Top-selling rugs at the fall High Point market focus on expected winners.

HIGH POINT, N.C. --Area rug companies spared no expense in setting up showrooms that would inspire and entice retailers and designers – featuring a mix of brand new rug collections as well as line extensions to proven winners at the fall edition of High Point Market.

Still, while some vendors focused on existing in-stock designs to counter increased pricing due to the tariffs, others did move forward with product debuts, particularly in the handmade and natural fiber categories as well as higher-end machine made offerings. In addition, many also added to performance categories as buyers begin to plan their 2026 outdoor rug offering or more value-driven lineups.

Certain common threads throughout the show halls gave an indication of what types of products might be strong sellers in 2026. Shades of blue and green, particularly saturated indigos, vibrant teals, and earthy moss, forest green and sage hues, seemed to dominate the color palette, though earth tones and neutrals remain prevalent. Numerous designers spoke of “updated traditionals" with familiar, tried-and-true motifs and patterns that are re-imagined with a play on scale, border treatments, and colorways.

Feizy has its eye on emerging color trends and predicts that greens will prevail, as well as warm colors like coral and sunbaked terracotta. “We think teal will be a color of the year,” says Amy Charalambopoulos, VP sales & marketing. “But we also expect to continue to see plenty of greens and browns performing.” These colors, she says, will play a part in the emergence of “new traditionals” — that is, classic patterns updated with a fresh color palette and a play on scale.

At Amer, Raj Choudhary, president, predicts that the big color story in the coming year will be a step back from bold hues. “It’s going more toward neutrals and earthy tones,” he says, expecting the market to be dominant in “toned down colors and vintage looks.”

Marlys Giordano, vice president of product development for Couristan, says, “there’s a constant push toward neutrals, which can give [a designer] the ability to transfer a rug from room to room.” She added that she expects an interest in vintage designs that are made modern through color, motifs, and their use and placement to continue. Meanwhile, contemporary patterns will be softened and toned down to be more accessible.

While Ryan Courtois, vice president of product development for LR Home, echoes what others are saying about a return to what he calls “traditionals with a twist,” he also sees another trend emerging: “Ralph Lauren looks, like menswear checks and plaids,” are growing, he says. And if the number of designers walking the showrooms of High Point in sweater vests, houndstooth trousers, and plaid jackets are any indication, home furnishings trends will once again closely follow fashion.

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AMER


Nimbus from the Sealy x Amer Rugs licensed program is hand-tufted of wool. Shown, NIM-7

One of the predicted strong sellers for the coming year in Amer’s assortment is Nimbus, a hand-tufted wool rug collection that’s part of the company’s Sealy licensing partnership. The loop and cut pile weave gives lots of texture in six colorways and a striated pattern that is reminiscent of streaky clouds.

The company also emphasizes a few other lines that are selling well. Mexico is hand-hooked New Zealand wool and features a striped texture with a tone-on-tone abstract pattern in the weave. Vestige, made of wool and viscose, has a more traditional look. The hand-tufted loop and cut pile rug comes in a muted palette that includes soft blues and browns.  And designers looking for heirloom quality contemporary patterns are turning to Ensemble, hand knotted of wool and silk and offering bold statements in today's neutrals.


Amer crafts its hand-tufted Vestige collection of wool and viscose. Shown, Ves-32, Denim

ART RESOURCES


Two dramatic abstract modern designs hand-knotted in wool and silk from the Jade collection grace the entry to the new
Art Resources Market Square showroom.

Art Resources celebrated its expanded showroom  at fall High Point Market, allowing it to showcase a broad assortment of new handcrafted area rugs in a range of textures, weaves, and styles. Among the bestsellers was a sumptuous cream abstract addition to Art Resources' Tibetan 120 collection, which was sold out within the first few days of market. This textured and luminous hand-knotted rug is crafted of wool and silk in a Tibetan weave. Another market favorite was a new design added to the company's popular Souf collection. The geometric AR14M75 features a ground of soft brown with raised accents in light blue, pinks, yellow and more.

The company also introduced the Uneven Hand Sheared collection of wool rugs to its Exotic Fibers program. These rugs feature a wavy linear design in trend-forward colors including beige, white and gold. Other showstoppers were two new artful abstract designs in rich saturated hues added to the Jade collection, crafted of wool and silk.


