Narrative Threads Blog

Scroll through our Narrative Threads blog to enjoy behind-the-scenes insight on special projects for leading interior designers and architects. 

A STUNNING SPIRAL STAIRCASE
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A STUNNING SPIRAL STAIRCASE

Late 2018 Cheryl Krismer of Crayon Design came to us with two detailed hand-drawn sketches for two flights of a spiral staircase in a spacious contemporary Toronto residence. We then worked together to turn her exquisite sketches on small pieces of tracing paper into fully developed designs for each runner.

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OUR DESIGNERS' FAVOURITE RUGS
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OUR DESIGNERS' FAVOURITE RUGS

Do you feel like exploring the most intriguing pieces that shaped Creative Matters in 2017? Then look no further than this list of some of our designers' favourites which run the gamut from a 36-foot (11-metre) residential runner to a wall hanging for an airport to a corporate rug sprayed with mustard yellow. 

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THE NEW 2016 ARCTIC COLLECTION DESIGNS
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THE NEW 2016 ARCTIC COLLECTION DESIGNS

We launched the Arctic Collection with five designs in late 2015 at the New York International Carpet Show. Meanwhile our artisans in Nepal and India were fervently knotting away in wool and silk so that we could present the second half of the collection at our January shows in Germany and France.

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OUR DESIGNERS' FAVOURITE RUGS
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OUR DESIGNERS' FAVOURITE RUGS

We asked our designers for their favourite rugs - 8 designers, 8 very different choices. Reading though the reasons for their selections, we realize the criteria for a successful rug are endless. 

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2015 TRENDS FOR CUSTOM CARPETS AND CUSTOM WALLPAPER
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2015 TRENDS FOR CUSTOM CARPETS AND CUSTOM WALLPAPER

As far as we are concerned, the most important shift for 2015 is our new website. We’ve made it easier and more inspirational for interior designers to browse our custom carpet portfolio as well as our carpet and wallpaper collections. We’ll be updating it constantly with photography of our latest feats in custom interior design but if, in the meantime, you’d like to know what our designers are predicting for the upcoming year, read on …

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