Peace Rugs is a fully custom, made-to-order hand-knotted rug brand built around a direct-from-weaver model — every rug is produced only after it’s ordered, shipped straight from its city of manufacture, and priced without the five layers of markup common in the traditional rug trade.

Where our sister company Alyshaan carries 7,000+ rugs ready to view and take home immediately, Peace Rugs exists for clients who want something made specifically for their space — in the exact size, color, and design they envision

Peace Rugs is backed by our mother company, Alyshaan, a family-owned business spanning three generations — Alyshaan carries in-stock rugs ready to view now, while Peace Rugs builds fully custom pieces to order.

Both brands share the same family expertise, sourcing relationships, and craftsmanship standards. If you want to browse and buy today, Alyshaan’s Scottsdale showroom is the place to start; if you need a specific size, color, or design that doesn’t exist in stock, Peace Rugs builds it from scratch.

Peace Rugs specializes in fully custom design, but you can also start from an existing pattern you love and have it re-scaled, re-colored, or otherwise modified to fit your space.

Many clients begin with inspiration — a rug seen in a showroom, magazine, or hotel — rather than a blank slate. Our team can adapt virtually any pattern’s dimensions and colorway while keeping the design’s original character intact.

Yes — Peace Rugs can recreate or interpret virtually any visual motif, geometric pattern, antique design, or architectural element as an original custom piece, while respecting copyright guidelines.

We modify dimensions, color tones, and pile heights to create a bespoke piece tailored specifically to your home rather than an exact replica, ensuring the final rug is both true to your inspiration and an original work in its own right.

Yes — if you love a pattern from our catalog or the Alyshaan showroom but need a different size or colorway, Peace Rugs can re-scale and re-color that design seamlessly.

This is often a faster, more cost-effective path than a fully original design, since the pattern itself is already proven — we’re simply adapting its dimensions or palette (for example, resizing an 8×10 pattern to 11×15, or shifting cool blue tones to warm earth tones) to fit your specific room.

Peace Rugs follows a six-step process: design consultation, color and palette matching, CAD rendering, physical strike-off approval, artisan weaving, and finishing with white-glove delivery.

We start with your inspiration — a wallpaper sample, fabric swatch, photograph, or existing design — then move through digital rendering and (for complex or fine pieces) a small woven sample to confirm hand-feel and color accuracy before full production begins. Once approved, master weavers craft the rug knot by knot, and the finished piece is hand-washed, sheared, edge-bound, and quality-checked before white-glove placement in your home.

A CAD rendering is a 2D digital rendering showing your custom rug’s exact scale, proportions, and color placement, typically completed within 3–5 business days by our in-house graphic design team.

This step removes the guesswork before any weaving begins — you can review and revise the design digitally, confirming layout and color placement match your vision, before committing to production.

A strike-off is a small 1×1 or 2×2 foot woven sample of your custom design, created to verify hand-feel, texture, and true color accuracy in your home’s actual lighting before full production begins.

Digital renderings and physical yarn poms can only approximate how a finished rug will look and feel; a woven strike-off is the closest possible preview, especially for complex or fine hand-knotted pieces where color and texture precision matter most.

Yes — Peace Rugs provides progress photos and loom updates throughout the weaving phase so you can watch your custom rug come to life.

Given that a fine hand-knotted rug can take months to complete, these updates let clients stay connected to the process and see milestones like color placement and pattern progress as the piece develops on the loom.

Peace Rugs employs full-time in-house graphic designers specializing in textile design, and digital CAD renderings and color revisions are included as part of the custom consultation for active custom orders.

Because the design team works exclusively on rug-specific renderings, they understand how digital color and pattern translate into an actual woven textile — a level of specialization a general graphic designer typically wouldn’t have.

Peace Rugs offers hand-knotted (the highest luxury tier, lasting generations), hand-loomed (superior quality, 15–30 year lifespan), and hand-tufted (a decorative, budget-conscious option lasting 5–10 years).