The Tibetan 120 collection from Art Resources, hand-knotted of wool and silk, introduced this artful abstract in beige and gold.

CAPEL


The Manor collection’s oversized Heriz motif lineup is machine made in wool and nylon.

One of the most popular new introductions at Capel was Manor, a transitional collection that’s machine-made in India of wool with nylon. With distressing and a hand-finished edge, Manor includes oversized Heriz-style floral motifs over backgrounds of tan, pewter, sage green, and indigo blue. Galata is also machine made, with abstract patterns rendered in 100 percent polyester. Positioned for coastal customers, the rugs come in a colorway of blues, neutrals, rust, and gray. Ives, meanwhile, offers a traditional option for machine-mades. Its broken, distressed pattern in a high-low construction is 100 percent polyester for a silky hand.

In handmade, Abacos is hand-tufted wool in a high-low loop and cut pile that shows off blocky organic shapes in ivory over a saturated solid background in colors like brown, blue, and moss green. Antissa, a jacquard hand-loom, is made of wool and viscose and features a sheared abstract texture and colorways that range from saturated blues to a neutral ecru. Finally, the popular Serengeti animal-print-inspired collection premiered a blue colorway to the antelope and leopard patterns.


The dramatic Abacos collection features organic shapes in ivory with saturated ground colors.

COURISTAN


The new indoor Vida collection (shown) from Couristan offers a range of new geometric motifs in trending colorways.

There was plenty of newness from Couristan, where the company is focusing on offering a good-better-best option in a variety of designs. The new Circa collection, handcrafted of wool,  is a midrange version of one of the company’s popular upscale collection.

New collections include machine-woven Sambal, a lineup of 100 percent space dyed wool that’s cross-woven but has the look of a pricey hand-knotted rug with hand finishing and traditional patterns. A counterpart collection, Cadiz, is also machine-woven of wool, but with more contemporary designs.

The handmade Piermont is also crafted of space-dyed wool, and features a cut and loop weave and palette of neutrals. Another cut and loop option, Metropolis, offers abstract stripes with a green-heavy palette. An existing hand-tufted cut pile collection, Lotus, has been updated with new simple geometric patterns rendered in undyed New Zealand wool with an overtwisted yarn and wide stripes.

Outdoor collection Moulet is flatwoven with stripes and geometric patterns. And Dolce, a long-running collection of outdoor rugs, added new designs with options like bold diagonal stripes, blanket borders and oversized abstracts. One Dolce standout is a stylized daisy design on a kelly green ground.


Couristan adds a range of fresh styles to its popular indoor-outdoor Dolce collection.

DALYN


A show-stopping entrance display featured a Kaleidoscope Luxury Washables rug in best-selling earth tones.

Dalyn continued to build upon its collection of washable area rugs, throw blankets, and pillows that share a common color palette for effortless mixing and matching. The company’s new Voyage collection is a polyester microfiber shag that comes in 24 active solid colors and is part of the Luxury Washables program. With a softness that mimics rabbit fur, and a choice of a sweater weave-style crosshatch look or a boucle pattern, the rugs have a TPR non-skid back and a $299 MAP price for a 5 by 7.5-foot rug.

The Kaleidoscope collection has a prism-like, pixelated pattern in several colorways and comes in nine sizes with custom sizing capabilities. “The colors that are doing well are the earth tones and greens,” noted Brian VanderWerf, vice president of sales and marketing. The company also highlighted a holiday display that is part of its Soft Essentials program, including area rugs, throws and pillows with Santa, cozy lodge looks, snowy scenes, and Hanukkah motifs.


Dalyn scored with its Luxury Washables’ new Voyage collection, a microfiber shag in 24 active solids.

FEIZY


Feizy introduced the hand-tufted Kendall collection and this abstract design was an instant hit.

In addition to spotlighting its popular in-out offerings from celebrity designer Thom Filicia at its super-successful Designers for Dogs event, Feizy filled its showroom with new area rugs that check a number of boxes on designers’ wish lists. Pearson has quickly scored some nice placements at retail with new traditional and transitional pattern debuts. The machine-made polyester line offers a rich, earthy palette and a luxurious hand. Jameson answers a growing request for solids, particularly from designers. Machine made of polypropylene in a plush, dense construction, these rugs come in seven mostly neutral active solids, with cream being the most popular option. Lakewood performance rugs made of PET fiber resonated with saturated solid color options in a subtly striped weave.

