Antique & Oriental Rug Specialists Serving Walnut Creek

Free pickup and delivery throughout Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Alamo, and the East Bay. Hand-washed by master rug specialists at our Sacramento Street shop in San Francisco. Serving Bay Area collectors and homeowners for over 20 years.

The East Bay's Quiet Rug Secret

Boga Rugs has been the East Bay's quiet secret for fine rug care since 2007. While our shop is on Sacramento Street in San Francisco, a meaningful share of our clients live in Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Alamo, and the surrounding hills. We've been driving across the Bay Bridge to pick up and deliver for them since the day we opened, and we've never charged extra for the trip.

The reason East Bay clients work with us instead of a local cleaner is simple: most general carpet cleaning companies treat handmade rugs like wall-to-wall broadloom. They use the same steam equipment, the same alkaline detergents, and the same quick turnaround they use on synthetic builder-grade carpet. The result is faded dyes, brittle fibers, and rugs that look "cleaner" but lose ten years of life in a single afternoon.

We do it differently. Every rug is hand-washed on our shop floor with cold water and neutral pH soap, the way it would have been cleaned in the country it came from. We dry rugs slowly on flat racks. We inspect every piece for damage before and after. And we do all of this for clients across the Bay — including yours.

What the East Bay Has

The East Bay has some of the most significant rug collections in Northern California. The hills around Walnut Creek, Lafayette, and Orinda were largely built between the 1950s and 1980s, often by families with roots in San Francisco, Berkeley, or overseas. Many of those homes have antique and oriental rugs that came with the original owners decades ago. Some have never been professionally cleaned. Some have been cleaned by the wrong people. We see both, all the time.

These homes tend to have what you won't always find in the tighter city neighborhoods: space. Open floor plans, larger rooms, two-story foyers, and long hallways — all of which call for larger rugs. We routinely handle 10x14, 12x15, even 14x20 hand-knotted rugs that most local cleaners can't fit on their wash floor. Our shop is set up for this.

Why East Bay Clients Choose Boga

Here's what we offer East Bay clients that most local cleaners can't:

• Free pickup and delivery from your home. No need to roll the rug yourself, no need to drive it across the bridge. We come to you.
• In-home inspection before transport. For valuable or fragile pieces, we come to your home first, examine the rug in place, and document its condition with photos before we move it. This is documentation you can keep for insurance.
• Hand-washing on our shop floor. Every rug, every time. Larger pieces take a full day. We never use shortcut equipment.
• Slow drying on flat racks. No hot air, no shortcuts, no shrinkage.
• Full insurance coverage for the rug's appraised value, both in transit and on our wash floor.
• Repair and restoration by master weavers, often as part of the same project — fringe repair, reweaving, hole patching, color restoration, moth damage.
• Written estimates with no commitment. We tell you what we see and what we'd recommend before any work begins.

Areas We Serve in the East Bay

We provide pickup and delivery throughout the East Bay corridor. Our most-visited cities include:

• Walnut Creek — including Rossmoor and Saranap
• Lafayette — Burton Valley, Trail, and the historic downtown
• Orinda — Glorietta, Sleepy Hollow, and the country club area
• Alamo — Round Hill, Stone Valley
• Danville — historic Old Town, Westside
• Moraga — Campolindo, Rheem Valley
• Pleasant Hill, Concord, Martinez — by appointment
• Berkeley Hills, Oakland Hills, Piedmont — frequently

If your home is in the East Bay and you have an antique, vintage, or oriental rug that needs cleaning, repair, or appraisal, we'd be glad to come look at it. There's no charge for the visit and no pressure to commit.

What We See in East Bay Homes

Twenty years of cleaning rugs in the East Bay reveals patterns unique to the region:

Older rugs in second-generation homes. Many East Bay homes have been in the same family for decades. The rugs in them are often older than the families realize — 50, 75, even 100+ years old — and they've usually never been professionally inspected or appraised. We can do both as part of a cleaning visit, so you know what you have before you decide how to care for it.

