HIGH POINT IS HERE! RUG INSIDER spotlights the best-of-the-best-loved.
Q&A insights from this years’ Market. OCTOBER 17-21, 2026
Nourison Home
IH101, InterHall IHFC | www.nourison.com
What new introductions will you be showing at the market?
We’ll be showcasing our latest introductions, including the Skyler and Stratford collections, along with additions to Sultana, Calvin Klein Drift, Heritage Vine, Shorestone Silk, and other recently introduced designs. Visitors can also explore our Reserve by Nourison luxury collections and an expanded assortment of handcrafted and performance-focused styles.
Have you made any changes to your showroom recently?
If so, what?
Our showroom continues to evolve with updated merchandising and displays that highlight our newest collections, handcrafted constructions, and luxury offerings, making it easier for customers to explore the breadth of the Nourison Home portfolio.
Do you have staff members who deserve extra Recognition?
We’re proud of our entire team for their continued collaboration across product development, design, sales, and customer support, all of whom play an important role in bringing each market to life.
What are you most excited about for your upcoming markets?
We’re looking forward to reconnecting with customers and design partners, sharing our newest introductions, and having meaningful conversations about what’s driving today’s rug and home furnishings market.
What are some design and color trends you’re seeing?
Texture continues to be a defining trend, along with layered neutrals, warm earthy tones, subtle blues and greens, and hand crafted constructions that add depth and dimension. We’re also seeing continued demand for natural materials, timeless patterns, and versatile designs that balance comfort with refined style.
Do you have any market events planned?
We’ll be welcoming customers and industry partners throughout Market in our IH101 showroom for product presentations, meetings, and guided tours of our newest collections.
Exquisite Rugs
IHFC, Hamilton, Second Floor, H204 | www.exquisiterugs.com
What new introductions will you be showing at the market?
This season we’re launching several fresh collections spanning transitional and contemporary styles, with a strong emphasis on tactile depth and dimension. Highlights include abstract designs inspired by fluid, water-like movement, bold geometric patterns for a modern edge, and low-pile interpretations of traditional motifs.
Have you made any changes to your showroom recently?
If so, what?
Our showroom is always evolving. This round of updates brings larger-scale display areas built specifically for oversized pieces, giving designers room to take in the full proportions, hand-knotted craftsmanship, and texture up close.
Do you have staff members who deserve extra recognition
Our Vice President, Alex Brown, has been instrumental in driving the company forward, guiding efforts across every part of the business.
What are you most excited about for your upcoming markets?
We’re thrilled to introduce a refreshed creative direction that pairs a century of heritage with a contemporary point of view. We’re also rolling out new tools that make shopping with us simpler and more seamless.
What are some design and color trends you’re seeing?
Earthy, grounded palettes and richly textured materials are dominating right now. Ivories, creams, and soft neutrals are leading the shift toward what’s being called “approachable luxury,” while varied pile heights and architectural detail bring a tactile, dimensional quality to interiors.
Do you have any market events planned? Guests are welcome to stop by for coffee and tea each morning, with refreshments available throughout the day while they browse the showroom.
S&H Rugs
Suites at Market Square, Booth M-1015 Second Floor | www.shrugs.com
What new introductions will you be showing at the market?
This Fall 2026, our focus is on breathtaking textures, sustainable materials, and the seamless blending of traditional art or hand-knotted rugs with Contemporary aesthetics.
We are excited to unveil an exceptional lineup of new handmade carpets.
What will you be showcasing?
We will be showing and featuring new colors and designs in the piled flat weave collection, as well as in the angora oushaks. Greens and golds versus greys and blues. Hand-Knotted Gabbehs in versatile warm colors. These modern pure wool rugs feature charming scenery designs with small animal figurines. They boast a thick, plush, and incredibly soft pile.
Beautiful hand-knotted Arts & Crafts, featuring bold, geometric block patterns suited for contemporary and transitional interiors. Classic Revival & Antique Inspirations rugs with unique pure silk featuring distressed, high-and-low pile designs that captures the opulence of classic Persian Polonaise carpets with a fresh, tactile twist.
Oxidized Pure Wool with Exposed Warps: A highly textural, hand-knotted pure wool piece that leans into the beauty of raw materials with an oxidized, distressed finish and striking exposed warps.
Oxidized Grass Designs: Continuing our exploration of texture, these distressed pieces feature organic grass designs elevated by exposed warp elements for a grounded, earthy aesthetic.
What are you most excited about for this upcoming market?