In handmade, Braden is handwoven in India of undyed wool, featuring abstract shapes hand-carved for lots of texture. Kendall, hand tufted of viscose and wool, has a cut and loop pile and a dreamy palette of creams, blues, and grays to fit seamlessly into coastal decor. And Fleetwood, handwoven of wool and viscose in India, offers a vintage washed look in colorways of beige, charcoal, green, grey and blue.


Feizy's recently introduced Pearson lineup was an instant hit and added fresh updated traditional designs for fall shoppers.

GLOBAL VIEWS


Global Views debuted its cross-category program with TV celeb and designer Jennifer Farrell. Shown, Resonance

Global Views revamped its showroom for fall High Point Market as part of a company rebrand and celebrated by hosting several designer events including a busy celebratory toast. Among the designers attracting fans was interior designer and television host Jennifer Farrell who rolled out her first collection for Global Views, which included furniture, decor and area rugs. Her area rugs, Wavelength and Resonance, were favorites with designers for their hand-crafted tonal organic motifs.

Also rolling out were new additions to Global Views' collaboration with Citizen Artist, formerly FORM Design Studio, founded by designers Ravi Kalichstein and Joshua Rose. The latest pieces included furniture, decor, pillows and area rugs. The hand-loomed Duafe rug, available in rust or sand, features a repeating Adinkra symbol from West Africa.


Global Views unveiled a new revamped showroom that creates special display sections of its best-selling decor categories
such as trays. Shown, Arches rug

HAROUNIAN RUGS INTERNATIONAL


HRI shows off its range of design offerings with the market hit collection, Addison, on the wall and traditional Carlton
cross-woven Wilton-loomed rug of Pakistani and Ghazni wool on the ground at its HPMKT showroom

Three solid-colored ivory designs from the market hit Addison collection, available in sizes up to an impressive 12x15 feet, were the focal point in the Harounian Rugs showroom. Made in India from 100 percent wool, Addison rugs feature subtle abstract patterns created with hand carving.

Another collection which buyers sought out was Glaze, hand-knotted of wool and viscose with a saturated blue abstract design inspired by the organic finish of hand-crafted earthenware, among the favorites. Also on view in the showroom was the Eden collection, available in two different designs with two colorways each. This lineup has a traditional, patinaed look and is hand knotted in India. The company also always offers a made-to-order design, and this year’s, Spectrum, is hand knotted of wool and silk. Customers can customize from over 100 colors for a personalized look to the abstract, painterly pattern.


Designers looking to personalize their clients’ area rugs can custom color rugs from HRI’s Spectrum collection. Shown, SP-1002

JAIPUR LIVING


The Bradley Odom x Jaipur Living collection debuted and both Avis and Solum were immediately generating buzz.

Jaipur Living's showroom presented a broad assortment of new handcrafted area rugs, many offering a colorful antidote to trending solids and neutrals. Among the featured introductions was the company's new collaboration with Atlanta designer Bradley Odom who premiered his inaugural collection at market. Both his hand-knotted Avis and Solum collections were instant favorites. Avis offers an updated traditional bird motif reworked in both scale and color for contemporary tastes. Solum offers understated solid-color Moroccan-inspired geometric motifs with a plush wool pile and directional colors such as cinnamon and cream.

Other introductions that were trending at the showroom were line extensions to the abstract In the After Glow and Urban Pause both by Kavi, hand knotted of wool and viscose from bamboo silk. The new addition to the hand-knotted Liberty collection of updated tribal inspired designs in the blue colorway earned a big thumbs up. Also well received was the company's hand-tufted Reflections collection, which is inspired by Jaipur Living's popular hand-knotted Manchaha lineup of free-style vibrant artisan-designed rugs.


The hand-knotted Liberty collection's latest additions proved a market favorite in this blue colorway.

JAUNTY


Jaunty's new Melbourne collection was among the releases that resonated with designers at High Point.

