Brandon Oriental Rugs

Friday, June 5, 2015

Rug Cleaning, Repair, Restoration and Appraisal Services In and Near Bucks County Pennsylvania

Oriental rugs are made with materials and techniques that require careful maintenance. Rug-owners who need their rugs cleaned and restored should rely on a quality professional to provide that service. Brandon Oriental Rugs (www.BrandonRugs.com), is a trusted oriental rug authority that offers high-quality rug cleaning and restoration services through skilled artisans who are entrusted with this work by premier importers and antique rug dealers. BrandonRugs conveniently provides a delivery and pickup service for their cleaning and repair services.

Our customer's rug: damaged by a broken pipe in his home while he was
away on vacation. Upon return, his Tibetan weave rug seemed almost totalled:
stained, malodorous, damaged by black mold and dry rot.

Repairing a fine quality handmade rug requires skills beyond those employed in the original weaving, Craftsmen employed by Brandon Oriental Rugs can repair worn areas, dry rot, stains and water and fire damage. Brandon Oriental Rugs has cleaned and repaired countless oriental rugs in the Bucks County, PA area to the satisfaction of many customers.

While some portions of the rug were irreparable, and had to be sacrificed,
the customer was delighted by the cleaning, repair, and restoration we performed
on a rug with sentimental value to him. Brandon's services allowed him to
continue to use it as a showpiece in his home.

Customers are assured that their oriental rug will be protected and fully insured for value while it is being cleaned or repaired.

For more information on the rug cleaning, repair, and appraisal services of Brandon Oriental Rugs, please visit our website. See below for the areas we serve throughout Bucks, Chester, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties in southeast Pennsylvania; as well as the Lehigh Valley, Central New Jersey and South Jersey.

About Brandon Oriental Rugs

Brandon Oriental Rugs, celebrating our twentieth anniversary in our present location, is "MORE THAN A STORE, we're a service:" (tm) Those who take advantage of Brandon's services save time, effort, and cost in the location and acquisition of fine quality handmade oriental and decorative area rugs

Please visit or call us:

215-794-2300
3454 York Road

Furlong, PA

(minutes from Doylestown, Peddlers Village, Newtown, New Hope, Abington, Montgomeryville, Lower Gwynedd)

(free in-home services available throughout our service area)

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.

Monday, May 11, 2015

Persian Oriental Rug Completes Family Room Addition to Town Home Renovation in Doylestown, PA (PHOTOS)

Our customers, who own a home in the center of Doylestown selected a Persian Kashan design rug from Brandon Oriental Rugs (www.BrandonRugs.com) to complete the family room they added to their home as part of a whole house renovation project.

The room before introducing the rug is seen above. (The table was custom made by our customer from the cross-section of a trunk of an old oak tree from his property.)

As part of the renovation, the homeowners installed a small gas fireplace in the far corner of the area added to the back of their home. This feature placed some constraints on the optimal size of the area rug they were able to select. (The hearth and firebox surround are finished with custom designed Peace Valley tiles.)

When our customers visited our store they instantly recognized the rug they were were seeking (and needed) for their room. The palette of colors in the hand-knotted Persian Kashan looks as if it was custom ordered for the pale green walls and denim blue sofa. Also, because it is a Persian rug, its dimensons (based on metric rather than English standard of measurement) are slightly elongated. This rug is 8'3" x 11'6" and works perfectly in the space. The common 8x10, 8x11 or 9x12 sizes would not have offerered the same tailored-fit look.

Friday, May 1, 2015

Oriental Rugs Can Be Two Rugs In One (Ideas For Working with a Rug's Nap-Effect in Your Room) (PHOTOS from BrandonRugs.com)

The pile, or nap, of real hand-knotted oriental rugs is often combed or oriented in one direction, a feature of their labor intensive, one-knot-at-a-time/one-row-at-a-time vertical construction on looms. The orientation of the nap forms when rug makers comb and compact completed rows of knots toward the bottom of the loom.

When you are evaluating a rug you can detect this orientation by running your hand over the rug's surface. It will feel sleek or smooth one way and rougher (offering resistance to your hand) the opposite way. You can also see it (as the pictures below demonstrate) by the fact that the orientation causes the rug to reflect light to a greater or lesser degree depending on where you stand relative to the pile. The difference can be profound from one end of the rug to the other; and handmade rugs are known for having a "light side" and "dark side".

A Persian Kashmar rug seen from the light side above, and from the dark side below.

A Persian Yazd rug seen from the light side above, and from the dark side below.

