by Rug Chick | Nov 19, 2009 | Rug Care
Dust or Bust! I often receive questions about vacuuming rugs from rug owners, asking if they should vacuum rugs, and if so how to do it. First of all, YES – rugs should be vacuumed. If any of you have hard floors in your home, then you know how often you need to sweep...
by Rug Chick | Oct 31, 2009 | Rug Buying, Rug Care, Rug Selling
Bugs, Floods, and Thugs: Safely Storing Your Rugs Our last post was on bugs – something to definitely be wary of when you expect to keep rugs in storage for months or years. Several years ago we had a semi truck pull up with an ENTIRE storage facility of rugs brought...
by Rug Chick | Oct 8, 2009 | Rug Buying, Rug Care, Rug History and Education, Rug Selling
They Don’t Make Them Like They Used To… I was going through photos and came across a LOVELY rug – a REAL rug – take a look at this Kazak rug (from the Caucasus Mountains region) – it is on top of a present-day knock-off: The REAL thing covering up a knock-off Look at...
by Rug Chick | Sep 30, 2009 | Rug Buying, Rug Care, Rug Selling
Braided Rugs – What To Watch For I’ve seen braided rugs come in all colors, sizes, and ages. New product from stores like Pier One, and some from the 1930’s with a story from the owner about how their neighborhood tore clothing into strips to create a community rug...
by Rug Chick | Sep 5, 2009 | Rug Care
Tea and Rugs – A Good Mix? There’s a rug phenomenum out there called “tea-washed.” It’s not really TEA – but a brown over-dye that is applied to a rug after it’s woven in order to do several things: make it look older, mute the colors to give it a softer look, and...
by Rug Chick | Aug 30, 2009 | Rug Care
Tip of the Rug Spill Iceberg… Most woven rugs have wool knots tied around COTTON fibers for its construction. Cotton allows for a more consistent shape and construction as foundation threads (warps and wefts). Take a look at any hand woven rug, and you can grab one...
