Pet activity may happen on your favorite rugs this season. Guests in the home, or you away from home, restless pets can end up doing things they should not. With an inexpensive tufted rug, this can be a blessing because it is protecting a much more valuable wood floor underneath it. With an oriental rug [...]
Up Against The Wall!
There are several reasons someone may want to display their rugs on the wall. It may be a fine silk rug, or an older collectible piece in some disrepair, that they don’t want foot traffic on. It may be that they have some dogs prone to accidents, or cats marking their territory, so they want to [...]
Pointers on Needlepoints…
Most women have at sometime in their childhood tried a little needlepoint. (Perhaps some men also, but I can only speak for the “girls” I know right now.) You have a little round frame that segments and holds tight a section taut of the cotton mesh (with a design imprinted on it) so you can [...]
Tip of the Rug Spill Iceburg…
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 single fringe tassel, and it literally runs all the way through the middle of [...]
Tackling a Silk Rug in Tampa.
Just had a GREAT workshop yesterday at Interlink Supply of Tampa with a full classroom of cleaning and restoration professionals. They came to spend the day learning some rug cleaning and identification guidelines, and handling rugs when they are involved in floods and fires. We also went into restoration marketing strategies and how to educate [...]
Pet Puddles & Kitty Catastrophes
This will probably not get me a whole bunch of fans – but I’m going to say it anyway. My attitude toward pets is pretty much the same I have with kids … I love them when they are OTHER people’s. More than 60% of homes have pets. More and more homes these days have [...]