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How to Clean an Area Rug

2008-10-31T06:03:00.001-04:00

When you have beautiful area rugs decorating your home, you will want to keep them looking their best. In order to do that, proper cleaning and maintenance must be done for your area rugs periodically in order to keep them looking new.

When you want to prevent dirt from building up on your area rugs, you will want to vacuum the rug regularly. Sweeping the rug once a week with a vacuum is sufficient in keeping the dirt and dust from building up to a noticeable degree. This will also help your home stay allergy free for those friends and family members who could have allergy flares due to dust and dirt.

Make sure to take care of your rug by watching for an frazzled ends on the area rug. Getting these loose ends caught in the vacuum could easily snag your rug and unravel it further. When you see a frazzled end to your area rug, never pull on it. If your rug does have a blemish like this, you will want to work around the spot when cleaning it so that it does not get any worse. You could also find a professional to repair it.

If you get any spills on your area rugs, you will want to blot the spill quickly with either a white cloth or a white hand towel. Make sure to apply small amounts of water when you blot out the stain so that it will loosen up from the rug fibers. If it becomes a set in stain, you can use solvents and cleaners to get out anything that is left.

Those who are wary of dangerous chemicals can use a simple cleaning solution on their area rugs. If you have a rug that have multiple colors, you can mix lemon juice and bleach (without chlorine). Hydrogen peroxide should be avoided if you have fragile area rugs.

Remember that maintenance is key to a clean rug, so you will want to get all of your area rugs professionally cleaned at least once a year, even if there are no visible stains or dirt. And it is recommended that a professional do the cleaning because doing it on your own can lead to damage to your rugs from too much water, too much shampooing, or dragging your furniture over the rug before it is completely dry.

If you do decide to clean the rug yourself, you will need to vacuum first. This will pick up any loose dirt that may be on the rug, and it will prevent the shampoo and cleaning solutions from working on this dirt instead of the dirt and dust that is inside the rug.

After you have cleaned your area rug, make sure to rotate it from its original position. Keeping an area rug in a high traffic area will allow it to wear out on one side and not the other if you do not rotate it. This will keep your rug looking fresh and new.

How to Choose a Great Area Rug

2008-08-25T13:04:00.002-04:00

There are many places in a home that can benefit from the use of an area rug. Typically, area rugs are used for style and design, but they also serve a function as well. Not only can they add a style element to the room, but they can also protect your floors from dust, dirt, and scuffing from high volumes of traffic. What you will want to consider when you purchase and area rug for your home is the size, style, color, texture and function. You will want to look at the area where you want to put it and get a complimentary rug. It is easy to choose a great area rug if you are prepared before you shop for on.

First, you will want to look at your home, particularly the room where the rug will be. Determine the size of the rug that you need. Are you looking to just put It under the furniture in the middle of the room? Or do you want the rug to stand out from the furniture in front of it? If there will be a lot of foot traffic, a wool rug will stand up better than many other styles.

Next, you will want to measure the floor space where you want to lay the rug. This is important so that you do not buy the wrong size of rug and have to return it. When you go to the store, look for the right style. An oriental rug tends to accent expensive furnishings and antiques best. And if you are looking for a more functional area rug for a playroom or other family area, durability should outweigh the style of the rug, but you can still get a great style even with good functionality. If you are getting a rug for a room that is already decorated, you will want to get a color that will compliment the décor of the room.

In order to get the best color, you will want to pick out three of the major colors in the room and then look at a color wheel. This is a chart that will show you what colors compliment others. Choose a complimentary color for one of the three major colors in order to make your room more aesthetically pleasing. If you will be walking barefoot on the rug, texture is very important. High traffic areas will usually need a texture like Berber, and those rugs that will not see a lot of traffic will benefit from Saxony that is velvety and soft. But remember—Saxony will leave vacuum marks on the rug.

Area rugs are important for the style of the room, but if you are looking to collection area rugs, you will want to be more careful in your purchasing decisions. You will to get rugs that have denser knots, ones that were hand dyed, or hand stitched. This will raise the value of the rug as well as giving your home a little bit of expensive style.

Mohawk Select Rugs Collections

2008-06-07T00:59:00.016-04:00

Mohawk Area Rugs
Mohawk Select area rugs are the great choice when it comes to color, value and Design. With their beauty and durability, Mohawk Rugs are made from superior materials, textures, blending the right colors and patterns to express your personal style. Traditional and Contemporary Design Choices — Mohawk’s dedicated rug designers constantly create the looks that consumers want.
One of the proved rug industry leaders, Mohawk Select Rugs have great collections of area rugs which can compliment any style of interior decoration.With thier top notch notch customer service Mohawk Rugs is leading the way along with thier happy customers.Some of the collections by Mohawk Rugs are available at Nilima Rugs are.

