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Unique Carpets: a designer's guide to the wool specialist, the programs and where it belongs
Unique Carpets, Ltd. is a wool specialist based in Riverside, California, with tufted, hand-woven Wilton, sisal and custom craftsman programs, and most of its line is deep-pile wool for bedrooms and living rooms. It is for the designer who wants wool, wants a spec sheet on every style and may want the carpet in a custom width, color or construction. Interiors carries 109 Unique Carpets styles, 88 broadloom, 16 custom rugs and 5 offered both ways, on the Unique Carpets brand page, with complimentary samples for approved trade accounts.
The mill
Unique Carpets is a wool house in Riverside, California. Of the 109 styles we carry, 88 are wool, 6 are wool blend, 8 are sisal, jute and seagrass and 5 are solution-dyed nylon. Every style carries a printable spec sheet and meets Green Label Plus for emissions, which matters on a project with an indoor air quality requirement. Origin is recorded on most styles: 44 are made in the United States, 25 in the Netherlands and 14 in India.
What we carry
Tufted wool is the core of the line: 63 styles are tufted and 14 hand-tufted, with 8 hand-loomed and hand-woven, 6 machine woven and 2 Wilton. Pile is where this mill stands apart from the others on our floor. Eighty-six of the styles we carry are high pile, over 0.50 in, and only 1 is low pile; this is a plush, shag and deep-texture line, not a stair-runner line. By pattern, 70 styles are textures, 12 stripes, 10 geometrics, 7 solids and 6 plaids and checks.
Widths are 13 ft 2 in (42 styles), 12 ft (15) and 15 ft (14), and 22 styles are woven to custom widths from 5 ft to 15 ft. The custom programs go further than width: custom colors are available on 18 styles, custom widths on 18 and custom constructions on 17, so a texture the client likes can be reworked for the room. Fourteen styles are undyed wool, with the color coming from the fleece itself.
Collections to know
Tufted Wool (32 styles) is the core line. Shagtastic (20) is the deep-pile wool shag program. Textured and Patterned Rugs (16) and Custom Craftsman (5) are made-to-order rug and broadloom designs in any size. Handmade and Woven Wilton (13) is the hand-woven and Wilton group. Flatweave (8) and Sisal and Seagrass (8) are the natural-fiber and flat groups, Tufted Nylon (4) is the performance group, and Mill Specials (11) are the running specials. Styles to know include Aerial Plains, Aloha Sands, Ambassador, Aspen, Barrington and Bellaire.
Where it belongs
Bedrooms first. A high-pile tufted wool from the Tufted Wool group is the primary-bedroom carpet clients ask for by feel: deep, warm and quiet, and wool recovers from furniture where a polyester plush would not. Shagtastic goes in a bedroom, a den or a media room where the shag is enjoyed barefoot and is not in a traffic lane. Living rooms take the Tufted Wool textures and the Handmade and Woven Wilton group. The 8 sisal and seagrass styles and the 8 flatweaves are the dining room and office answer. The Tufted Nylon group is the practical choice for a child's room, a rental or a client who cleans with chemicals. For a stair or a hall, look to the Wilton and flatweave styles and ask us for the pile height; the high-pile textures that make up most of the line are not stair carpet.
Custom rugs and runners
Custom rug is available on 79 styles, and the Textured and Patterned Rugs and Custom Craftsman groups are made-to-order rug designs in any size. Any Unique Carpets broadloom can also be cut and bound into a rug or runner through our Design Studio. Where the project needs a custom color, width or construction, we take it through the mill's custom program: rendering and net quote in about two weeks, strike-off in 4 to 6 weeks, production in 18 to 20 weeks, with the ship date provided when the design process is complete.
How to order through Interiors
Interiors is a to-the-trade showroom and a Unique Carpets dealer for interior design professionals; we do not sell to the public. Samples are complimentary for approved trade accounts and ship from the mill within 24 hours, enough to cover a job. Net pricing is quoted by the showroom; there is no public pricing. The 93 made-to-order styles ship on a date provided by the showroom with your order; the 16 custom styles follow the custom timeline above. We measure and install anywhere in the United States through our installer network.
| Styles | 109 |
|---|---|
| Types | Broadloom (88), custom rug (16), broadloom and custom rug (5) |
| Fibers | Wool (88), sisal, jute and seagrass (8), wool blend (6), nylon (5) |
| Constructions | Tufted (63), hand-tufted (14), hand-loomed and hand-woven (8), machine woven (6), Wilton (2) |
| Widths | 13 ft 2 in (42), custom 5 ft to 15 ft (22), 12 ft (15), 15 ft (14) |
| Made in | USA (44), Netherlands (25), India (14) |
| Availability | Made to order (93), custom (16); custom rug on 79, undyed wool on 14 |
Questions designers ask
Is Unique Carpets wool carpet good quality?
Yes. The line is wool on 88 of 109 styles, from a mill that specializes in it, with a printable spec sheet on every style and Green Label Plus certification for emissions. Quality in a deep-pile wool is about density and fiber, both on the spec sheet; read it and sample the style in hand.
How much does Unique Carpets carpet cost?
Net pricing is quoted to approved trade accounts; there is no public pricing. Cost within the line follows fiber, with wool above nylon and sisal, construction, with hand-tufted, hand-loomed and Wilton above tufted and machine woven, and width, since a custom width from 5 ft to 15 ft is priced differently from a 12 ft roll. Ask us for a net quote on the style and the yardage.
Where is Unique Carpets carpet made?
Of the 109 styles we carry, 44 are made in the United States, 25 in the Netherlands and 14 in India, with the remainder from other origins. The spec sheet on each style states its origin; ask us and we will confirm it with the mill before you specify.
Where can I buy Unique Carpets carpet?
Through Unique Carpets dealers and trade showrooms such as Interiors. We carry 109 styles for interior design professionals, with the library on the floor in the Laguna Design Center, and we ship and install nationwide. Samples ship from the mill to your office.
Can Unique Carpets carpet be made into a rug or stair runner?
Yes. Custom rug is available on 79 styles, the Textured and Patterned Rugs and Custom Craftsman groups are made in any size, and any broadloom can be cut and bound by our Design Studio. For a stair, choose a Wilton or flatweave style; the high-pile wools are for bedrooms.
Is Unique Carpets wool undyed?
Fourteen of the styles we carry are undyed wool, with the color coming from the fleece itself. The rest are dyed wool, nylon or sisal; the Fiber field on each style says which. Undyed wool is the choice for a client who wants natural color variation and no dye in the fiber.
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