Hand-knotted rugs are individually knotted around warp threads and are ideal for high-traffic living rooms and dining rooms, typically taking 4–6 months to produce. Hand-loomed rugs are woven on traditional looms and suit bedrooms and formal sitting areas, taking 2–3 months. Hand-tufted rugs are punched with yarn into a canvas backing and secured with latex, best reserved for low-traffic decorative accents, and take 6–8 weeks.

Hand-knotted rugs contain no synthetic glues or latex backing that decompose over time — each knot wraps independently around structural warp threads, allowing the rug to withstand decades of heavy use and professional washing.

This structure is what allows a well-made hand-knotted rug to be repaired, re-washed, and restored across generations, rather than breaking down and needing replacement the way glued or synthetic constructions do.

Custom material options include high-grade hand-spun wool, natural pure silk, bamboo silk/viscose, wool-and-silk blends, and specialty fibers like mohair, linen, or pashmina.

Wool is the benchmark material — naturally stain-resistant, durable, and elastic, ideal for high-traffic family spaces. Pure silk delivers unmatched luster and fine detail capability. Wool-and-silk blends are the most popular custom choice, combining wool’s durable structure with silk’s subtle luminescence in pattern highlights.

Yes — Peace Rugs can specify low pile (flat 1/4″), standard plush (3/8″ to 1/2″), high-low dimensional carving, hand-sheared distressed finishes, or loop-and-pile combinations.

Pile height and texture affect both the look and function of a rug — lower pile works well under dining chairs for easy movement, while plush or carved textures can add dimension and visual interest in a formal living space.

Abrash refers to subtle, natural horizontal shade variations that occur when hand-spun yarns absorb dye at slightly different rates, adding depth and authenticity to fine handmade rugs.

If you love the character abrash brings, hand-spun wool with natural dye lots will produce it organically. If you prefer perfectly uniform, flat color instead, we can specify refined machine-spun yarns and chrome dyes to eliminate shade variation entirely — the choice is yours during the design phase.

There are virtually no size limits — Peace Rugs regularly produces oversize and palace-scale rugs (14×24, 18×30, 20×40 feet or larger), with custom looms built specifically for grand-scale spaces.

Oversize projects require longer production timelines and specialized loom setups, but size alone is rarely a barrier for a genuinely custom project — from a small stair runner to a room-filling palace rug.

Yes — Peace Rugs weaves rounds, ovals, octagons, squares, curved runners, and L- or T-shaped rugs for complex entryways, wrap-around seating, and irregular room layouts.

We also produce tailored fireplace hearth cutouts, floor-vent cutouts, column notches, and staircase runners with precise pattern repeats for curved or spiral staircases — architectural detail work that off-the-shelf rugs simply can’t accommodate.

For local Arizona clients, Peace Rugs offers complimentary in-home measuring where our experts assess room proportions, furniture placement, and clearances; for clients elsewhere, we provide exact measuring templates.

Accurate measurement is critical for custom work since the rug is being built specifically for your space — our team can also work directly with your installer or designer to confirm dimensions before production begins.

Yes — custom shaping is one of the core reasons clients choose Peace Rugs over a standard rectangular stock rug, particularly for entryways, curved walls, or open-concept layouts.

Rather than compromising with a rectangular rug that doesn’t fit the space, we can design the rug’s outline to follow the actual architecture of the room, including notches around columns or built-ins.

Yes — Peace Rugs weaves custom staircase runners with precise, repeating pattern alignment, including for curved or spiral staircases.

Staircase runners require careful planning so the pattern repeats align correctly from step to step — something only achievable with a rug designed and measured specifically for your staircase rather than cut from a standard runner roll.

Peace Rugs uses specialized textile yarn pom boxes containing over 1,200 wool and silk swatches, and can custom-dye lots to match paint chips, fabric swatches, or wallpaper within roughly 95%+ accuracy.

Natural dye lot variation means an exact 100% match isn’t always achievable, but the pom-matching and strike-off process gets remarkably close — close enough that most clients can’t tell the difference once the rug is installed alongside the paint or fabric it was matched to.

Yes — natural daylight, warm incandescent lighting, and cool LED illumination all render wool and silk fibers differently, which is why Peace Rugs insists on reviewing physical yarn poms and strike-off samples inside your actual home.

