Our Story

To help you love your floor and home for life.

We’ve gained a lot of expertise since our founding in 1910. Our highly trained craftsmen, expert design team and unsurpassed customer service make us the ideal partner for your next home project — big or small — we’re here for you. We’ve got everything under one roof to take your project from start to finish.

Who We Are

In the beginning we were a small rug store founded by immigrants with big dreams. Haig Kashian and his brother opened a rug cleaning and repair business in Wilmette in 1910. The brothers quickly became famous for their expertise and personal touch, often delivering rugs to customer’s homes on bicycle.

While we’ve grown a lot since then — with showrooms in Wilmette and Lake Forest that showcase a curated collection of everything you’ll need to love your floor and home for life — we’ve remained committed to providing expertise and excellent customer service with a personal touch.

That means we hand-select all our products for superior quality from hardwood, carpet and tile to our line of cabinets handcrafted by Midwest artisans. We clean and repair rugs in our own Evanston warehouse. We’ll get to know you and your taste, then help you create a gorgeous space custom designed just for you to love for life.

So stop by our showrooms. We can’t wait to meet you.

Doug Stein, Owner

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What We Believe

Since our founding over 100 years ago, everything we do is committed to creating a home that is there for you in all the small and big moments of life. Expertise, quality craftsmanship and personal connections are what inspire us to help you love your flooring and home for life.

Designed for Life

In this busy world, we believe that personal connection, expertise and artisanship are the foundations of a home designed for life. From our hardwood chosen by hand to our cabinets built by Midwest artisans just for us, our mission is to help you surround yourself with the things you’ll love for life. 

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Hear from our customers who love their floors and home for life.

We love our customers here at Kashian Bros, since personal connection is what we’re really all about. Check out what real customers have to say about us.

Our Timeline

Haig Kashian Emigrates to America with his brother Greg Kashian at the age of 17 with a small amount of change and a few beautiful oriental rugs in their possession.

1907

Haig Kashian began working at Marshall Fields in their rug department in Chicago, IL.

1908

Haig and his brother founded a new rug company in Wilmette, IL. They began selling, cleaning and restoring fine oriental rugs under the name “Eastern Rug Cleaning Company”. The store is located at 1145 Greenleaf Avenue, Wilmette IL. The original phone number was - Wilmette 1200

1910

Between 1910 and 1914, the name was changed to Kashian Bros

1914

Kashian Bros participated with other retailers in the area in the DOLLAR DAYS promotion. Kashian Bros offered two 9x12 rugs cleaned for $5.00 ($4.00 for the first rug – regular price and $1.00 for the second rug)

1923

Kashian Bros was established as a polling place for the Village of Wilmette for the April 1926 Elections

1926

With help from their nephew Puzant Kashian of Minnesota, they introduced Moth Destroying Service for area rugs

1931

Haig Kashian and his brother retired and sold the business to Jim Allan on November 1, 1949

1949

Kashian Bros adds a full range of carpeting to their assortment

Circa 1960

Kashian Bros begins fabricating custom designed area rugs. Individual tufted carpet samples are cut and shaped to 1980 create intricate one of a kind designs

Circa 1980

The store was torn down to make way for the new condominium / retail space.

1997

Kashian Bros is the first to introduce Dust Free Sanding and Refinishing for wood floors on the North Shore

2000

Doug Stein purchases Kashian Bros as the new owner

2006

Kashian Bros acquires the assets of Kleen-Rite cleaning services

2009

Kashian Bros celebrates 100 years of service on the North Shore. Air Duct cleaning is added to the full range of in home cleaning services offered

2010

Kashian Bros is first to introduce UV cured wood floor finishes on the North Shore

2011

Kashian Bros is voted “Best Of 2014” for floor covering on the North Shore

2014

Kashian Bros opens a 2nd location in Lake Forest, IL with the purchase of Deerpath Carpet

2018

Kashian Bros adds Kitchen and Bath remodeling services offering a complete one stop shop for design, build and installallation.

2019

Check out what our customers have to say:

I wanted to tell you how thrilled [my clients] were with the furniture cleaning. They're just pretty amazed at how great they all came out because they had a lot of stains.

Holly C., Wilmette

They did an absolutely spectacular job [cleaning my chaise lounge]. They were very polite, very courteous. They worked quickly, and they really cleaned it.

Patricia B., Wilmette

[Kashian Bros] cleaned my carpeting and they did a great job. We've been working with them for a while now.

Pamela T., Chicagoland

I was really happy with the guys who did the [carpet and upholstery] cleaning in our house. They were neat, non-disruptive, and their work looks terrific. Really stellar job.

Bob D., Chicagoland

Your [team] returned our area rug that was cleaned and resurged and it looks absolutely fabulous. You guys did a great job for a small carpet repair job.

Nancy R., Wilmette

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