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Are Rugs a Good Investment? What Bay Area Rug Owners Should Know The Bay Area is home to some remarkable private rug collections. Between the region’s wealth, its global connections, and its design culture, there are rugs in local homes worth tens — even hundreds — of thousands of dollars. But does “valuable” mean “good…
Here’s a conversation I have about once a week: “I had my rug cleaned by a carpet cleaning company, and now it looks worse than before. Can you fix it?” And then they show me the rug — shrunken, stiff, colors bleeding where they shouldn’t, that unmistakable chemical smell. Sometimes the damage is reversible. Sometimes…
Silk Rug Cleaning: Why You Should Never DIY (And What to Do Instead) A few months ago, a gentleman from Hillsborough brought in a silk Qum rug that had been in his family for three generations. Beautiful piece. Probably worth somewhere in the $20,000-$30,000 range. His housekeeper had tried to clean a small stain with…
Oriental Rug Cleaning: What Every Rug Owner Needs to Know Before Hiring a Cleaner I’ll be honest with you — a good chunk of our business comes from fixing other companies’ mistakes. At least once a week, someone walks into our Newark facility holding a rug that was “cleaned” by a regular carpet cleaning company…