While every design element in a room has a role to play, a rug can often serve as the cornerstone, influencing everything from the color palette to the use of additional patterns and what furniture style to embrace. 

Recently, our editor gave her old home in Westlake Hills a major facelift, with rugs from Kaskas Rugs being paramount as one of the major investments. The process of sourcing, sizing, and ensuring each one created a beautiful and functional foundation in each room provided a great reminder of why it’s important to spend a little bit extra to work directly with local businesses in your area. 

WHY IT’S IMPORTANT

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THE SOURCING: When you choose Kaskas, you invest in a product that’s been hand-picked by the family from a major rug-weaving area in the world. They’ve personally vetted these rugs, and brought them back to their showroom. This purchasing process allows for the elimination of middlemen costs and those savings to be passed on to you and me.

THE EXPERIENCE & INVESTMENT: From helping you discover antique and new finds in the store, to bringing rugs to your home so you can accurately envision the space, the Kaskas team will provide everything. From education, transportation and down to the actual cutting of the rug pad on your doorstep, the family-owned business walks alongside you. And because the quality is guaranteed, you can carry this rug into your forever home.

THE LIFETIME GUARANTEE: Following your purchase, you’re also given the option to later trade your rug back to Kaskas if the needs in your home shift over time. This is their lifetime guarantee.

When you buy from Kaskas you become family, and that is because for them it’s always been about family. In 1958, Kaskas Oriental Rug Gallery was established by Abdul Hafez Kaskas in Beirut, Lebanon. His son, Zahi Kaskas decided to bring the business to the United States after the start of the Lebanese civil war in 1975.  He opened the first store in Austin Texas in 1976. In 2000, Zahi welcomed his two sons, Safi (right side) and Samer (left side) into the family business.

Today, you can walk into various iconic Austin institutions and restaurants and the odds their rugs were sourced from Kaskas are high. Additionally, interior designers throughout the city keep the Kaskas family on speed dial for sourcing unique and quality rugs for their many projects.

At a time when so many businesses have gone digital, the ability to see, feel and envision the product up close is something to be remembered. Especially when you consider the role a rug plays in the personality of a home. For your future rug needs, visit Kaskas Rugs at 2945 West Anderson Lane or 3503 Kerbey Lane or reach out at 512.300.2227 to begin the conversation about sourcing the perfect rug. The longtime family business also offers appraisals, cleaning, repair, reweaving and rug pads.