by Rug Chick | Aug 15, 2009 | Rug Care
Rugs To Keep Out Of The Sun. A little sun never hurts, right? Well, with rugs, that depends. Some rugs , you could put them in the sun for ages with no affect. While others can’t last even a few hours. Take a look at this rug. It appears to be a nice beige Chinese...
by Rug Chick | Aug 11, 2009 | Rug Care
How A Hooked Rug Can Hang You. There is a horrible tendency by some contemporary American Hooked and Chinese Hooked rug manufacturers that is angering not only new rug owners, but also rug cleaners who try to serve these owners. The rug looks innocent enough....
by Rug Chick | Aug 1, 2009 | Rug Care
That Rug LIES! (Or it is lays…?) 🙂 Just like Tammy Faye used a lot of makeup to cover up her “real” look to try to appear younger … certain rug dealers can use some “tricky” cover-ups to make a rug look OLDER. (Interesting, huh?) Tea wash, henna wash, antiqued wash –...
by Rug Chick | Jul 30, 2009 | Rug Care
Stop Making Waves… Rugs are meant to be on a HARD surface. But, for some reason, Americans love to put their rugs over SOFT surfaces. I’m not sure why. Probably the same reason they jump on their beds – because it’s BOUNCY! 🙂 There are ramifications to the rugs...
by Rug Chick | Jul 24, 2009 | Rug Care
The Incredibly Shrinking Rugs!!! Rugs do shrink. Some slight – a fraction of an inch … some a lot – inches. Usually on their very first wash IF they have not been washed after being woven (good rug manufacturers generally wash their rugs after weaving is done). How...