• Mohawk Brekenridge
• Mohawk Cinema
• Mohawk Decorator's Choice
• Mohawk Estate
• Mohawk Metropolis
• Mohawk Modern Age
• Mohawk Passport

Who is Monti?? Monti Rugs Company Launched

2008-05-26T00:10:00.001-04:00

Who is Monti?? Thats the question asked on the home page of Monti Rugs Website. But the answer is still a mystery or rather say we know it as a Rug Company with great selection.

As we posted few days ago that we have boosted the addition of new rugs and designs at Nilima Rugs, we bring you Monti Rugs Collection.

Try and find out Who is Monti?? and browse Monti Rugs Designs right here at NilimaRugs.com

Monti Rugs Collections:

• Baby Soft Shag • Basketweave • Black and White • Borders • Cloud 9 • Colorisma Knotted • Colorisma Tufted • Contempo • Imperial • Links • Links Silk • MRJ 16 Velvet • MRJ 63 Plush • New Abstracts • New Boxes • Plateau • Rawhide • Royalty • Shag Mix • Shaggy Eyeballs • Silk Shag • Silk Vines • Soumack • Southwest • Tribal

Capel Rug Company Collections Now Available !!!

2008-05-25T04:32:00.004-04:00

We are excited to launch Capel Rug company with more than 129 designs.One of the leaders in Industry Capel Rug Company have been manufacturing outstanding designs since 91 years.Browse Capel Rug Company extra ordinary designs and great selections right here at NilimaRugs.com

Does your floor make a lot of noise?

2008-05-23T05:17:00.003-04:00

Does your floor make a lot of noise? Tired of neighbors beneath your apartment,complaining about the noises from your floor? even Planning to move out of apartment? Stop!!
have you considered sound proofing your floor? If not then you have landed on the right article which will help you solve this problem.
Most of the people are scared to spend thousands of dollars on carpeting the floors of the apartment but wait you dont have to spend so much money carpeting the floors.your best bet is to buy an area rug for your floors.

Question:- But area Rug are so Expensive!!!!
Answer:- No Only Oriental and Hand Knotted rugs are expensive, checkout some machine made rug or braided rug.

Some of the features of machine made rug:
*Rug Made of Synthetic Fibers
*Economical comparatively wool rugs
*Much easier to clean
*Stain Resistant
*Lighter in weight and easily movable
*And these rug get rid of the noises from your floors too.

Question:- But its still expensive for me !!!!
Answer:- call 1-800-704-0692,mention "FLOOR NOISE HELP" and request for a coupon,visit Nilima Rugs to redeem the coupon and save additional 10% on these Rug and Free Shipping!!!

Deal Of the Day May 17th Ends 23:59 PM

2008-05-17T05:48:00.008-04:00

70 % Off - Free Shipping!!

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Frequently Asked Questions

Peshawar Chobi Wool Area Persian Rug 8x10

SKU: NR-NCP-20062

Description
The word "Chobi" refers to rugs and carpets that were made in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The meaning of word "Chobi" is something that has color like "wood". In Farsi language in IRAN and Afghanistan) "Chob" means "Wood" and "Chobi" means color like "wood".

Product Features
Construction: Hand-knotted
Pile Material: 100% Hand Spun Gazani Wool
Style/Theme: Persian Chobi
Background Color: Red
Motif Color Beige
kpsi: 120 Knotts/Sq Inch
Weaving Time: 175 Days 1600 Hours
Origin: Peshawar

Brand: Nilima Rugs

Should I Buy a Wool Rug or a Synthetic Rug???

2008-05-08T20:09:00.003-04:00

We get a lot of inquiries from our visitors and customers asking if they should buy wool rug or sythetic rug made of polypropylene/nylon etc.

To start with let us say that both of these kind of Rug have advantages of their own.

Rugs Made of Wool
*Wool Rugs are Flame Retardant
*No harmfull Emmissions
*Wool Rug have the ability to absorb contaminants from air thus keeps air clean.
*Unlike Synthetic Rug Wool Rugs Do not carry Static charge
*These kind of Rug Do not attract Dirt and are washable
*Great Value for money and can last decades.

Rug Made of Synthetic Fibers
*Economical comparatively wool rugs
*Much easier to clean
*Stain Resistant
*Lighter in weight and easily movable

Traditionally Rugs are being made of wool since centuries until synthetic fiber came into existance.Since Wool Ruglast longer and carry a value they are expensive.Synthetic Rug is great for low budget decoration projects.

We have geared up the addition of New Rugs

2008-05-07T08:05:00.003-04:00

Yes thats right! we have geared up the process of adding new products at Nilima Rugs. Plus we are improving our product search filters. Check us out again in few days to find Brand new designs and collections from the top rug manufacturers in USA.

May Coupon Code on Rugs for Mother's Day 10% Off

2008-05-06T14:27:00.006-04:00

Nilima Rugs is slashing down 10% off on orders over $300.
Just use the coupon code constant10 during checkout to redeem the discount.