Brandon Oriental Rugs: rug cleaning and repair

Friday, September 29, 2017

Bucks County Oriental Rug Store Brandon Oriental Rugs - www.BrandonRugs.com - Helps Huntingdon Valley Homeowner Realize Picture Perfect Expression of Her Artistic Values

The living room in this picture was "in development" for some time, as our customer introduced new elements to complete it. Following a master plan of standards kept in her head, she made appropriate additions to the room; culminating in the purchase of the handmade oriental rug from Bucks County rug store Brandon Oriental Rugs.

Consider the many choices made and the ensuing paths taken which arrived at this "picture". This can't be achieved in reaction to fads. This happens by planning and design. Our customer knew the look of her "ideal". This rug helps her fulfill that vision.

Brandon Oriental Rugs reveres the truth our customers pursue to have their living spaces reflect their tastes. We are honored to help realize such inspired goals.

Brandon Oriental Rugs serves a large region, including Bucks County and surrounding counties in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. If you have a special rug need, or would like to begin exploring what real handmade rugs offer for the improvements you want to make in your home, we're at your assistance.

Here are the areas and communities we serve directly with all of our #rug-services (including #Rug-Search(tm); #rug-cleaning, #rug-repairs, #rug-appraisals, #room-measurements, #free-delivery, #interior-design-assistance, #rug-consignments, #rug-storage, #insurance-rug-damage-claims, #rug-shipment):
Bucks County, Pennsylvania: Doylestown, Jamison, Warminster, Warrington, Warwick, Washington Crossing, Upper Makefield, Newtown, Yardley, Langhorne, Richboro, Northhampton, Buckingham, Chalfont, Furlong, Lahaska (Peddlers Village), New Hope, Quakertown, Pipersville, Ottsville, Plunstead Township, Buckingham Township, Solebury, Upper Makefield Township, Lower Makefield Township, Bristol, Oxford Valley, Levittown, Morrisville, Wrightstown, Penns Purchase
Philadelphia and Suburbs in Southeast Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Malvern, Devon, Main Line, Chestnut Hill and Bryn Mawr
Mercer County, NJ and nearby communities: Princeton, Titusville, Hamilton, NJ and vicinity
Hunterdon County, NJ and nearby communities: Lambertville, Clinton, Stockton, Whitehouse Station, Flemington, Ringoes, Basking Ridge, Bernardsville, Chester, Mendham
Chester, Montgomery and Delaware Counties in Pennsylvania: Valley Forge, King of Prussia, Upper and Lower Merion, Ft. Washington, Blue Bell, Lansdale, Abington, Rydal, Haverford, Huntingdon Valley, Abington, Newtown Square, Rydal, Paoli, Swarthmore, Conshohocken, Norristown, Harleysville, Blue Bell, Lower Gwynedd, Gwynedd Township, Montgomeryville, North Wales, West Point, Upper Frederick Township, Pennsburg, Greenlane, Perkiomonville, Souderton, Sellersville, Pottstown, Chester Springs, West Chester
Lehigh, Berks, Northhampton Counties in Pennsylvania: Easton, Bath, Bangor, Allentown, Bethlehem, Center Valley, Lower Saucon Township and the entire Lehigh Valley
The Poconos and Susquehanna Valley: Jim Thorpe, Mauch Chunk, Hawley, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Pottsville, Stroudsberg, Delaware River Gap
New Horizons (Outside above Listed Areas)? Invite us to help you. We look forward to opportunities to explore new horizons. If we cannot help you with direct-to-door service, we are always pleased to answer questions and offer suggestions of value to you relative to your interest(s) in fine quality handmade rugs. Please give us a call if you need help.

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Oriental Rug Cleaning and Repair Services by Bucks County, PA Rug Store Brandon Oriental Rugs - www.BrandonRugs.com - Provide Worthwhile Results to New Hope, PA Customer

Our customer in New Hope, PA (who has purchased numerous rugs from Brandon Oriental Rugs since the mid-1990's) recently contacted us to have an heirloom rug cleaned and re-fringed. He has a 9x12 antique, art-deco style Chinese rug he uses in his family dining room. It has been a constant presence in his family's homes since the 1930's; used by one generation after another through all those years. Here are some images of the rug "BEFORE" cleaning and repair:

The rug at intake. Notice furniture impressions from the table legs. (These usually disappear with rug washing.) The variegated shading in the rug is caused by years of foot traffic that mats the rug, and can erode pile if the rug is not regularly rotated. These shadings usually do not disappear entirely with washing because the difference in pile height between worn and unworn sections of the rug reflect light differently.

Prior repair (fifty years ago) is pulling away from the end of the rug and taking knots with it.

Not pretty. But less pleasant still is what is not shown here: the back of the rug.
Fringe applied in the 1960's was backed by a plain cloth "sleeve" that was glued
under the rug, and served as an anchor into which the replacement fringe on
front was sewn. That unfortunate repair choice limited options for the new
repair since reduction to a clean line for overcasting meant
additional loss of pile which was unacceptable to the owner.

Normally, with antique rugs we counsel that the rug be repaired by "overcasting" rather than re-fringing, but this rug had been re-fringed previously (in the 1960's) in a "less than optimal" manner that made undoing that repair impossible without loss of pile. So, after cleaning, an appropriate fringe style was selected to cover the prior repair, and protect the ends of the rug from further damage.
Notice too from the before and after pictures that the furniture impressions present in the rug at intake were removed as a result of washing the rug. Provided the impressions are not associated additionally with wear (or cutting) of the rug pile, or loss of rug knots, washing almost always WILL remove impressions from sofas, tables, chairs, and beds.
Here is the rug "AFTER" cleaning and repair; ready to perform its supporting role in the dining room for many more years:

After return: the rug is clean, deodorized, and moth-resistant.
Furniture impressions developed over time are gone.
New fringe, properly sewn to the rug, masks the unsightliness
of the old repair, and protects the ends of the rug from further damage.