Hand-Knotted Rugs in Houston

Arteverk · Houston Showroom

Arteverk is a Houston hand-knotted & oriental rug specialist with a showroom in west Houston at 1325 S Creek Dr, Suite 200 — serving River Oaks, Memorial, The Heights and the greater Houston area, plus white-glove delivery. We are third-generation weavers and curators, so the rug you see is the rug we know.

• Hand-knotted rugs in Houston — visit our showroom
• Serving Houston's neighborhoods
• Rugs suited to Houston homes
• Explore by type, size, room & colour
• Why Arteverk
• Nationwide white-glove delivery
• Visit or book a viewing
• FAQ

Hand-Knotted Rugs in Houston — Visit Our Showroom

You can see our hand-knotted rugs in person at our west Houston showroom — 1325 S Creek Dr, Suite 200, Houston, TX 77084. Because every hand-knotted rug is one of a kind, seeing a piece under real light, on a real floor, tells you far more than any photograph can: the true colour, the hand of the wool, the scale against your own furniture. We show by appointment so we can set aside the time to pull pieces to your size, room and palette rather than leave you to browse a warehouse alone. To book a time that suits you, get in touch through our contact page and we will confirm a viewing.

Most of what we show is hand-knotted — tied by hand, knot by knot, in wool — including fine Persian city weaves, bold tribal and village rugs, and our own Serenity house line, hand-knotted rugs that are washed and sun-dried for a soft, gently faded finish. If a piece is machine-made, we say so plainly; we never dress up one as the other.

Serving Houston's Neighborhoods

Arteverk delivers and consults across the whole Houston area, and we tailor what we show to how homes here are actually built and lived in. A few of the neighborhoods we serve most often, and the rugs that tend to suit them:

• River Oaks & Tanglewood — grand, formal rooms with high ceilings and long sightlines call for oversize medallion Persians (Kashan, Tabriz, Nain) that can carry a large space without looking lost.
• Memorial & Hunters Creek / Piney Point — big open-plan living areas where an oversize or palace rug anchors a seating group and defines the room within the larger space.
• West University Place (West U) & Southampton — traditional homes and family rooms where a durable, forgiving hand-knotted wool rug reads elegant and lives well with children and pets.
• Bellaire & Museum District — a mix of mid-century and traditional interiors that pair beautifully with cleaner Oushak and soft-palette weaves, or a graphic tribal piece for contrast.
• The Heights & Montrose — bungalows and characterful older homes where tribal Kazak and Baluch rugs, with their bold geometry and warm colour, suit the scale and personality of the rooms.

Not on this list? We serve Uptown / Galleria and the greater Houston metro too — just tell us your neighborhood when you reach out.

Rugs Suited to Houston Homes

Houston homes have a particular set of needs, and hand-knotted wool rugs answer them well. Three things matter most here:

• Scale for open plans and tall ceilings. So many Houston homes have large, open living areas and double-height rooms that a standard 8x10 simply floats. We stock oversize and palace rugs, including 12x15 and larger, so a rug can properly ground the furniture and hold its own in a big room.
• Wool for humidity and heavy AC cycles. Between Gulf humidity and constant air-conditioning, indoor moisture swings hard here. Wool naturally absorbs and releases moisture, which helps it stay stable and comfortable underfoot through those cycles — one of the quiet advantages of a genuine hand-knotted wool rug over synthetic. It also means letting a rug breathe and cleaning it properly matters; we walk you through care.
• Colour for warm Texas light. Houston's light is warm and generous, which flatters the madder reds, indigos, golds and soft ivories of hand-knotted rugs. We help you judge colour in that light rather than under a showroom's cool bulbs.

Explore by Type, Size, Room & Colour

If you would rather explore online first, our collection and origin guides are the fastest way in:

• Browse everything — see the full range in our collection, where each hand-knotted rug is photographed as the exact piece you would receive.
• Learn the origins — read our guides to Kazak rugs, Isfahan rugs and Oushak rugs to find the style that fits your room.
• Start with the big picture — our hubs for oriental rugs and Persian rugs lay out the traditions, and the rug weave guide explains how hand-knotted rugs are actually made.

Why Arteverk

Nationwide White-Glove Delivery from Houston

Houston is our home and showroom, but we ship anywhere in the United States with white-glove delivery — your rug arrives carefully handled and ready to place, not left folded in a box. Local Houston clients are welcome to view in person by appointment before deciding; clients further afield can rely on true-to-life photography of the exact piece and our guidance on size and colour. Either way, you deal with the same family that curated the rug.

Visit or Book a Viewing

The best way to choose a hand-knotted rug is to see a few, in your light, at your size. Tell us your room, your rough dimensions and the colours you are drawn to, and we will set aside pieces worth your time before you arrive. Reach out through our contact page to book a showroom viewing at 1325 S Creek Dr, Suite 200, or to arrange nationwide delivery.

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