Looking to spruce up your home? A vintage rug may be the answer.
Georgia Hoyler’s rug habit started in 2018 when she was decorating her own rowhouse in Northeast DC’s Eckington. She was drawn to the lived-in look of the vintage Oriental and tribal rugs that were all over shelter magazines, but she couldn’t find exactly what she wanted in Washington. “I think of us as the sensible sister of New York,” Hoyler says. “We take a little bit longer to adopt the fashion, but I knew it would come here.
, which sells predominantly “semi-antique” Persian rugs woven in the early 20th century and “antique-washed” to a more neutral palette.Hoyler was right about DC catching up. She says her clientele of interior designers and homeowners has exploded in recent months, in part thanks to supply-chain problems.