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The Kashmere Collection

The Kashmere Collection: Boasting unique patterns and colorations, Kashmere exemplifies lasting quality and ease of cleaning, hallmarks of Karastan's reputation for luxurious carpets and gorgeous living spaces.

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A gold level certification signifies that this collection achieves even more rigorous performance standards for material health, product circularity, clean air and climate protection, water and soil stewardship and social fairness.

Pet-Friendly Carpet

PetProtect® design make use of different cut and loop effects to lend a modern edge to a reflection of a centuries-old practice. This pattern comes in 12 captivating tones.

Rustic Revival

Rustic Revival will rejuvenate any décor with a new look. A tonal assortment that incorporates four yarns creates a great visual in any room. The 16-color palette is natural and compelling. Its soft comfort and easy care are irresistible.

Sports Multi-Function Flooring

The locker room is connected to the weight room which is down the hall from the gym which can also be the cafeteria. Our multi-function flooring solutions work under all kinds of activities. Rubber and vinyl solutions that come in an array of colors, patterns, textures and thicknesses.

Which Carpet is Best for Pets?

Everyone knows carpet feels great underfoot—whether you have two feet or four!—Shaw has developed some carpet benefits you’ll love, and so will your furrier family members. They add up to a healthy, sweet-smelling home for you and your pet.

Patcraft Introduces Inspired Connection

Cartersville, Ga. – Patcraft, a leader in high-performance commercial flooring, has introduced Inspired Connection, a colorpoint carpet tile and broadloom collection designed to create connected and cohesive spaces. Featuring bold visuals with...

How To Lay Out Your New Rug

Congratulations on your purchase of that beautiful new rug. No doubt it required some homework and adventure to find just the right one to tie your room together. Now that it’s arrived to your home, there are a few important steps to make sure you lay out your rug properly so that it frames your décor exactly as you planned.

Nine reasons we love flat weave rugs (and you should, too!)

If you're looking for a versatile, eye-catching accent, flat weaves provide a flexible flooring solution.

Wool Carpets: The Best Carpets for Allergies

If you’re one of the nearly 30% of adults or 40% of children in the U.S. who lives with allergies, you don’t need a doctor telling you how the war against allergens is an everyday, uphill battle. Allergens are everywhere around the house – embedded in fabric, airborne in dust and lying in wait on hard surfaces.

Shaw Floors is honored to be a national sponsor of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway

Shaw Floors is honored to be a national sponsor of the St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway. In the coming days, as construction nears completion in more than 40 markets across the U.S., partners & local supporters will gather for "floor signing" events, to permanently attach a blessing or special message to these homes which will raise millions of dollars for the care and life-saving research that happens at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Patcraft’s Oxidation Experiment Inspires Artefact Carpet Tile

Cartersville, Ga. – Patcraft, a leader in high-performance commercial flooring, has launched its newest carpet tile collection, Artefact. This versatile collection, featuring four distinct products, was inspired by an oxidation experiment exposing fabrics to metal, rust and wate

Breathe easier with carpet

It's a common misconception that carpet can adversely impact allergy and asthma sufferers. Recently, Shaw Industries commissioned a series of scientific studies that indicate that effectively cleaned carpet can reduce airborne allergens, making it a viable choice for families impacted by allergies and asthma.

Why Carpet?

Softness, comfort, texture, color...there are countless reasons to love carpet.

Think about that moment when you first step out of bed each morning. That welcoming touch of warmth is a perfect start to your day.

Joyful Heart Foundation rolls out Karastan red carpet for star-studded fundraising event

Karastan’s luxurious red carpet set the stage for one of New York’s most glamorous and meaningful fundraising events.

Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West Gets a Face-lift

Architect Frank Lloyd Wright believed every element of the space he was creating should work together—from floor plan to fabric to furniture to floor covering.

Shaw, HGTV team up for co-branded flooring line - Licensing partnership extends an already strong relationship

DALTON—For the last three years, four if you count 2011, Shaw Industries and HGTV have had an ever-building partnership as the manufacturer has been the exclusive flooring provider for the HGTV Green Home giveaway.

Karastan first to receive new wool certification

DALTON—Karastan has become the first company to carry the Wool: Clean Air Certified label on all of its wool carpets and rugs (FCNews, Dec. 6/13, 2010).

Karastan Uses Facebook for its Home for the Holidays Promotion

Kelly Wright Barrere, of Cartersville, GA, won a new rug from Karastan’s Iconoclast Collection as part of a Facebook promotion called “Home for the Holidays.” Karastan invited its hundreds of Facebook followers to click or comment on their favorite Iconoclast rug during the month of December.

Nourison to expand into New York showroom

Nourison has signed a lease at 295 Fifth Avenue in New York City for its newest showroom. The three-level space, scheduled to open this spring, includes a ground floor with Fifth Avenue frontage and is more than 10,000 square feet. It will showcase the company’s home accent and area rug programs for national accounts.

Karastan Supports 2010 Joyful Heart Gala

Everyone wore jeans at the 2010 Joyful Heart Gala, which was held May 5 in New York at Skylight, the expansive SoHo event space.

Easy Care and Fresh Colors Abound in Karastan’s 2010 Tufted Introductions

DALTON, GA, February 19, 2010—Karastan’s new tufted introductions bring gardens indoors, create oases of calm and color and infuse classic designs with contemporary spirit. They all emphasize fresh, easy-to-live-with palettes and easy care—the perfect combination for the busy family.