Hasan Jafri and Mahmud Jafri

Dover Rug & Home

What inspires your work?

What inspires our work is fulfilling our clients’ needs during major moments in their lives. Whether it’s a first home, a second home, or a home to entertain family and grandchildren, our product and service is an integral part of those spaces. We want our clients and all those important to them to enjoy and take great pride in their surroundings.

What motivates you?

What motivates me is people. When people ask me why I love what I do, it’s a simple answer. The relationships that I have built in this business with designers, clients, trade partners, and vendors have been a very important part of my life. We are motivated by our customers’ satisfaction and happiness. If we have done right by our clients, then we have done a great job!

Dover Rug & Home represents multigenerational excellence in fine hand-knotted rugs and carpeting from Pakistan, India, Nepal, and all around the world. In 1989, we opened our first retail showroom in Dover, Massachusetts, and founder Mahmud Jafri quickly established a reputation for fine rugs, excellent service, and fair pricing. It wasn’t long before Dover Rug & Home needed more space and relocated to a larger facility in nearby Wellesley. Dover Rug & Home’s reputation continued to grow, and in 2011, the company made its biggest move yet to a state-of-the-art 36,000-square-foot showroom in Natick that includes showroom space, a warehouse, cleaning facilities, and a squash and fitness center. In 2014, Dover Rug opened a location on Stuart Street in the Back Bay under the leadership of the family’s next generation, Hasan Jafri. In 2016, the company continued its growth and opened a third showroom at 3rd Ave. in Burlington. Today, with its three showroom locations, Dover Rug is the premier destination for rugs and carpeting in the area.

What is the importance of working together as a family?

One of the most important things about working as a family is the continuation of thirty-plus years of relationships not only with our weavers and manufacturers overseas but with our clients and trade partners here. Similarly, one of the most important aspects of working as a family is that our values transcend from our personal lives to our professional lives with the same level of excellence, care, commitment, and joy. Over the last three decades our clients and team have become our family!