For 30 years, locally owned The Rug Studio has been devoted to developing and providing the widest selection of beautiful, high-quality and handcrafted area rugs for both residential and commercial projects. With an exclusive, to-the-trade rug showroom in Overland Park, The Rug Studio offers professionals in the design community the finest in area rugs from around the world.
“A beautiful area rug can tie the entire design of a room together, providing richness of color, texture, warmth, comfort and artistry to any living space for years to come,” says Owner/President Phil Aitken.
The Rug Studio showroom houses more than 500 room-sized rugs available for purchase, with a full-range of styles including designer collections, traditional, transitional, contemporary, indoor/outdoor, and even custom rugs created from your own original design concept.
“Using little more than a vision, a swatch of fabric, or a sketch, we can produce an area rug customized to the requirements of your project. Client satisfaction is our goal, and we encourage our designers to take multiple room-sized rugs to their clients’ homes or workspaces to get a true feel for how they complete the space, prior to buying. This allows the client to view the rugs in their own setting prior to purchase—with absolutely no obligation.”
Phil adds that The Rug Studio offers the design community and their clients exceptional service, true wholesale pricing, and unmatched quality and selection.
“Our large inventory of room-sized rugs is unmatched in Kansas City,” he says. “We sell newly woven area rugs, which are made in such countries as India, Nepal, Pakistan, Armenia, among others. Since we only sell to-the-trade and are not open to the public, interested clients should ask their design professional to bring them into our Overland Park showroom.”
Phil adds that many area rug businesses only sell from small rug samples, so their clients have to make a purchase decision based on a small sample. “This can lead to disappointment when the room-sized rug arrives. Also, one of the most common mistakes made by consumers is purchasing an area rug that is too small for the room. A design professional will be able to size the area rug correctly, which will ensure that consumers are not disappointed with the final look of the room.”
The Rug Studio’s beautiful hand-knotted rugs are made of all wool or wool and silk and provide luxury and endurance for decades. The Rug Studio also carries hand-tufted and hand-woven rugs, sold at a lower price point than hand-knotted rugs. All rugs are sourced from direct relationships with weavers and domestic suppliers, paying special attention to the social concerns under which the rugs are woven and only working with weavers who abide by strict child labor regulations.
With homeowners continuing to desire flooring made from hardwood, laminate, tile and marble, the demand for coordinated area rugs remains strong.
For more information, contact rugskc.com or call 913.310.0800.
The Rug Studio works with a variety of interior designers in Kansas City. Photos shown here are the design work of McCroskey Interiors, a full service interior design firm in Kansas City. For more information on McCroskey Interiors, visit mccroskeyinteriors.com