Sun and heat damage. East Bay summers are significantly hotter than San Francisco's, and the sun exposure on hillside homes is stronger. This accelerates dye fading and fiber degradation, especially on rugs in large windows or skylit rooms. Rotation schedules and UV-filtering window treatments help, and we'll walk you through both during cleaning consultations.

Pool and irrigation moisture. Some East Bay homes have indoor pools, hot tubs, or irrigation systems that introduce moisture issues in nearby rooms. If a rug is consistently exposed to ambient humidity from a pool area, it may need more frequent cleaning than the standard 2-3 years.

Renovation damage. East Bay homes undergo major renovations more often than tight SF homes because lot sizes allow for it. Rugs frequently get moved, stored, walked on by contractors, and re-installed over freshly finished floors. We can inspect rugs after a renovation for damage, clean off construction dust, and advise on proper rug pads for new hardwood.

Estate collections with documentation gaps. Several East Bay clients have inherited significant rug collections from parents or grandparents — often without knowing what they're worth or how to care for them. We offer a full collection assessment service where we inventory, photograph, and provide preliminary valuations for each rug, giving you a starting point for insurance, estate planning, or resale decisions.

How It Works for East Bay Clients

The process from your home in the East Bay:

1. You call us at (415) 567-1965 or fill out the form on this page. Tell us what you have and where you are.
2. We schedule a pickup — usually within 3-5 days. For antique or fragile pieces, we can arrange an in-home inspection first.
3. A member of our team drives to your home, inspects the rug, gives you a written estimate, and carefully rolls it for transport to our San Francisco shop.
4. We hand-wash and (if needed) repair the rug at our Sacramento Street shop. Most cleaning projects take 5-10 business days. Restoration projects vary.
5. We deliver the rug back to your home when it's ready. You inspect it, sign off, and we settle up.

The visit, the estimate, and the pickup/delivery are all free. There are no hidden fees and no pressure to commit until you've seen and approved the quote.

Free Estimates

Every rug is different, and so is every quote. Your estimate depends on the rug's fiber type, size, age, condition, and what it needs — so we never quote sight-unseen from a price list.

Here's what we offer instead:

• Free in-home or in-shop inspection — we look at your rug, not a spreadsheet
• Written estimate before any work begins — no surprises, no hidden fees
• No commitment until you approve — you review the quote and decide

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How long does cleaning take for an East Bay client? A: Most rugs take 5-10 business days from pickup to delivery. Larger pieces or rugs needing repair before cleaning may take longer. We'll give you a realistic timeline at pickup.

Q: Is there an extra charge for East Bay pickup? A: No. Pickup and delivery are free anywhere in the East Bay corridor — Walnut Creek, Lafayette, Orinda, Alamo, Danville, Moraga, Pleasant Hill, Concord, Berkeley Hills, Oakland Hills, and Piedmont. We've been driving over the bridge for our clients since 2007 and we're not going to start charging now.

Q: Can you appraise a rug I inherited? A: Yes. Our appraisers provide written valuations for insurance, estate, donation, or resale purposes. We can do appraisals at your home or at our shop.

Q: Do you handle insurance claims? A: Yes. We work directly with insurance adjusters on water damage, fire damage, and theft cases, and we provide the documentation insurance companies need.

Q: My rug has pet stains. Can you save it? A: Most of the time, yes. Pet damage is one of the most common reasons people call us. The longer the stains sit the harder they are to fully remove, so call sooner rather than later. We'll tell you honestly what we think we can do before we do it.

Q: Are you insured for rugs in your possession? A: Yes. We carry full insurance coverage for the appraised value of every rug in our care, both during transport and on our shop floor.

Schedule Your Pickup

Bring Your Rug to a Specialist

We've been the East Bay's hidden rug experts since 2007. If you have a rug that needs care, we'd love to take a look.

Call (415) 567-1965 or Request a Free Pickup

No commitment until you've seen the quote.