Discover the Best Rugs and Carpets in Bangalore to Transform Your Home

by bestcarpetkingdom | Nov 22, 2024 | News and Media

Discover the Best Rugs and Carpets in Bangalore to Transform Your Home

A well-designed rug or carpet can instantly elevate the aesthetics of any room, transforming your house into a home full of warmth and personality. Bangalore, a city known for its rich culture and artistic flair, offers a vibrant market for premium rugs and carpets. From traditional handwoven designs to contemporary patterns, you’ll find something that fits your style and adds elegance to your decor.

The Role of Rugs and Carpets in Home Decor

Rugs and carpets are more than just functional pieces; they’re integral to interior design. A thoughtfully chosen rug can bring color, texture, and a sense of harmony to your living space. Whether you’re looking for a Persian masterpiece, a modern geometric design, or a cozy shaggy carpet, the right rug can tie a room together beautifully.

Explore Bangalore’s Carpet Market

Bangalore has no shortage of places to find exquisite rugs and carpets. The city is home to skilled artisans and exclusive stores that cater to diverse tastes. From handmade heritage pieces to cutting-edge modern designs, you’ll find options that suit both traditional and contemporary homes.

If you’re looking for expert recommendations, LBB’s guide to rugs and decor in Bangalore features some of the best places to shop for rugs in the city. This curated list highlights stores that offer quality craftsmanship and unique designs, making it a great resource for anyone seeking the perfect carpet for their space.

Why Choose Handcrafted Rugs and Carpets?

Handwoven rugs and carpets bring unparalleled charm and authenticity to your home. Crafted by skilled artisans, these pieces often tell stories of tradition and culture. Investing in a handcrafted rug ensures not just durability but also a one-of-a-kind addition to your decor.

At [Your Client’s Brand Name], we specialize in premium-quality rugs and carpets that blend timeless craftsmanship with contemporary aesthetics. Whether you’re furnishing a cozy apartment or a spacious villa, our diverse collection has something for every space.

Make Your Home Stand Out

Selecting the right rug isn’t just about functionality—it’s about making a statement. A bold design can serve as the focal point of your room, while a neutral-toned carpet can provide the perfect backdrop for other decor elements.

Ready to find the perfect rug or carpet for your home? Visit our store or browse our collection online for a curated range of styles and designs.

The Art of Luxury Carpets: A Fusion of Tradition and Modern Design

by bestcarpetkingdom | Oct 18, 2024 | Featured, News and Media

The Art of Luxury Carpets: A Fusion of Tradition and Modern Design

Why Seeing, Touching, and Feeling a Rug Before Buying is Better than Relying on Online Pictures

The magic of luxurious carpets: Joining the old and the new sophisticated carpets have always been a sign of class and art. They add grace to homes and artistically narrate a tale of skills passed down over time. Nowadays, the demand for these unique, handcrafted designs is booming throughout the world as buyers look to balance old-time customs with present-day style.

The hard work behind every stitch creating a plush carpet takes painstaking care and often involves skilled crafters spending months on it. These carpets represent more than just floor coverings, they are a display of design. Each stitch speaks of the weaver’s dedication to excellence and eye for details. The blending of materials, colors, and designs results in something truly extraordinary.

Upgrading spaces with plush carpets be it houses, hotels, or workplaces, plush carpets are known to improve rooms by adding a cozy feel and texture. Designers frequently use these carpets as a spotlight in the room, showcasing their complex patterns and lavish materials such as wool, silk, and even rare natural fibres.

The impact of creativity on today’s carpet designs while traditional carpet-making techniques continue to be highly valued, present-day design and production techniques have also found their way into extravagant rugs and carpets. Carpets these days effortlessly combine old-fashioned patterns with new styles, providing buyers plenty of options. The plush carpet industry is becoming more fixated on sustainability and eco-friendly materials, reacting to the rising need for products that respect the environment.

The Spotlight on our journey in the media: Our journey in producing some of the finest plush rugs has drawn attention from several major news channels. Recently, our model for carpet design has been featured in The New Indian Express. The article highlights our complicated crafting techniques and our innovative approach towards carpet making. It also enlightens our philosophy of mixing old traditions with modern creativity, reaffirming our devotion to producing only top-quality carpets.

