Catalina Rug

This or That? Silk or Wool? ✨🐑

LEFT: A 4'7" × 7' silk-and-wool Qum — luminous sheen, jewel-box detail, color that shifts as you walk around it.

RIGHT: A 10'2" × 12'11" Kazak in handspun wool — rich texture, depth, and the durability to anchor a busy family room for decades.

Drop a ❤️ for silk shimmer or a 🔥 for wool warmth — which feel is your home?

Explore both at https://www.catalinarug.com/ 📸 Got a silk or wool piece? Share it below!

There's nothing quite like seeing a hand-knotted rug in its forever home. 🏡

These photos come straight from our clients — real homes, real rugs, real character. From a bold Kazak in a California living room to a timeless Mashad anchoring a study, each one tells a story.

Over the past 25+ years, our customers have shared how their Catalina Rug pieces transformed their spaces, and we never get tired of seeing it.

Have a Catalina Rug in your home? We'd love to see it! Share your photos with us → catalinarug.com/clients-homes/image-submission 📸

🔗 Browse the full gallery: https://www.catalinarug.com/clients-homes/

Finn, walking the red carpet. 🐾⭐

Some cats get a window perch. Finn gets a hand-knotted tribal runner with a view — and honestly, the strut says he knows exactly how good he has it.

Meet more fur babies living the rug life 👉 https://www.catalinarug.com/pets-on-persian-rugs/

Does your cat own a rug (and the rest of the house)? Show us! 📸

Rug Anatomy, No. 03: The Back. 🧶

Here's a dealer's secret: we flip a rug over before we ever study the front. The back is the truth side — every single knot is visible, and the crisper the mirror-image of the design, the finer the weave.

It's also where KPSI is counted (knots across one inch × knots down one inch), and where hand-knotted shows itself: tiny human irregularities no machine loom can fake. Swipe to compare a Tabriz, Sarouk, Hamadan, and Bakhtiari.

Learn how a hand-knotted rug is built, end to end 👉 https://www.catalinarug.com/blog/hand-knotted-rugs-a-beginners-guide/

What part of the rug should we dissect next? 👇

Rug Anatomy, No. 02: The Kilim End. 🧶

Look between the pile and the fringe and you'll find a flat-woven band — the kilim end. It's not trim: it locks the first and last rows of knots so the rug can never unravel.

And on fine rugs, it's where the magic hides — many carry a woven inscription right in the kilim band, the workshop or master weaver literally signing their work. Swipe to see it on a Moud, Tabriz, Kazak, and Hamadan.

Learn how a hand-knotted rug is built, end to end 👉 https://www.catalinarug.com/blog/hand-knotted-rugs-a-beginners-guide/

What part of the rug should we dissect next? 👇

Rug Anatomy, No. 01: The Fringe. 🧶

Four rugs — a Tabriz, a Moud, a Hamadan, and a Kazak — and one detail they all share: those tassels aren't decoration. They're the exposed ends of the warp threads, the vertical backbone that every single knot is tied onto. Cut them flush and the knots have nothing to hold them.

Bonus: the fringe is one of the fastest ways to spot a machine-made rug. If it's sewn on as an afterthought, it's not hand-knotted — on the real thing, the fringe grows out of the rug itself.

Want to learn how a hand-knotted rug is built, end to end? 👉 https://www.catalinarug.com/blog/hand-knotted-rugs-a-beginners-guide/

What part of the rug should we dissect next? 👇

From Montana to California, these five dining rooms all share one secret — a hand-knotted Persian rug that ties the whole room together.

Whether it's a bold Kilim, an intricate Sarouk, or a classic Mashad, nothing elevates a dining room quite like a rug with centuries of artistry woven into every knot.

Swipe through and tell us — which dining room would you sit down to dinner in?

Explore more real client homes: https://www.catalinarug.com/clients-homes/