by Boga Rugs | Jun 27, 2026 | Cleaning & Care
Moving, renovating, or rotating seasonal rugs? Here’s exactly how to store an oriental rug without returning to a moth-eaten, mold-damaged, or misshapen mess. We see the results of bad storage more than you’d think. Someone moves, puts a rug in a storage...
by Boga Rugs | May 29, 2026 | Cleaning & Care
Rug fringe is probably the most misunderstood part of an oriental rug. Most people think it’s decorative — a nice finishing touch, like a tassel on a pillow. It’s not. On a genuine hand-knotted rug, fringe is structural. It’s the exposed ends of the...
by Boga Rugs | May 27, 2026 | Cleaning & Care
San Francisco’s climate is unlike anywhere else in the country. We don’t have the extreme cold of the Midwest, the blistering heat of the Southwest, or the predictable four-season cycle of the East Coast. What we do have is fog, microclimates, year-round...
by Boga Rugs | May 18, 2026 | Cleaning & Care
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance your rug is wet right now. Pipe burst, washing machine overflow, roof leak, spilled fish tank — doesn’t matter how it happened. What matters is what you do in the next few hours. Water damage to oriental...
by Boga Rugs | May 13, 2026 | Cleaning & Care
Moths are a quiet problem. They don’t announce themselves, don’t leave obvious evidence, and by the time you see a patch of bare pile, the larvae have typically been at work for weeks or months. In San Francisco’s climate, this can happen any time of...
by Boga Rugs | May 11, 2026 | Cleaning & Care
Somebody brings a rug into our shop almost every week with the same question: “Is this worth fixing?” Sometimes the answer is an easy yes. Sometimes it’s an easy no. But most of the time, it falls somewhere in the middle — and that’s where an...
