As specialist restoration rug cleaners, Oriental Rug Salon offers a wide range of cleaning, repair and restoration services to residential, commercial, insurance, and restoration contractors. Our “hands-on” approach to rug cleaning and restoration provides clients with the highest-level craftsmanship while ensuring that each area rug receives the individualized attention it deserves. From the moment an area rug enters the rug cleaning process until the final inspection, it never leaves the watchful eye of a rug cleaning professional. We can service all area rugs, including: Water Damage Fire Damage Smoke and Smoke Odor Sewage damage Mold and mildew Pet urine issues Moth damage And area rugs in need of a thoroughly exhaustive cleaning These services are available for all kinds of area rugs including: Orientals, Kilims, Dhurries, Soumaks, wool, silk, and [...]

When choosing a company to care for your cherished wool or silk area rug, experience, certification, and method of cleaning matters. At Oriental Rug Salon, our entire staff is devoted to the care and preservation of all types of Persian and Oriental rugs.  Our services are relied upon by museums, insurance companies, restoration contractors, rug collectors, and proud owners of beautiful rugs that want them cared for with love and dedication. Every area rug trusted to Oriental Rug Salon is cleaned by hand.  Many “rug cleaning shops” prefer to use impersonal automated equipment to batch wash ten or more rugs at a time.  This approach to tumbling rugs in a bath means that all rugs are treated the same, and many rugs are washed with rugs that may contain pet [...]

Fringes are almost always the first area on Oriental or Persian wool or silk handmade rugs that will show signs of wear. The fringe is simply an extension of the rug's foundation.   Persian and Oriental area rugs are woven on a loom, and the fringe is an extension of the “warp” foundation threads.  Handwoven area rugs are made using a series of warps and wefts that are woven together like a net.  Wool or silk is then threaded into this net with the end effort being a beautiful area rug. Most rugs repaired by our shop at Oriental Rug Salon requires fringe repair.  Some fringe has been damaged by vacuum cleaners getting too close for comfort.  Others are destroyed due to pets, and many are old and walked on and [...]

When is the last time you’ve had your Oriental, Turkish or Persian area rug cleaned? A beautiful, clean area rug adds life, color, and style to any home.  They help complement the look and warm feeling you want your home to express. Not too many people are going to be able to complement the interior of their home with a rug that is full of stains, stinks, and clearly has signs of wear and tear. Indoor air quality and the reduction of indoor allergens is something that is of great importance to every family and homeowner.  You want your home to be a healthy, clean place so that your family and guests are healthy and safe. If you have a rug that is dirty, full of allergens, pollen, dust mites [...]

Have you ever wondered what the motifs (designs) on your Persian area rug convey? Each hand-woven area rug has a story to tell and if you can interpret the symbols woven into your rug, you’ll have a better understanding of your work of art. This week let’s examine what “Protective” motifs look like. Stars, Crosses, Dragons and Other Protective Symbols Protective motifs have a special place in tribal rugs. They were used on kilims especially to protect marriages, spouses, family members, children, houses and grain, animals and other possessions against the evil eye, ill-will, natural catastrophes, and dangerous animals. Many of these motifs share some fundamental features, such as the overall diamond shape and the hooked or crenellated perimeter, such that they tend to blend together and become almost indistinguishable. [...]

As Oriental rug cleaning professionals, appraisers and repair specialists, Oriental Rug Salon is fortunate to be the “cleaner of choice” to many interior designers, rug collectors, and consumers who cherish their hand-woven textiles. When speaking with clients we find they really don’t know anything about the history of their rug.  In most cases, the rug retailer gave them “a little story” about the rug to help enhance the sale, and since the area rug had the “right colors,” they purchased the hand-woven treasure. In some instances, the information the client received about their rug was wrong, and occasionally we’re the bearers of bad news when it’s time for a rug appraisal or thoroughly exhaustive cleaning.  We’ve had instances where a client thought they had a hand-woven Persian rug when the [...]

Oriental Rug Salon is the “cleaner of choice” to many of our areas leading interior designers, Oriental rug retailers, insurance and restoration companies and clients who desire a professional cleaning or repair of their cherished wool or silk area rug. As specialist cleaners of Oriental, Persian, Turkish, Kilims, Dhurries, Soumaks and many other types of wool and silk area rugs, we’ve earned the trust of our nation’s top certification bodies for area rug cleaning.  In addition, clients ship area rugs from around the United States to have them cleaned or repaired by Oriental Rug Salon. Unlike rug cleaning production houses who use automated batch washing equipment to wash many rugs at a time, each rug cleaned by Oriental Rug Salon is washed by hand under the supervision of a certified-experienced [...]

Oriental Rug Salon offers a wide variety of rug cleaning and repair services for all Oriental, Persian, Turkish, wool and silk area rugs.  We are the “cleaner of choice” to many of our areas leading interior designers, restoration companies, rug collectors and clients who simply cherish their beautiful textiles. Unlike conventional “wall-to-wall” nylon carpeting that can take just about any carpet cleaning chemical thrown at it, wool and silk fibers are delicate and require specialist cleaning.  Whether your rug is a one hundred thousand-dollar Tabriz, has sentimental value or just happens to work well with your décor, Oriental Rug Salon has the solution to your cleaning or repair issue. When Is The Last Time Your Area Rug Had A “Spa Treatment?” When your area rug is woven by hand, beautiful [...]

At Oriental Rug Salon, every Oriental, Persian, Turkish, wool and silk area rug is treated as an individual piece of art and cared for by the love, experience, and hands of a certified textile cleaning professional. We do not use impersonal “rug cleaning machines” and each area rug trusted to us is cared for one at a time. Handwoven wool and silk area rugs have a story to tell, and they have special cleaning needs to preserve their life, luster, and beauty. At the beginning of a rugs life, wool is sheared, cleaned, twisted and dyed.  A series of warps and wefts are strung on a loom, and dedicated artisans meticulously spend hundreds or thousands of hours to create the masterpiece you enjoy. Many hand-woven rugs are dyed in small [...]

Oriental Rug Salon provides safe and secure rug storage for all types of rugs, from Persian and Oriental carpets and family heirlooms to wool and silk area rugs and tapestries. Our storage facility is climate controlled, pest free, alarmed with a state of the art security system including motion and heat detectors as well as video monitored twenty-four hours a day.  We are located approximately one block from the police department and are fully insured.  We offer Oriental rug storage services by the month or annually. All rugs stored in our facility must be washed and treated at our rug cleaning plant before storage, so there is no cross-contamination with other rugs. Once the area rug has been cleaned, we will treat with a solution designed to repel a wide [...]