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Thick-pile cream rug with black geometric marks draped over a carved wooden balcony rail in daylight.

How to Protect a Wool Rug from Stains

Close-up of loose wool fibres standing up from the pile of a patterned rug in a living room.

Do Wool Rugs Shed? Why It Happens and How Long It Lasts

Why a new wool rug sheds, what to do while it settles, which rugs shed least, and when to get in touch.

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Red and sage kilim runner on oak stairs held in place by brass stair rods.

Kilim Runners for Hallways and Stairs: How to Measure

How to measure a hall or staircase for a kilim runner, with lengths in cm.

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Red, green and pale blue kilim rug on an oak floor in a sunlit living room with a child's toy and picture books beside it.

Are Kilim Rugs Durable? What to Expect in a Busy Home

What makes a flat-woven wool kilim wear well, and what shortens its life.

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Yellow tape measure, scissors and wooden ruler on a multicoloured block-pattern rug laid on a pale oak floor.

How to Measure for a Custom Rug in cm

How to measure for a custom rug in cm: tape the outline, leave the right border for each room, check doors, and write width x length correctly.

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A handwoven Maimana kilim draped over a balcony rail, bougainvillea in bloom, warm daylight.

Flatweave vs Pile Rugs: Which Suits Your Home?

How a flatweave and a pile rug differ in feel, wear, cleaning and use, and which suits each room.

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How to Clean a Kilim Rug (and Keep It Looking New)

Vacuuming, spills, rotation, sun and deep cleaning for a wool kilim.

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A handwoven Maimana kilim draped over a balcony rail, bougainvillea in bloom, warm daylight.

What Is a Flatweave Rug? How Flat-Woven Rugs Are Made

How a flatweave is made, the main techniques, which families we list, and how to tell a flatweave from a pile rug.

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What Is a Kilim Rug? How Kilims Are Woven and Where They Come From

What a kilim is, how it is woven without pile, and how to tell one from a pile rug.

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Afghan rugs hung over a wooden frame beside a brass pot, a hand loom with a rug in progress, and skeins of dyed wool yarn.

Afghan Rug Types Explained: Chobi, Turkman, Hazara and Kilim

Four Afghan rug types, how each is made, and which room each suits.

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