A color that looks perfect under a showroom’s lighting can shift noticeably under your home’s north-facing window light or evening lamp light. Reviewing samples in your space during morning, afternoon, and evening light is the only way to be fully confident before weaving begins.

Yes — bring in a physical paint chip, fabric swatch, or wallpaper sample and our team can custom-dye wool or silk lots to match it closely.

This is one of the most popular reasons clients choose custom over in-stock — tying a rug’s palette directly to an existing design element like drapery, upholstery, or a feature wall creates a cohesive, intentional room.

We can specify refined machine-spun yarns and chrome dyes to produce a flat, uniform color free of natural abrash variation.

This is a deliberate design choice some clients prefer for a clean, modern aesthetic, as opposed to the organic shade movement (abrash) that hand-spun, naturally dyed wool typically produces.

Yes — custom rugs can incorporate symbolic motifs, monograms, or personalized patterns as part of the original design.

These details are worked into the CAD rendering during the design phase, so you can see exactly how a crest or motif will be placed and scaled within the overall pattern before weaving begins.

Standard sizes (8×10, 9×12, 10×14) typically take 4–6 months to weave and finish; oversize or palace rugs (12×18+) take 6–9 months, plus 1–2 weeks for CAD design and color approval upfront.

If a woven strike-off sample is requested before full production, add another 4–6 weeks to the front end of the timeline. Hand-loomed custom rugs move faster, typically completing in 8–12 weeks total.

A 9×12 fine hand-knotted rug contains between 1 and 2 million individual hand-tied knots, and master artisans tie up to roughly 8,000 knots a day by hand.

After weaving, the rug still undergoes hand-washing with natural soaps, sun-drying, hand-shearing, binding, and stretching — quality craftsmanship at this level simply cannot be rushed without compromising the finished piece.

Hand-loomed custom rugs typically complete in 8–12 weeks total, considerably faster than the 4–6 months required for hand-knotted construction.

Hand-loomed rugs are still handcrafted on traditional looms and offer superior quality with a 15–30 year lifespan — a strong option for clients who want genuine custom craftsmanship on a shorter timeline than full hand-knotting requires.

Hand-knotted production timelines are difficult to meaningfully compress, since they’re limited by how many knots a master weaver can physically tie per day — but hand-loomed or hand-tufted options offer genuinely faster paths to a custom piece.

If your timeline is tight, the honest answer is to discuss construction method options with your Peace Rugs consultant early — a hand-loomed custom rug at 8–12 weeks may be a better fit than compressing a hand-knotted project that’s built for a 4–6 month timeline.

Yes — Peace Rugs provides progress photos and loom updates throughout production so you can watch your custom rug take shape.

These updates are especially valued during longer hand-knotted projects, giving clients visibility into milestones like initial pattern lay-in and color placement well before the rug is complete.

Custom pricing is based on four factors: total square footage, construction technique and knot density, material content (wool versus silk or specialty fibers), and design complexity.

Higher knot-per-square-inch counts require significantly more artisan hours, and a higher percentage of pure silk or specialty fiber raises material cost. Intricate multi-color patterns or complex hand-carving also add to the investment

Not necessarily — because Peace Rugs works directly with master weaving centers without intermediaries or middleman markups, custom pricing per square foot is generally comparable to in-stock fine hand-knotted rugs of equivalent quality.

The main cost driver isn’t “custom” itself — it’s the same variables (knot density, materials, size) that determine any hand-knotted rug’s price, whether it’s already on the showroom floor or built specifically for you.

Standard terms require a 50% deposit upon CAD artwork and color approval to initiate weaving, with the remaining 50% due upon white-glove delivery or shipment approval.

This structure protects both sides of a months-long production process — the deposit secures your place in the weaving queue and confirms design approval, while the balance is due only once your finished rug is ready.

Initial consultations and artwork design revisions carry zero risk, but once physical strike-offs or final CADs are formally approved and raw materials are dyed and warped on the loom, the 50% deposit becomes non-refundable.

