Area Rugs: Wool
Wool Area Rugs: Find out why they are adored by many and how to buy one.
Wool area rugs are adored for their softness and durability as well as the beauty and warmth they bring to a room.
Wool area rugs can be some of the most pricey rugs in existence, but they are also some of the most attractive rugs. Wool area rugs are adored for their softness and durability, and the purifying effect they bring to your room. Wool fibers have a unique ability to hold airborne dust and dirt through static electricity. This keeps the atmosphere clear of dust.
Wool area rugs also provide warmth to the room; not only by the feeling of warmth they exude, but also by being non-conductive, they help retain the room’s natural heat. The same quality of non-conductivity also makes them naturally fire-resistant, and provides another reason for selecting a wool area rug.
They prevent bacterial growth in humid places and are non-toxic and non-allergenic. Overall, wool area rugs are the preferred rugs for people with kids at home, because of their various health-related benefits and relative ease of maintenance.
Nowadays you can find area rugs on sale from retailers that provide free shipping. You can buy a wool area rug online from the comfort of your home and expect to get hassle-free delivery within a few days. Most sellers will offer a return policy but beware as many of them charge as much as %25 for re-stocking fee! Be sure to read the return policies thoroughly before making your purchase.
Wool area rugs are adored for good reasons.
In the olden days wool area rugs used to be hand-woven in places like Persia, India or Anatolia. These would often take a year and sometimes years to make, and would be so costly that only Kings could have afforded them. But these days one can buy machine-made wool area rugs for a fraction of the old price, and these are of such great quality that even a connoisseur would be hard put to distinguish a machine-made form a hand-made wool area rug. A good example would be Karastan Rugs, made in our own USA. Some other fine manufacturers that are well known for quality and service are: Kalaty Rugs, Loloi Rugs and
Momeni Rugs, especially famous for their popular collection Momeni New Wave.
Karastan makes some of the best machine-made wool area rugs. This manufacturer has been in business for over 6 decades, and has created an impeccable brand name for itself. Their Axminster-made wool rugs are processed in various patented washing processes to give them that faded look which makes them appear exactly like authentic Persian rugs. These rugs with their high quality, design, fine texture, and the patented tea-wash and luster-wash processes to produce the faded effect have become the common man’s Persian rug. A good Karastan wool area rug is nowadays considered as a family heirloom.
Wool area rugs no matter how or by who they are made need proper maintenance. It is good to vacuum them regularly, because they collect a lot of dust. Take care to use an upright vacuum cleaner with a beater-bar action but one that does not have tooth or combs when vacuuming the fringes as they may tear. Be careful to turn your rug around every 6 months so that the same area does not always get the most traffic or sunlight; be also careful to immediately repair any damage or wear and tear, preferably using professional repairing experts. Burns, spills or other such damages need to be very quickly and carefully repaired.
Well taken care of, a wool area rug can give years of satisfaction. It can give a room a distinct identity, so that, years down the line, old men who once were kids will fondly remember that “room that had that old wool area rug” where a lot of happy days of life might have passed. Rugs give instant character and warmth to any room, and a room with such character becomes a part of the home, and an important element of the family that lives in that home.
January 21st, 2009 at 8:09 pm
We have an wool rug in our house that my father bought almost thirty years ago from Karastan.It has served well and is still in good condition. It has been repaired once or twice, but the repairmen did such a good job that looking at it you can’t tell exactly where the repair job was done.
January 21st, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Reading the blog, I have decided to buy an wool rug for my living room.I am looking for hand-made wool rugs,particularly. Although a machine-made rug comes much cheaper and looks no different, I would like to have the real authentic stuff in my house. The real, and something that looks like real are not the same things, are they?
January 21st, 2009 at 10:02 pm
I live in Manhattan. I am thinking about buying an wool area rug. But before buying I would like to shop around a bit so I can see the rugs with my own eyes, not on websites. can anyone tell me the addresses of some well-known stores in and around Manhattan?
January 23rd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
I quite agree with the blog writer. wool area rugs can make your room feel really cozy and warm. I have a wool rug in my bedroom, and it feels so comfortable even my dog likes spending most of his time lying on it. It is its most favorite place nothing can make him budge from it. my eight year old son also likes playing on it. I am thinking about buying him a wool rug for his own room.
January 25th, 2009 at 9:28 pm
I have heard of such big names as Karastan, Momeni, etc, but have never actually checked out any of their rugs. what’s the difference between hand-made wool rugs and machine-made wool rugs? is there any difference in quality? it’s a general belief you know, that hand-made area rugs are of a superior quality. is this true? I think may be I should compare and see for myself.
February 4th, 2009 at 7:52 am
I have seen area rugs of different kinds of fibers. We used to have area rugs of synthetic fibers before. what we have learnt from our experiences with rugs is that wool rugs are the best…most comfortable to use in every way. the wool particularly the ones in rugs by famous brands like Karastan and Momeni are soft and fluffy.
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