For this upcoming market, S&H Rugs is absolutely thrilled about the incredible evolution of texture, innovative finishing techniques, and the blurring of lines between traditional heritage and contemporary design. We are pushing the boundaries of materials and weaving in ways that seamlessly integrate into broader interior trends.
S&H Rugs is eagerly anticipating how makers are re-imagining classic foundations with highly specialized finishing techniques. The artistry involved in producing a pure silk, distressed, textured, high and low hand-knotted Oriental rug is reaching new levels this season. The way this luminous look interacts with varied pile heights creates a brilliant patina that bridges antiquity and fresh, sumptuous design.
There is also a beautiful shift toward sensory-driven, contemporary aesthetics. S&H Rugs looks forward to presenting collections featuring a silk, textured, tone-on-tone, modern, hand-knotted Oriental rug that uses rich, subtle dimensions. This style is becoming essential for anchoring spaces with a sense of quiet, understated elegance.
What are some trends you’re seeing in rug designs?
S&H Rugs recognizes that the industry is heavily embracing raw, earthy aesthetics paired with sustainable materials. The deconstructed, wabi-sabi look of an oxidized and distressed grass design with exposed warps brings an edgy, tactile element straight to the floor. When these innovative, rugged textures are executed flawlessly, the high-density construction allows for crisp detailing and a sophisticated sheen that truly stands out.
French Accents
200 Steele Building, Showroom 112, Floor 1 | www.farugs.com
What new introductions will you be showing at the market?
This will be a special Fall High Point Market. We are introducing many new designs and colorways in traditional, transitional, and modern styles.
Notable new introductions include minimalist Berber designs, European Art Deco-inspired designs, and new textures of classic designs like Mamluk, and so much more.
What are you most excited about for your upcoming markets?
Because of our wide range of offerings, we’re excited to learn and engage with our incredible clients and astute market visitors to understand which new textures, colors, and styles resonate. This helps us improve and perfect our craft. So, each market reflects our growth. And we believe that in this market, we have some very special pieces that will resonate with the design community.
Lavin Rugs
IHFC, Commerce C258 | www.lavinrugs.com
What new introductions will you be showing at the market?
This October, we’re excited to introduce 54 unique new Lavin rugs, including 26 handmade and 28 machine-made designs. The launch includes six completely new handmade collections and nine new power-loomed collections, along with new additions to two of our best-selling handmade collections. It’s a significant introduction for Lavin and gives us an opportunity to show a much broader range of what we can offer. Across the
new collections, we’ve focused heavily on color, texture, construction and creating designs that feel fresh and relevant for today’s market while continuing to deliver the value our customers expect from Lavin.
Have you made any changes to your showroom recently?
If so, what?
Yes, we’re actually moving into a new, larger showroom within the IHFC for this market. Our new location will be IHFC-C258, Commerce, 2nd Floor. It’s in a more highly trafficked area, which will give Lavin more exposure and give us the additional space we need to showcase both our new introductions and existing collections.
We’re really excited about the move. It gives us an opportunity to better tell the Lavin story, show how much the brand has grown and create a space that represents where we’re headed.
What are you most excited about for this upcoming market?
What I’m most excited about is having the opportunity to tell the story of how Lavin is evolving and growing. There has been a lot of work happening behind the scenes, from developing new product and expanding our assortment to continuing to define who we are and where we want to go as a brand.
High Point gives us the opportunity to bring all of that together. I’m looking forward to meeting with our customers, showing them what we’ve been working on and having conversations about where Lavin is today and where we’re headed. Of course, I’m incredibly excited about the new product, but I’m equally excited for people to see the bigger picture and the momentum we’re building at Lavin.
What are some trends you’re seeing in rug designs?
I think one of the biggest things we’re seeing is that people don’t want rugs to feel so perfect anymore. They want more character and something that feels a little more unique. Texture is a big part of that. Even a very simple design can become much more interesting through the way it feels and
the dimension it has. We’re also seeing warmer colors, more variation and a little more of that handmade, collected look, even in machine-made rugs. Overall, I think people want rugs that are easy to live with but still have some personality.
Do you have any market events planned?
We don’t have any formal events planned for this market. Our focus is really on the new product and welcoming customers into the showroom to see everything we’ve been working on. We have so much new to show, and that’s really the event for us this market.
Jaipur Living
HPM Location: 4th Floor, C&D building | www.jaipurliving.com
American Cover Design/PW Rugs
Center Point on Hamilton - Space #116 | www.americancoverdesign.com
Feizy Rugs
309 N Hamilton Street | www.feizy.com
Kalaty
IHFC, G369 | www.kalaty.com
HRI
IHFC, D431 | www.hrirugs.com