This policy reflects the bespoke nature of custom artisan work — once materials are committed to your specific design and production begins, that capacity and material can’t be repurposed for another client.

Custom Peace Rugs are built to the same hand-knotted construction and quality standards backing every rug from the Alyshaan family of brands.

Ask your Peace Rugs consultant to walk through the specific guarantee terms for your project at the time of order, since custom pieces involve production variables (materials, construction method) that are confirmed during the design phase.

Yes — the Peace Rugs Designer Trade Program offers trade discounts, dedicated concierge assistance, priority CAD rendering, complimentary yarn pom box loans, and direct client presentation support.

The program is built specifically around how designers work — fast turnaround on renderings for client presentations, tools to present color options in-office or on-site, and a dedicated point of contact rather than general customer service.

Designers can register online or directly via chat by providing their name, firm name, phone, email, and resale tax ID, and the Trade Manager sends complete program details immediately.

Once registered, designers gain ongoing access to trade pricing and concierge support across all future custom projects, not just a single order.

Yes — designers are welcome to bring clients to the Scottsdale Design Center for in-person presentations of color poms, strike-off samples, and design options.

In-person review is especially valuable for color and texture decisions, since lighting and hand-feel are difficult to convey digitally — something particularly important when presenting options directly to your client.

Yes — Peace Rugs’ custom capabilities, including oversize and palace-scale weaving and architectural custom shapes, extend to commercial and hospitality-scale projects.

Talk with your trade consultant early in a commercial project’s timeline given the extended production windows involved for large-scale or highly custom pieces, so lead times can be built into the overall project schedule.

The trade program provides continued access to concierge assistance, priority CAD rendering, and pom box loans for every future project, not just an initial custom order.

This is designed to function as an ongoing resource for a designer’s business rather than a one-time transaction — the same dedicated support is available whether it’s your first custom rug or your fiftieth.

A custom rug is a standalone, movable piece designed and woven to your exact specifications, while carpet installation is fitted wall-to-wall and permanently affixed to the floor.

Because a custom Peace Rug isn’t attached to the floor, it can move with you, be professionally cleaned off-site, and become a portable heirloom — flexibility that wall-to-wall carpet simply doesn’t offer.

Yes — Peace Rugs can design and weave custom pieces across traditional Persian and Oriental motifs, transitional designs that reinterpret classic patterns in updated palettes, and fully contemporary abstract or geometric styles.

Because every piece starts from a CAD rendering built around your vision, style category is simply a starting point for the conversation rather than a limitation — we can also blend elements across categories for a truly original design.

Currently popular custom directions include neutral and tonal palettes, oversized and layered rug applications, transitional reinterpretations of traditional patterns, and paint- or fabric-matched color stories tied directly to a room’s existing design.

Custom work is particularly well-suited to trend-forward requests, since you’re not limited to what happens to be in stock — a color or scale that’s trending this season can be built directly into your design from the start.

Either approach works well in a custom piece — matching creates a cohesive, seamless look, while contrast makes the rug a statement piece; many clients use custom color matching to do a bit of both intentionally.

Because Peace Rugs can custom-dye to match a specific paint chip or fabric swatch, you have more control over this decision than with an in-stock rug — you can decide exactly how much the rug should blend versus stand out before a single knot is tied.

Yes — tell your Peace Rugs consultant about your household during the design consultation, and we’ll recommend a durable, densely knotted wool construction suited to pets and active family life.

Material choice, knot density, and pile height can all be adjusted at the design stage specifically for durability, so a family room custom rug can be built to perform very differently than a formal, low-traffic silk piece.

High-grade, densely hand-knotted wool is the strongest choice for pet households — it naturally resists stains, hides fur well, and holds up to scratching far better than looser weaves or delicate fibers.

If you want the luminous look of silk in a pet-friendly home, we can work it into pattern highlights within a wool foundation rather than using it as the primary pile material in high-traffic, pet-heavy areas.

Blot fresh accidents immediately and avoid home steam cleaners or bleach, then have the rug professionally cleaned — available through our parent company, Alyshaan, using wet-wash extraction methods suited to natural fibers.

