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5 Top Tips to Help Your Rug Last Longer

Rugs are pricey. There are rugs that are made with the most luxurious materials and made with the most expert care; so, no doubt that there will be rugs that are pricey and expensive. If you have spent a lot of time, money, and dedication in looking for the perfect rug for interior living space, then you would want to have the rug lasting for a long time rather than needing to replace it prematurely. Rug care matters when it comes to the longevity of the rug and so knowing simple tips can help keep your rug lasting for longer. 

Gallery Expression 9221 Orange Drip Flatweave Rug by Louis De Poortere

Clean Spills Immediately, No Questions Asked.

This one might seem like a given but it is very important that is done for the sake of the rug looking its best. While a rug will perform its best even if it has a stain or a spill mark, it will take away from its appearance and therefore its beauty. Nothing says beautiful more than a coffee spill over the center. The lighter the rug is, the more urgently you will have to clean it. Stains are easier to deal with when they are wet as they can be quickly dealt with, Dry stains are the nightmares as they can be difficult to remove from the carpet fibers. Water or a solution will be needed to help lift the stain and that could end up with the stain spreading or becoming bigger than before

Regular Cleaning Will go a Long Way

As with everything in life, a little regular cleaning is needed to make sure that your rugs last for how long it is intended for or for longer. Cleaning is a big requirement and not something you can skip over; the rug can benefit tremendously from regular cleaning. Regular cleaning doesn’t necessarily mean having to do intensive or heavy care but rather that doing occasionally vacuuming to either clean or maintain the appearance of the rug. Over time dust and dirt can manage their way through the rug fibers and embed themselves deep into the rug backing. You would want to avoid this as much as possible by regularly cleaning as dirt and dust being left behind on the rug can be a trigger for respiratory illnesses like asthma. 

Rug fibers, like wool, can release themselves into the air as they are used. This is called shedding and can be bothersome having to pick them up after a while. Regular vacuuming can lead to vacuuming the lost threads and getting them out before they have a chance to shed. This in turn can also help maintain the appearance and longevity of the rug as there won’t be random pieces of carpet fibers coming out of the rug. It is best to vacuum both sides of the rug to make sure that no dust or dirt particles make their way through the underside and ruin the bottom of the rug as well. 

Rotating the Rug or Reposition it

Maine Ivory Shaggy Wool Rug by Rug Guru

This one doesn’t involve cleaning but rather is one of the easier methods to rug care and is used to help increase the longevity of rugs. This simply involves rotating the rug and moving it away from its usual position. As we all know, rugs are walked over and stepped on, it's expected when they are used as flooring decorative. This overtime can lead to the rug slowly flattening down due to the pressure from the foot traffic. Moving it around its usual position can lead to different areas of the rugs being used rather than one continuous area. This is more important when you have light colours like a light grey rug and it will be more noticeable when a fade mark appears from all the foot traffic. It would be better to rotate it so that a different part of the rug is used or to relocate it to an area of the living space that isn’t used as much and won’t receive a lot of foot traffic. This can be a great way of preserving a rug from going too quickly. Maybe it isn’t in the area of heavy foot traffic, but rather placed in front of the window and it is exposed to the sun a lot. This sort of exposure can lead to the rug fibers fading through sun bleaching. Preventing this can only be done by relocating the rug to an area of either less or no sun exposure. A rug with faded color is still usable but won’t be pleasing when bought for aesthetic reasons. 

Move Your Furniture Around the Rug

Japanese Floral Midnight 039708 Wool Rug by Florence Broadhurst

Furniture is very heavy and can act the same as foot traffic in terms of weighing the carpet fibers down. If placed on shaggy rugs, it can lead to the fibers being squashed down and no longer it can resemble a shaggy rug. A bristle brush can be used to help bring the fibers back up ultimately there can be an indent left on the rug. A good help to the rug fibers would be to move the furniture about on the rug, either moving the furniture to different areas of the rug or moving the rug so that the furniture can stay in place. This is a big help to the rug because it prevents the rug from getting permanent indents on the rug and can maintain the longevity of the rug not having different parts of the rug more worn down than others. When furniture is placed on a rug, the parts that are covered up receive very little usage and look much different to the used areas after some time. By moving the furniture around, you can have these areas used as well to give the rug an evenly used appearance. 

Use a Rug Pad Underneath the Rug

A rug pad is not needed at all for a rug to be used in a living space. Rugs can be placed wherever required and carry out what they are supposed to do. Where they are required is if the rug is placed on a slippery surface. There are surfaces, like ceramic tiles, where are rug doesn't have enough friction to stay in place; it ends up moving around. This can be a safety hazard when walking over it as it can cause accidental falls and injuries. To avoid this, a rug ma can be placed underneath the rug to help give it some friction to remain in place. The rug pad doesn’t show at all and is remain hidden underneath the rug, where it can still carry out its function. These rug pads are dependent on the size of the rug so you will find whatever size you are looking for or what's required. In addition to adding friction, a rug pad can also help keep the underside of the rug clean as it doesn’t allow the underside to come into contact with the floor and so remains clean. At most, a little vacuum can be done to help remove debris that has accumulated at the edges. 

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