For Interior Designers
The 30-year rug cost calculator
Most clients compare sticker prices. Show them the real math — cost per year, residual value, and total ownership over a lifetime.
Room size
108 square feet
Restoration Hardware
Machine-made · replaced every 6 years
- Initial cost
- $3,780
- Replacements over 30 years
- 5
- Total spend
- $22,680
- Residual value
- $0
- Annual cost
- $756/year
Ahmadi Atelier
Hand-knotted · 50–100 KPSI
- Initial investment
- $9,720
- Cleaning (10 visits)
- $3,240
- Repair (year 12)
- $432
- Total cost of ownership
- $7,560
- Residual value
- $5,832
- Annual net cost
- $252/year
Over 30 years, the Ahmadi Atelier commission costs $252/year and retains $5,832 in value. The Restoration Hardware rug costs $756/year and is worth nothing.
How to use this with clients
Run the numbers together
Walk through the calculator with your client in the room. The residual value line closes more commissions than any other argument.
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