The nap-effect (the change you see from one end to the other) can be minimized depending on how the rug is oriented in your room relative to incoming light. Normally, the effect is reduced by pointing the light side of the rug toward the incoming light. To minimize the difference in the nap-effect from end-to-end: when you are standing on the light side of the rug (the pile feels smooth when you push your hand away from you) the window(s) in your room should be on the opposite side of the rug from you; or if you are standing on the dark side of the rug (the pile feels smooth when you pull your hand across your rug toward yourself) the room's windows should be at your back. (To a lesser degree, rugs also have light and dark edges. If you are standing at the light end of the rug the light edge will be on your left side and the dark edge on your right.)

The nap-effect can vary depending upon rug construction and colors used in the rug's background, border and design motifs (thicker pile and darker colors can show more dramatic differences from light to dark side compared with thinner, lighter colored rugs.) Rugs with textured pile effects (either from shearing or from the use of hand-spun or over- twisted yarns) usually show less nap-effect than those made with conventionally spun, open-tuft yarns. The room in which the rug is placed is extremely important too as a modifier of nap-effect. Rooms with access from only one direction are going to be different from those that are open on more than one side. Rooms with many windows or windows on multiple walls will invite experimentation with a particular rug's nap-effect more than those with windows on a single wall.

The nap-effect will alter how a rug looks in your room compared with how it looks in a rug showroom, or in online photos. If a rug doesn't look right when you first place it in your room, try turning it around to see if that improves your impression. Also, make sure to walk around your rug and view it from all directions to be certain that it looks the way you want in your room. And be aware that the nap-effect will make your rug look different throughout the day, and throughout the year, as the intensity and quality of light in your room changes.

When we deliver rugs, we always turn the rugs around in the room to allow our customers to see how the nap-effect changes and allow them to determine if they have a preference for how the rug should be placed so that it looks best to them in their room based on its architectural features, lighting and layout. If you are taking rugs from stores yourself on a trial basis, you should experiment with this in your home throughout the day under different lighting conditions. (The fact that big rugs make this a strenuous exercise is a big reason that online rug-shopping isn't a big hit with consumers.)

Sometimes, the nap-effect can be useful because your rug can look like two different rugs. You can arrange your room in a way that takes advantage of the softness and subtleties of the light side or the rich contrasts of the dark side for optimal presentation with your room's decor.

Sunday, April 26, 2015

Home Renovation in Princeton, NJ Completed with New Oriental Rug (PHOTOS)

Renovation of a Princeton, NJ home was completed recently with help from Brandon Oriental Rugs (www.BrandonRugs.com) in Bucks County, PA.

The Princeton homeowners added an extension to their existing home in town, giving them a new, conjoined family room, kitchen, dining area, mudroom and wine cellar for gatherings of family and friends, and for business entertaining. Their plans involved incorporating a mix of new and old furnishings (including a new family room rug) to fill the expanded living areas. The marriage of modern with traditional yields an updated elegant, comfortable, functional and uncluttered look and feel.

The rug selected from Brandon is an exceptional, antique reproduction Persian Kashan design rug made in India according to "Super Amritsar" contract guidelines. Using weight per square foot as a guideline, the rug has no equal in the world. As well, the variegation of colortones in the densely knotted thick pile carpet gives it an almost wondrous ability to coordinate with the many different colors that already exist in the room.

We congratulate our customers for a brilliant rug selection to complement the well-considered new addition to their lovely home.

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

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

Thursday, April 23, 2015

More Home Decor Ideas Using Real Hand-knotted Oriental Rugs (Rooms Built Around Persian Heriz Design Rugs) (PHOTOS)

Considering all that happens atop and around the rug in your living room, it is not an insignificant place.
Since it is at the heart of your home, the choice of a rug will repay you handsomely if it is a heartfelt choice satisfying essential things you want to feel and see in your home.

Begin with the end in mind. Starting with a a colorful, impressive and well-made rug will allow many more interesting options for your room decor as you decide how you want it to look when completed.

When you think about what a real oriental rug on the floor does for a room compared with other choices you could make in its stead (carpet or bare floors), you can readily appreciate that a fine rug empowers you to avoid the ordinary and do something really extraordinary.

Some marriages are just destined to work and endure.

There are are rugs that are naturally at home in rooms that have a certain character and use particular furniture styles. The unions look like matches made in heaven.

Traditional rugs are anything but stuffy. They are actually great at "a party": surprisingly relaxed, casual, and accommodating. They make friends easily in whatever crowd they are found.

The richest in the vehicle doesn't necessarily sit in the driver's seat, but can sit back and direct the ride to where riches determine.

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