Save The Date!

October 8–10

Fair Trade Oriental Rug Event

Mark your calendar for our upcoming Oriental Rug Event featuring over 300 handknotted rugs all made by fairly paid adults, from 2'x3's to 10'x14's. Since our store is not large enough to carry these rugs year round, we host this special event to bring these high quality, fairly traded handknotted rugs to our community from the Main Rug Gallery at Ten Thousand Villages, Ephrata, Pennsylvania.

It's an event not to miss as these fairly traded rugs represent a win-win situation for all — high quality, fairly priced, handknotted rugs for the consumer and fair-paying, consistent jobs for artisans.

Rug Event Location
One World Goods
Pittsford Plaza
3349 Monroe Ave
Rochester, NY 14618
585-387-0070
owg@frontiernet.net
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Rug Event Hours
Friday 10-9
Saturday 10-9
Sunday 12-5

Free Public Seminar
Friday, October 8
6:30 p.m.

Decorating With Rugs

Whether you are redecorating, just bought your first home or are looking to add that finishing touch, Oriental rugs are surprisingly easy to design with. You don't have to be an expert to know what looks good. The most important thing is to find a rug that you love.

When you look for a rug, decide whether the rug will be the focus in a conversational area with other rugs as accents or cover the entire room. You will want to allow for a border of hardwood floor or other floor material to show on all sides of the rug.

Be flexible in sizing and you will increase the number of rugs to choose from. Furniture may be placed on top of the carpet or around it. It is quite alright to place the front legs of a chair or sofa on the rug and the back legs off. Most of all, a rug that "speaks to you" will provide more pleasure than one that goes perfectly with its surroundings.

Fair Trade Difference

Here at One World Goods we believe in a global economy that is sustainable and fair to everyone involved. This means providing well-made, quality products for our customers and a fair, sustainable income for our artisans. When you purchase a rug through One World Goods, you not only acquire a beautiful piece of functional art, you also support lives, culture and education in Pakistan.

• The People Behind the Rugs
• Empowering Women
• Supporting Schools
• Pakistan Earthquake Relief

Introduction to Oriental Rugs Seminar
Friday, October 8 at 6:30 p.m.

Spend an evening learning more about how Oriental rugs are made, from dyeing the wool to tying the fringes and hear how fair trade works to produce high quality while still offering competitive prices for the North American consumer.

Call the store at 585-387-0070 or
email owg@frontiernet.net
to register for this free public seminar.