style and material.
- Explore our swatch library. From traditional to floral, patterns + prints, solid + texture, geometric, contemporary, animal, or stripes, there is something for every style sensibility.
- abc will schedule a time to visit your home and measure your space.
- Receive your new wall-to-wall carpet! We install carpets anywhere in the New York tri-state area, or can ship your carpet anywhere within the continental US.
FAQ
- What is serging?
The serging of a rug or carpet refers to the finishing twine on the piece’s outer border. Serging keeps the rug or carpet from unwinding, while also giving it a beautiful finish.
- What’s the difference between machine serging and hand serging?
Machine serging offers a clean and sophisticated look.
Hand serging is done by needle and thread and offers a neat, organic look. Custom rugs are always hand serged.
- What’s the lead time?
For a handmade custom rug, the lead time is approximately 4-8 months from the time the order is placed.
For wall-to-wall carpet, the lead time is approximately 3-6 weeks from the time the order is placed.
