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Excellent Site, just went over in detail, I love the idea, of buying valuable carpets at a fraction of the price! most people treat these like Gold. Mo S. Sull

One of the things I found very interesting which I still remember to this day was watching my Grandmother weaving a carpet back in the early 70's, and as I was watching her, I asked her what purpose the wefts were providing in the creation of her rug.  She answered by bringing me a broom and said, "Moraad Joon, it's the tight strings tied around the middle of the straw in this broom that makes the sweeping part fan out or puff out.....that's what the wefts are dong to each knot...and also securing each row, as well as providing a...

I strongly encourage you to try us out for the cleaning of your Hand-made and/or machine made carpets.  We take pride in the excellent work that we do, and our prices are the lowest you will find.  With 25 years of experience, we have cleaned every type of rug you can imagine, from expensive Antique carpets, to your run of the mill.  We understand the physics of a Hand-made carpet and we understand where the dirt goes and how to extract the fine silt and dirt that acts as glass that chips away at the foundation of your carpet.  Animal...

People have asked me over the years what my favorite type of hand-made carpets are.  And I have to say Bakhtiari carpets are my favorite hands down.  I have not seen a region so inventive and creative as the Bakhtiari weavers. They have always been great buys because the market has always shunned Bakhtiari's in favor of Heriz carpets, or Ghashghai, or Bidjars... But then you are faced with the task of cherry picking the best Bakhtiari's.  And to do this, you have to have a perspective on these carpets. To be able to pick out the very best from...

The evolution of Rug Curator was born out of the business philosophy 'Less is More' and 'Give the People what they want'. Operating from a store front, although convenient for some shoppers, just didn't make sense anymore and was very limiting. After 29 years of buying old rugs from private people, dealers, estate sales, and wholesalers, I had this idea to create a website as an outlet for the old rugs I'm buying.  I decided on the Brand "RUG Curator" because in essence, that's what I have been doing since 1985 based out of Boise.  But then I realized why...