Luxe Area Rugs: David Easton

My love of deep, ebonized hardwood floors leaves me with a bit of an area rug addiction. I am always, always on the prowl for glamorous rugs to set the stage for the perfect room. Here in Dallas we enjoy the popularity of hand-scraped hardwoods. These textured floors are gorgeous and built to last for many, many years. Covering them with anything less than a high quality designer rug would be a sin.

Enter always reliable Safavieh that does a marvelous job of working with top interior designers to produce gorrgeous collections. My current crush is David Easton's Paro Grid pattern. I particularly love it in gold, but it also comes in a delicious aqua and even a light mink color. It love the geometry thats softenened by a raised metallic gridword and it's slightly irreglular checkerboard pattern. There's an organic element to the design. Apparenlty, the patten itself was inspired by the designer's travels to the Paro Valley in the Kingdom of Bhutan. There he saw mountainous terrain and clifflike peaks. Wondering where Bhutan is and what it looks like? It's in Asia between Nepal and Bangladesh, bordering the southwest edge of China. Take a peek at this majestic hotel nestled deep in the Himalayas in Bhutan. I imagine (or hope) that David treated himself to a stay at a marvelous spot like the Taj Tashi Thimphu for his journey.

This only bolsters my absolute belief that travel is the best source of inspiration in the world. There's nothing like visiting a distand land to unlock the creative stores in your brain. If setting aside time for a jaunt overseas isn't a possiblility, never underestimate a weekend out and about in your own city. What you see might just inspire better work for the next few months.

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