Rug buying guides, care, and craft
Pads, rotation, sun damage, pests and long-term storage.
Corners curling on your rug? Learn why it happens and which flattening methods are safe for wool, synthetic, or hand-knotted rugs.
Yes, in most homes — a rug pad protects floors, prevents slipping, and extends a rug’s life. Here’s when it matters most.
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No cleaning or repair instruction is published without stating the fibre and construction it is safe for, and where it is unsafe. Damage from cleaning a rug is usually permanent, so a general-purpose tip is worse than none.
Age, origin and value cannot be settled from a photograph. Where that wall is reached, the guide says so and points at what an in-person appraisal would settle.
About what you read here. Everything on Rug Academy is general information and our own editorial opinion. We research carefully and we say when the evidence is unclear, but we can be wrong, things change, and no article can know your particular situation. Please do your own research and make your own judgement rather than treating anything here as the final word. Prices, products and specifications around rugs and their care change constantly, and what suits one person will not suit another. Check current details yourself, and where a decision involves real money, safety or something you cannot undo, it is worth confirming with a professional rug cleaner or restorer before you act.