Watch out for Tea-Washed Rugs in the home…

Tea-washed rugs are rugs that have had a brown “tea-like” dye solution applied to the rug to make it appear darker, older, or to hide some underlying flaws (like past dye bleed damage). The “tea wash” solution, tends to be on the basic pH side, so that it will “hold” to the acid pH original [...]

Viscose, rayon, faux silk, art silk rugs = PROBLEMS

I received this comment on my “Viscose Rugs are Garbage” post from a reader who was advised by her interior decorator to have a custom rug designed using “faux silk” (aka viscose or rayon or mercerized cotton): “Unfortunately I had an area rug made that has large off-white parts made of faux silk, and the [...]

Look…MAGIC from my mom! =)

Remember the rug that was torn apart by the Rug Badger? (By the way, that was NOT an equipment problem…it was a TECHNICIAN problem. He clearly had not been properly trained to be gentler with this woven Turkish rug.) Take a look at these BEFORE and AFTER photos of the repair work by my mother [...]

Weird rugs…revisited!

How many drinks do you need to decide to create this out of an old Tabriz rug? How many drinks do you need to pay $1,800 for it? Actually…if a rug is damaged, has little resale value, and cannot be safely used in its current condition, it is nice to be able to give it [...]

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