No long story short here but try to stick with me anyway...

So I'm looking to buy carpeting for a movie space (nothing too fancy just big screen TV, comfy chairs, posters on wall etc.) I've set up in my basement. I've searched for months for something not too tacky yet movie room thematic until I finally found something in the burgundy/brick color family with tasteful gold stars in a simple diagonal pattern. Classy, movie relevant and it matches the existing color scheme. "Great!" think I excited to have finally made my decision. I trot over to my local carpetmonger to inqire about buying said carpet but hear this instead. "Sorry" says she, "I can't get that carpet for you - we don't do business with that company". "Oh, okay" I say and leave figuring its a small store, probably can't work with all the manufacturers so I'll try a bigger player in the carpeting world.

Read more