Why choose our carpets?

Choosing a luxurious carpet from CarpetKingdom means choosing quality, beauty, and lasting appeal. Regardless of whether you lean towards old motifs or current designs, our collection offers something for everyone. With a strong record of craftsmanship combined with a passion for novelty, we assure every carpet meets the peak standards of beauty and durability.

Bengaluru Home Transformed into a Contemporary and Soothing Oasis

by Admin | May 2, 2024 | Featured, News and Media

A Bengaluru Home Gets A Contemporary Makeover Turning It Into A Soothing Oasis

Think vanilla, cream, white, chalk, ivory, sand… or even alabaster, bone, eggshell, parchment…you get the drift. With colours spanning these delicate shades, this Bengaluru home has a minimalist palette which extends to the walls, flooring, ceilings and soft furnishings, almost Scandinavian in its vibe.

“The client, Deepti Chacko, was clear that she wanted muted tones,” says Neha Sapre of Studio Taan. “It worked in terms of the site too, since the architecture is quite simple.

Moreover, this was a first-floor apartment into which natural light didn’t penetrate as much as it would on a higher floor. Light colours and reflective surfaces helped to coax in daylight.”

The apartment is suffused with a soft glow, its connection with the outdoors enhanced by the pale palette. Originally designed for Chacko’s parents, the home had a long corridor flanked by rooms and designated areas for caregivers.

But it turned out that the school of Chacko’s children was five minutes away, so it was convenient for the young family to use the space. “We didn’t need rooms for nurses anymore, so the layout had to be tweaked to be relevant for a much younger family,” says Sapre.

“The plan was opened out to create a seamless experience between the public spaces in the house, running as a staggered spine from a long balcony at one end, to a large outdoor deck at the other end. This ‘public’ spine was sandwiched between the four bedrooms in the house and a kitchen.”

Consequently, many walls were pulled down and an earlier nursing station became the walk-in closet for the main bedroom, while a long deck—which Sapre has carved out by reducing the size of the dining room—acts as an interface between the living spaces and the outside. “Now there are several nodes for them to congregate – the living room to host guests, a smaller family TV viewing area which is part of the larger experience of the dining and an open kitchen.” An outer kitchen has also been added for heavy-duty cooking. The living area has contemporary furniture and natural finishes.

The textured paint on the walls adds depth and visual interest to the space. Plush, comfortable sofas in neutral tones invite you to relax and unwind, while a sleek coffee table and minimalist decor pieces add a touch of elegance. A soft pendant lighting casts a warm glow over the live-edge dining table. The open kitchen has neutral tones for the cabinetry and marble countertops, the colours blending in perfectly with the rest of the space. The deck has comfortable furniture and a functional counter with ample storage. A built-in planter along the periphery completes the space.

The centrepiece of the media room is a generously-sized sofa that doubles as a bed. “We came to decisions quickly. For Deepti, the render chosen from the options we had presented became a reference point for selecting colours and materials,” says Sapre. “The renders became my Bible. I couldn’t think outside the prescribed details, so purchases were frozen pretty quickly,” adds Chacko The main bedroom in this Bengaluru home features a four-poster, and sleek desk serving as a functional workspace. A comfortable daybed, upholstered in a plush, warm-textured fabric, provides a cozy spot for reading. The soft, flowing material of the curtains diffuses natural light. The parents’ bedroom has a ribbed panelling in light sage. An end-to-end study table, crafted with a rich wooden finish, provides a practical and functional workstation.

“The bedroom for the two boys was designed to inspire imagination and create a playful atmosphere. The focal point is the bunk bed, designed to maximize space while providing a sense of adventure. The steps of the bunk double as drawers for storage,” says Sapre. Most of the furniture is by Creatomy, a design firm in Bengaluru. Other pieces are from Aura Lighting, Carpet Kingdom, Elementary, Fabindia, Gulmohar Lane, Home Stories, Home+Living, Ikea, Luxox, Magari, Orange Tree, Palasa, Purple Turtles, White Teak Company and Windmills. As for maintaining the space immaculately despite the unforgivingly light palette, Sapre certifies that Chacko’s home is always in picture-perfect condition. “It helps that my kids make their beds,” laughs Chacko.