One of the big introductions from Jaunty was Melbourne, an 11-pattern collection of wool and nylon with accents of viscose. Patterns, accentuated by tip shearing, include traditional motifs like medallions, florals, and vines in an exaggerated oversized scale, as well as abstracts. The Concord collection, hand tufted of New Zealand wool in pure white hues, includes tone-on-tone or two-color patterns of geometrics, abstracts, and simple florals. Fairmont, a popular sturdy flatweave, features contrasting over tufting in a scattered cross-hatch pattern.

The Madrid collection of hand-tufted wool includes large scattered floral patterns with borders in washed hues of green, blush, and warm brown. Davenport, woven in a loop pile, features variegated yarn with an over tufted geometric pattern. Paramount is hand-loomed of wool and polyester, with a high-low effect that highlights a traditional bordered distressed design. And in the Karina collection, an oversized borderless floral, three new colorways were introduced, including Ash, a gray background that offset a pattern rendered in sage green, rust, ecru, and teal.


Fairmont was a hit for its sturdy flatweave construction with an understated over tufted motif.

KALATY


Kalaty's Nexus collection's abstract patterns in neutral colors full of shimmer were a market bestseller.

Kalaty presented its newest handmade and high-quality machine-woven collections and also line extensions at its High Point showroom. Sure to be a winner are the abstract linear and brushstroke inspired designs of Nexus in soft shimmering neutral tones. These rugs are power-loomed in the company's exclusive Luxe-Weave of New Zealand wool with Silkette fibers, and hand-finished for depth, texture and softness. The newest updated traditional additions from the popular Blooma collection, also part of the Luxe-Weave series, earned thumbs up from designers browsing the showroom. Other introductions gaining traction are the bold contemporary patterns of the hand-knotted Helix collection, notably a graphic gray, black and white abstract geometric pattern, HX1495 Helix.

For designers wanting heirloom quality hand-knotted rugs, there were plenty of fresh designs to peruse, including the new contemporary geometric additions to the Himalaya collection. What's more the company's recently introduced Prato collection of abstract designs hand knotted of 100 percent natural silk was a favorite with designers seeking a luminous luxurious statement piece.


Bold graphic designs from Kalaty's new Helix lineup proved a fall showstopper. 

KARASTAN


An impressive entry display in the Karastan showroom featured the company's latest handcrafted debuts.

Karastan devoted the main entry area of its showroom to its newest handcrafted area rugs, which included several brand-new collections and line extensions to popular existing collections. Styles include everything from plush solids -- a style category the company is growing -- to updated traditional, abstract and menswear inspired. Among the favorites is the debuting plush Hudson collection of solids, hand-loomed of premium wools, in colorways such as twilight, a chocolate brown, a grayish brown and ivory. The updated traditional styles of the debuting hand-knotted Sundar, crafted of a blend of wool and rayon, proved a showstopper for their on-point colorways, with a denim floral design being the favorite.

In addition, top-selling collections including the hand-tufted Haberdash and hand-loomed Tableau introduced new color options including forest green, brown and navy. In the machine woven category, the Cantada collection of solid color high-low designs is robo-tufted in a cut and loop wool and viscose blend, and was a hit for its high-quality look and hand.


Karastan's new Cantada collection, machine-woven of wool and nylon, was an immediate hit for its handmade look and feel.

KAS


Kas' recently introduced Denali collection has become a customer favorite for its high-low motifs crafted of undyed wool.

KAS Rugs displayed an assortment of collections in a range of weaves in its entry area, showcasing not only its new hand-knotted Sophia and Aspen collections, both woven in India from hand-carded New Zealand wool, but machine-woven and washable rugs as well. Sophia offers Oushak-inspired designs in muted colorways, while Aspen offered elevated textures. Updated traditional designs continue to trend and both Sofia, and a new Oushak-inspired rust-toned design from Kas' washable London collection (4815) were earning kudos with customers. Another favorite was an ivory-sage abstract design from the power-loomed Mira (4617), which mimics the look of hand-knotted rugs and is cross-woven of space-dyed polyester.

The recently introduced Denali collection, which took center stage in the Kas showroom, was a hit for its solid ivory-colored textured designs, hand tufted of undyed wool. In contrast, the vibrant washable Chantelle collection of cottage-inspired floral designs was also top of the list for many customers.


Kas' washable lineup adds whimsical florals for fall market-goers. Shown, Chantelle collection

-- Continue reading Part 2 of RugNews.com's High Point Market Hits