Next time, I'm Dear Alice.

Do you have any tips for our listeners on how buyers can evaluate the quality and craftsmanship when they're choosing a rug?

Sure.

I mean, first of all, I would always say is make sure you're buying it from a trusted source.

You know, somebody you know has reputable reputation. And then secondly, I would say,

I also think about how you're going to live at that rug, you know, what space is that drug going in?

And as you said, you have pets, kids, what is the traffic? And what is your budget? And then based on

that, I always say look even though

handmade drugs have the reputation of being more expensive you can find an amazing handmade

rug at a good price and value these days because there are so many different types of

constructions so I'm a rug geek so I always look at the back of the rug,

and I can tell, you know, okay, like if there is no,

know most of the time that it's either a nice flat weave

or it's a hand knotted rug, you know, if you have a canvas backing,

then you'll know that it's a hand tufted rug.

If, and then machine made drugs, you're able to tell pretty quickly because they don't fall

too well and, you know, they feel like they're synthetic.

So I would say, you know, think about, again, where, how you're going to use that rug,

you know, a little bit about, you know, what's your budget.

And then I would just say, again, you know, pick a fiber that's going to

last you for a long time. Think about whether you like thin rugs or you like really plush rugs,

you know, touch and feel it to see if it has a soft hand. I always do the rug test again to see

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