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4 Placement Tips for Using Handmade Carpets in Home Décor

 Are you looking for a place to put your new handmade rug or carpet? Maybe you want a soft base for your floor, a décor piece to match your room setting, or a piece of artwork that brings color to your home? Whatever your reason for choosing a handmade rug or carpet, you'll be amazed at how much you can do with a good rug. Handmade carpets are well designed, durable, have the finest stitches, and can be placed in every room of the house. However, they’ll look much better when placed in the right location. So, where should you place your rug or carpet for the best effect? Here are 4 places where handmade carpets look best at home: 1.    The Living Room Of course, the living room will be the first place you’ll think of placing a carpet. Whether it’s a full-sized carpet or a smaller rug, the living room is the ideal location. Handmade rugs have great designs that can add color to any living room. A full-sized carpet can be placed on the floor area of the living r...
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How to Design your Room with Antique Oushak Rug

  The process of designing a new space or giving a room that is in need of a refresh isn't easy. However, regardless of whether the objective of the space is to make it feel comfortable, eclectic, traditional or romantic, usually the most efficient way to begin making a plan for the space is through the utilization of a gorgeous antique rug.   Whatever style you desire the look you want, a vintage or antique rug can connect a design idea within a space. The fad Persian floorings of the past time were produced with a range of rich colors, with intricate patterns. These works of art are available in a myriad of patterns that portray plants, architecture as well as geometric designs as well as many other. Another beautiful example of stunning floor coverings is antique Oushak rug . They often feature medallions and stars in vibrant colors. They also are capable of warming and brightening the living space. The usage of antique rug in a space tends to block the sound of a ro...

A Hand Knotted Rug – How Man Overcame The Machine

A Hand Knotted Rug – How Man Overcame The Machine  When the Industrial Revolution took place in 19th century, it was seen as a true blessing. Without it, the world wouldn't be as different today. It solved energy and agricultural problems. A second problem was solved by the invention of the powered-loom. The textile industry needed a miracle to supply clothes and household items for the new modern world. Value of Handmade Rugs As the population explosion began around the turn of the 19th century, more people started to prefer factory-made goods. The depression-era that hit the handmade product world was a sad one. It only recovered decades later. Unfortunately, this is what happened to the hand-knotted rug. The good news is, though, that we live in a revival, which according legends makes our homes happy. Hand-knotted rugs are a family tradition that has been handed down from generation one to the next. This is especially true in the Middle East countries where factories weren...

Choosing a Handmade Rug to Decorate Your Interior

The age of the carpet has been over for many years now, and we prefer tiling or parquet, easier to clean, and less allergenic. However, the carpet had the advantage of decorating, and above all of preventing cold feet, when you get out of bed for example. To remedy this, however, it is still possible to put rugs in its interior, which have become real decorative elements. While looking for a suitable model with my wife to “furnish” our stay, we made some discoveries, both in the rules to be respected, as in the choice of materials and possibilities. I.        The Shape And Size Of The Rug First of all, you have to determine the appropriate size for the rug: if it is too large or too small, the decorative effect may indeed fall apart. This is all the more important for a handmade Area rug used in a dining room: always plan an additional 55 to 60 cm on each side of the table, to leave room for the chairs and their movements. When you choose a rug that is...

How to clean the big carpet at home

The neatness of a home will make guests treat you with different emotions, because the neatness of a home can express your personal qualities. But it is more difficult to keep everything in the house clean and tidy, such as carpets, because carpets are the most difficult furniture to clean. Faced with so many introductions on household carpet cleaning methods on the Internet, we should choose our own useful household carpet cleaning methods. Carpets are widely used in home decoration. If a beautiful carpet gets stains, what are the carpet cleaning methods? Now I will introduce you to the method of household carpet cleaning and help you solve the trouble of carpet cleaning . To make carpet cleaning easier, the carpet must first be carefully maintained. When we touch the carpet on the legs of the furniture, we need to place cushions or often move the furniture; for the severely worn parts, in addition to using coverings to protect, we should often switch positions. Because dust is easy t...

Tips to How to Recognize a Handmade Rug?

  It is said that only a real expert can recognize a handmade rug. But the truth is, if you pay close attention to the following concepts, you will be able to find out in a very easy way whether a rug is handmade, by hand, which means that its quality is superior. Let's start! Steps To Recognize a Handmade Rug To recognize the   best handmade rug , the first thing to look at is whether it is hand-knotted in the traditional way. Each authentic Oriental rug is unique and it is very possible to find imperfections that add personality and differences between them. To know if it has been tied by hand or by machine, the following 3 points must be taken into account: Topstitched Stripes: Machine-knotted rugs have stitched stripes. To check this, turn the rug over and look for the knots on the edge of the fringes at the back. Pull a strip and check if the knots are on the same line as that strip. If it moves, it means the stripes are not sewn. No Defects :   Machine-ma...

How to Position Your Handmade Rugs?

Bringing warmth and style to your apartment with a decorative element dating back over twenty-five centuries is possible. The rug is back in interior design, find out how to choose it and arrange it at home. Our professional advice. Carpets do not always have a good reputation, considered old or difficult to maintain. However, they can be great allies when it comes to decoration. Depending on their colors, shape, material, and location, they set the tone for your interior. Why Have A Rug At Home? Carpets are not very popular in modern and city apartments. "The carpet is a culture, a bit like the culture of the painting hanging on the wall, not everyone adheres to it", explains Hélène Paoli. More concretely, a handmade rug can be beautiful but above all useful. Yes Yes! It has many assets to create pleasant rooms to live in. The Mat to Delimit the Zones "In large rooms such as fully open-plan living rooms, the carpet makes it possible to clear...