How CarpetKingdom Redefined Showroom Experience for Customers

by Admin | Mar 12, 2024 | News and Media

How this carpet manufacturer adapted to the new normal to provide a showroom-like experience to customers?

The story of Bengaluru-based Carpet Kingdom, which manufactures and sells carpets in India and abroad, dates back to the pre-partition era. SMBStory spoke to the fifth-generation entrepreneur, Ali Akmal Jan, about how the company shed its offline-only model and adapted to the new normal.

The unprecedented COVID-19 crisis and the ensuing lockdowns have had major ramifications, leading to the economic growth slowing down and bringing India’s financial health to its knees. The Indian retail industry, in particular, took a big hit. While on one hand, iconic retail companies like J.Crew, Neiman Marcus, etc began declaring bankruptcy, others found solutions and changed their business model to adapt to the new normal. Bengaluru-based Carpet Kingdom, which manufactures and sells carpets across India as well as abroad, was one of them. Ali Akmal Jan, Partner at the company, spoke to SMB Story about how the company — which operates largely through the offline model changed its course during the COVID-19 pandemic to serve customers better.

Adapting to the new normal Like all businesses, Carpet Kingdom too faced the heat when the coronavirus pandemic reached India’s shores last year. The business, which operates mainly on the retail model, took a 60 – 65 percent hit in terms of sales. Ali says the most difficult part was interacting with the employees or artisans. The company has one flagship store in Bengaluru. However, switching to video calls and relying on video-conferencing platforms helped them in a very big way. “We shifted online completely. We taught them (workers) how to share their screens, guided them on designing, etc,” he shares.

Another very important aspect of buying carpets is consumers touching the carpets before buying to ascertain their quality. Since there was a complete lockdown, the team leant on video calls to interact with customers and came up with innovative ways to bring the offline experience online. The team started doing video calls every day with their customers and took pictures of carpets from different angles to ensure that the customers have a good idea about the product before they continue with the purchase. Ali says, “I told my team that customers want personalisation. No one will buy from a catalogue that contains 1,200 pictures.”

The customers would reach out to the company through its website, after which they would get slots for video calls. Post the calls with customers, he would send the front and rear pictures of carpets in different lights, such as natural sunlight or in the dim lights. These calls were conducted with customers who were outside Bengaluru or India, or even with the ones in the city but were unsure about visiting the stores. “During the pandemic, everyone wanted to focus on their health and well-being and wanted to avoid stepping out.

Hence, serving them online helped us big time,” Ali adds. Innovating to adapt to the new normal Adapting to the new normal helped the company even during the second wave. “The lockdown was expected but we were better prepared this time,” he says. Ali maintains that going forward, they will continue to serve customers through the online model instead of getting themselves listed on ecommerce websites. “We are working on a platform that will provide the experience of a store as closely as possible.” He says that the company is coming up with a specific range of carpets that will be exclusively sold online. Other products such as clothes and furniture made of carpets will also be a part of this range.

When the restrictions ease, the company wants to establish stores in Chennai, Hyderabad, Canada, and the US Tracing the roots The story of how the company came into existence dates back to the British era, particularly, the 1900s. Ali Akmal Jan’s great-great-grandfather, Ali Mohammed, used to visit Bengaluru from Kashmir two to three times a year to meet a few relatives. That is when he realised that there was a demand for Kashmiri products, especially carpets, in the city. Ali says that Muhammad would initially buy carpets from Kashmir and sell them in Bengaluru to the British whenever he visited the city. Eventually, he shifted his base to the city to make a permanent living. Ali’s great grandfather, Mohammed Jan further took the business ahead by setting up a shop selling carpets. Over generations, the unorganised business eventually branched out.

He bought the business from his elder brother in 1950 and started running it with his son and Ali’s grandfather, Aslam Jan. Aslam opened a store in 1959, followed by another in 1973. “In 1987, my father registered our current parent company under the name of ‘Malsa Global,’ and in 1998, decided to set up an exclusive rugs store in Bangalore under the brand name ‘Carpet Kingdom,’” Ali narrates. Today, the company’s manufacturing units are located in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan. Ali says that most of the hand-tufted and hand-woven carpets are made on handlooms. The machine-made carpets are imported from countries such as Turkey and Belgium.