Deep-set odor in wool typically requires more than surface cleaning to fully remove, which is why a specialty cleaning facility built for fine hand-knotted rugs gets better results than at-home treatments.

Yes — genuine hand-knotted construction using natural wool and silk has no synthetic latex backing, making it a cleaner surface for kids and allergy-sensitive households than hand-tufted or machine-made alternatives.

If allergy sensitivity is a priority for your household, mention it during your design consultation — we can recommend fiber and construction choices specifically suited to easier, more thorough cleaning.

No significant off-gassing is expected from genuine hand-knotted wool and silk construction, since there’s no glued canvas backing or synthetic latex involved, unlike many hand-tufted or machine-made rugs.

This is one of the underappreciated benefits of true hand-knotted construction — the absence of adhesive backing means better long-term indoor air quality, which matters most in bedrooms and nurseries.

Share your entryway’s dimensions and any architectural features (like a chandelier or curved wall) during your design consultation, and we’ll help size and shape a piece — rectangular, round, or custom-cut — that fits the space precisely.

Entryways are one of the best use cases for a fully custom rug, since off-the-shelf sizes rarely fit an irregular foyer footprint or center perfectly under an existing light fixture the way a piece built to your exact measurements can.

Yes — custom runners can be woven to any exact length, including for long or unusually shaped hallways where standard off-the-shelf runner lengths don’t fit cleanly.

This avoids the common problem of needing two runners with a seam, or a standard length that leaves an awkward gap — a custom runner is built to your hallway’s precise dimensions from the start.

It’s possible with realistic expectations, but bathrooms are a demanding moisture environment for natural fibers, so a smaller, lower-pile wool piece placed away from direct splash zones is the more sensible custom approach than a fine silk piece.

If bathroom placement is your goal, mention this clearly during your design consultation so we can recommend construction and material choices suited to that environment rather than a piece optimized for a dry living space.

As a general guideline, plan for at least 6–8 inches of visible floor between the rug’s edge and the walls, increasing to 12–24 inches in larger rooms for a more intentional framed look.

Because a custom rug is built to your exact room dimensions, this margin can be planned precisely during design rather than compromised around a standard off-the-shelf size.

Yes — a custom Peace Rug can be designed specifically to be layered over an existing base rug, with size, color, and texture chosen intentionally to complement rather than clash with the piece underneath.

This is a popular way to introduce a bold custom pattern into a room without replacing an existing neutral rug entirely — just share the base rug’s dimensions and palette during your consultation.

Yes — round custom rugs are one of our most requested shapes, sized so chairs remain fully on the rug even when pulled out for seating.

Because the rug is built specifically for your table, we can size it precisely to your table’s diameter plus the chair clearance you need, rather than compromising with the nearest standard round size.

Yes — a quality rug pad is recommended for every custom rug regardless of floor type, protecting both the rug’s foundation and your flooring while preventing slipping.

This matters just as much for a custom piece as an in-stock one — a rug pad protects the significant investment a custom rug represents from the accelerated wear that comes with a rug sliding or sitting directly against hard flooring.

For hardwood, use a pad specifically labeled hardwood-safe to protect the floor’s finish; for tile or stone, a grippier pad works well since there’s no finish at risk.

Ask your Peace Rugs consultant for a pad recommendation once your custom rug’s final dimensions and shape are confirmed, so the pad can be properly sized to match.

Rug pads for custom shapes (rounds, ovals, runners, or architectural cutouts) are cut to match your rug’s specific outline, typically trimmed about 1–2 inches smaller on all sides than the finished rug.

This is another area where custom work requires custom accessories — a standard rectangular pad won’t work under an octagon or hearth-cutout rug, so pad sizing is handled alongside your final rug delivery.

Using an appropriate, correctly sized rug pad supports your rug’s longevity and is generally recommended as part of proper care, though you should confirm specific guarantee terms with your consultant at the time of order.

In general, protecting a custom rug’s foundation from direct floor contact and slipping only helps preserve the construction quality that any materials and workmanship guarantee is meant to cover.

Ask specifically what grade and region of wool will be used, not just “wool” in general — a serious custom rug maker should be able to answer in detail, since sourcing directly affects the finished rug’s softness, durability, and stain resistance.

