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Mike
Ragan Home is an online retail store that brings the
best of Rags along
with items from other manufactures and Artists, personally selected
to compliment the Mike Ragan Home
lifestyle.
Mike
Ragan created Rags, a home furnishings
customhouse, to make fabulous lifestyle furniture and accessories.
The beginning of Rags was when
on the encouragement of his friend's, he designed western-like pillows
to sell to Fred Segal. They sold out immediately and
Rags was in business. The line
grew with the success of the pillows to include bedding, table top,
and eventually to building quality furniture.
The
Mike Ragan Home style is very
unique yet, always comfortable. The designs encompass opulence
to simplicity, sophistication to casual, "east meets west",
and urban to country for complete lifestyle looks. Mr. Ragan has
a penchant for pattern mixing with an emphasis in a resort lifestyle
ranging from the tropical beaches to the snowy slopes.
The
foundation of Rags client base
is with high quality department and specialty stores: Robb and
Stucky, Carl's, and the very successful lifestyle retailer,
Tommy Bahama. Catalogs such as Neiman Marcus, Gumps, Soft
Surroundings, and Koo Koo Bear Kids are big promoters
of Rags. Leading items have
included bedding, tabletop and pillows as well as Mike Ragans
own-patented coffee table sleeper. Design firms make up the balance
of Rags customer base. Mr. Ragan
has also developed a licensing program with The Rug Market
and Bauer International.

The
entertainment industry is a big supporter of the line with contract
work produced for MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, and Flower Films.
Celebrity projects have included: Drew Barrymore, Warren Beatty,
Angelica Huston, Kelly Gray and Rosie O'Donnell.
Mike
Ragan Home has been featured in magazines such as House
Beautiful, In Style, Vogue, Coastal Living, Southern Accents, Florida
Design, Better Homes and Gardens, and Elle Décor.
Mike
Ragan has been a guest on HGTV's "Kitty Bartholomew's: You're
Home". The first show called "The Look That Is
Right For You" is a how-to on how to create design boards
for your home. The other show "Ready For A Change"
shows how to update the look of one room with your existing
furniture and accessories, by borrowing from other rooms in the
house. It also focused on Rag's
slipcover changes on sofas and chairs. Mr. Ragan and his private
home have been featured on "Awesome Interiors" and
"Homes Across America". "Awesome Interiors"
did a segment at the Rag's factory
and showed Mr. Ragan creating a slipcover for one of his furniture
pieces.
Mike
Ragan's design philosophy is to create the most beautiful
home furnishings with handcrafted quality that is guaranteed for
life. He uses the best raw material for his furniture with
careful construction that is durable and provides the most comfort.
He truly believes that fashionable style
should be functional and long lasting.
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