Carpet Kingdom exports to about five countries, including the US, Canada, and some parts of Europe. More than 20 percent of the sales come from the international market, says Ali, adding that “international consumption is huge as compared to the domestic market” but the scenario is now changing. “India exporting 90 percent of carpets abroad might have been true 10 years ago, but not anymore,” Ali says. Over the years, the company has also incorporated sustainability into its manufacturing processes. Ali shares that Carpet Kingdom makes carpets out of PET bottles, discarded jeans, pants, and even silk sarees.

Traditional and contemporary textiles interweave to bring this Bengaluru home to life

by Admin | Mar 11, 2024 | News and Media

Traditional Indian Home Decor: How Textiles Shape Bengaluru Interiors

It’s not everyday that a tapestry artist takes to interior design, but when they do, it’s fair to assume that fabrics will reign supreme in their visual palette. When Bengaluru-based interior designer Smitha Zachariah was tasked with renovating a colonial-era apartment, she found that textiles struck the perfect balance between past and present. “We wanted to create a sense of lightness in the space, without changing the character too much,” says Zachariah of the 3,500 square feet three-bedroom ground floor apartment, which is complete with colonial era-style verandahs, large floor plans and authentic teak wood windows. “We wanted to keep the colonial-era charm, while bringing in our India modern elements through fabric and colour. We wanted it to be a happy space.”

Zachariah’s interpretation of the India Modern Indian aesthetic pairs patterned fabrics with contemporary lines and hints of antique craftsmanship. And of course, there’s no shortage of color. “We’re quite adventurous with our color palettes,” she admits, “Usually in a single room we could have close to 75 fabrics!” The living room’s palette is anchored by two rugs, both from Carpet Kingdom. One is heavier and more traditional in design, while the other is more abstract and modern.

Stripes are the presiding motif here, appearing most prominently on the custom-made cabinet, and then again on the dining chairs and damask carpet. Even the lights suspended over the table are linear in form, in keeping with the theme. “There’s also a muted striped wallpaper,” Zachariah adds, “Then there’s a lot of black and white, with brass accents.” A mirror on the primary dining room wall reflects back onto the living room verandah, allowing a hint of natural greenery into the white-washed space. The dining table was custom-designed to honour the vintage of the coffee table in the adjacent living room, fitted with an elegant brass inlay on the top.

The family room is warmer, with dark, intimate shades of grey and leather. A stained glass window at the far end of the room filters in beautifully diffused light through the day, mirroring the tones of the Carpet Kingdom carpet. Little accents of black and white pepper the space, in keeping with the rest of the house. The far side of the room sees a bookshelf, with Persian wallpaper that matches the colours of the carpet. As a compliment, a set of mirror-clad sliding doors reflect the colours of the stained glass window.

The master bedroom is similarly warm-toned, designed around a paisley-printed carpet from Carpet Kingdom. Horizontal wall panelling in light sea green opens up the visual space, leading up to a large colonial-style window furnished with a deep red ottoman. The son and daughter-in-law’s bedroom had a strong linear structure that Zachariah softened with a gently arched wardrobe. “I added linear panelling so that it would look taller,” she adds. The room is pale blue, complemented with a paisley carpet from Carpet Kingdom, a bright red ottoman and a leather-finish TV cabinet. “The floral wallpaper is especially stunning,” she points out, “It’s almost like a lithograph.” The guest bedroom doubles as a bedroom for the homeowners’ young granddaughter, so Zachariah was keen for the colour palette to reflect this dual purpose. Emerald wallpaper, complemented by an emerald carpet, makes a perfect contrast with the dusty powder-pink wardrobe and furniture.

While it isn’t unusual to witness a range of fabrics in the modern Indian home, Zachariah’s fabric-first approach has created a truly unique interplay between monochrome and colour. There’s always enough to look at, but never so much that it overwhelms the eye. It is, in essence, a modern Indian home that leans on artistic heritage to appease the contemporary gaze.

When choosing decor pieces for a home, the right rug can seamlessly complement traditional Indian home decor elements. Explore our guide on selecting the perfect rug to enhance your interior design.