Peace Rugs works with high-grade hand-spun wool sourced through our established weaving-center relationships across India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, and we’re happy to discuss the specific sourcing story behind your project.

Because Peace Rugs requires formal approval of a CAD rendering and, for complex or fine pieces, a physical woven strike-off before full production begins, this significantly reduces the risk of a mismatch — discuss specific remake or revision terms with your consultant at the time of order.

The strike-off step exists specifically to catch color and texture surprises before they become a finished, full-size rug — approving physical samples in your actual home lighting is the strongest safeguard against this common custom-rug disappointment.

Color consistency starts with our proprietary wool pom color-matching system, developed over two decades, combined with a physical strike-off sample reviewed in your home’s actual lighting before full-scale weaving begins.

Natural dye lot variation is a reality of hand-dyed materials, but disciplined process — matching against a consistent pom reference system and confirming with a woven sample — keeps that variation to a minor, expected tolerance rather than an unpleasant surprise at delivery.

Peace Rugs is backed by our mother company, Alyshaan, a family-owned business spanning three generations, bringing decades of hand-knotted rug expertise to every custom project.

That heritage means custom clients benefit from the same sourcing relationships, weaving-center partnerships, and technical knowledge that have shaped Alyshaan’s reputation over more than five decades in the fine rug trade.

Yes — our mother company Alyshaan has over 7,000 rugs in stock in our showroom at the Scottsdale Design Center.

You’re always welcome to browse this extensive in-stock inventory in person, or speak with a Peace Rugs expert if you’re deciding between an immediate in-stock match and a fully custom piece.

Yes — area rug cleaning, repair, and restoration services for Peace Rugs pieces are provided through our parent store, Alyshaan.

Alyshaan operates a dedicated cleaning facility using gentle, traditional wet-wash methods suited for fine natural fibers, including the same wool and silk materials used in Peace Rugs custom pieces.

Yes — Peace Rugs is built on fair-trade standards, ethical artisan weaving environments, natural fibers, and sustainable washing and finishing processes.

This zero-gimmick, fair-trade philosophy runs through both brands: transparent pricing year-round with no fake liquidation markups, and a genuine commitment to the artisans and weaving traditions behind every custom piece.

Peace Rugs directs a significant share of every rug’s production cost into a dedicated fund supporting weaver welfare — including food security, children’s education, and community needs like clean water access.

This is possible because the direct-to-consumer model eliminates the multiple layers of agents and exporters that traditionally capture most of a rug’s value before it ever reaches a weaver. Removing that markup chain lets more of what you pay flow back to the artisans and their communities.

By producing each rug only after it’s ordered and shipping directly from the manufacturing city to your door, Peace Rugs eliminates the multiple rounds of shipping, packaging, and warehousing typical of the traditional rug supply chain.

The conventional model sees a rug packaged and shipped as many as five separate times as it moves from weaver to agent to exporter to importer to retailer. A direct, made-to-order model collapses that into a single shipment, meaningfully reducing the packaging waste and transportation footprint behind each rug.

Yes — every Peace Rug is documented throughout production with photos, and finished pieces are accompanied by a numbered Certificate of Authenticity confirming provenance and uniqueness.

This creates a kind of heirloom storybook for your rug — a documented record of your piece’s creation, from initial dyeing through weaving and finishing — adding meaning and provenance for a rug that’s intended to be passed down for generations.

The name reflects the brand’s founding mission: restoring fairness and dignity to weavers in an industry that has long depended on exploitative middlemen, and bringing a sense of tranquility and integrity to how a fine rug is made, sold, and lived with.

That mission traces back to Sameer Aslam’s grandfather, a decorated military officer who personally broke a dealer monopoly that had been exploiting weavers in Pakistan, ensuring artisans could finally sell their work directly at a fair price. Saeed and Sameer built Peace Rugs to carry that legacy forward at a larger scale — a direct-to-consumer model that removes exploitative intermediaries, reduces the industry’s environmental footprint, and channels meaningful value back to the weaving communities behind every rug.