Affordable Vintage-styled Stair carpet runner??!! Where are they!!?

[cowboy76]

Well, the home desperatley needs a new carpet runner for the stairway. I've been hunting high and low and beating the bricks all over town. I cant find anything affordable!! I'm looking specifically for the old turkish styled designs, and looking to (eventually because they're so expensive) go with brass carpet hold-downs at each step. I dont want to go bare wood, because my dog will tear the wood apart with his toenails and i want to prevent slippage!

Anyone have any help or ideas to offer?? I know we got ourselves a really nice wool rug a few years ago, of course I cant remember for the life of me where we got it though,:eusa_doh: ......price was great, quality great too!

Here's the general idea....

 

[retromom147]

I hope you find a stair runner. My Great Grandma has one in her home and she called it a carpet runner not a stair runner...hope that helps you with your search? She told me she got it from a rug store in Baltimore or Boston? I'm not sure...I was a little kid when she told me.
Good luck and if you find one please please post pictures

 

[scotrace]

cowboy76, I am beginning to detect a general aversion to spending...


Try an ebay seller names rugman.com. I have several Persian carpets from them at great prices (a full room sized rug for under $400 is CHEAP). But beware that buying any rug from any mail order source almost always means $100 or more for shipping. They weigh a ton and are difficult to ship.

 

[pennyseranade]

cowboy76, I am beginning to detect a general aversion to spending...


Try an ebay seller names rugman.com. I have several Persian carpets from them at great prices (a full room sized rug for under $400 is CHEAP). But beware that buying any rug from any mail order source almost always means $100 or more for shipping. They weigh a ton and are difficult to ship.

I'm actually Mrs Cowboy76,....
Not an aversion to spending, per say, but just a wise cautiousness and spendthift to some degree,....frugal.

We also have a dog with some stomach issues,....as you can imagine,..this does NOT help out the quest and certainly does affect what we're willing to spend.

we'll have to check out the rugman you speak of,..thank you.