ABC Carpet & Home: Carpet

Description
While it may seem like nothing in this inspiring home behemoth falls into the “budget” designation, the basement of the rug depot (west side of the street), offers a trove of carpet remnants, like a beautiful purple- inflected beige number (12'x14') for about $300, which can be cut to any size and bound—a customer had them re-create the shape of a bear last week. You can get natural fibers (jute, sisal) and broadlooms (the saffron-hued carpet used in Radio City Music Hall for the Dalai Lama’s visit is now $19.90 per square foot) along with rug samples and overstock (most of which are reduced by 50 to 75 percent). Upstairs, you'll find insanely gorgeous wares at equally insane prices: Madeline Weinrib Atelier graphic centerpieces, huge flokatis and a slew of hand-tied rugs from farflung corners of the world.