by Boga Rugs | May 20, 2026 | Buying Guides
This is the question we hear most often from serious rug shoppers. You’ve decided to invest in a real hand-knotted oriental rug — now the question is whether to buy something made a hundred years ago or something made last year. The honest answer is that neither...
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...
by Boga Rugs | May 7, 2026 | Buying Guides
If you spend any time browsing interior design magazines, Instagram accounts, or showroom tours, you’ll notice a pattern: Oushak rugs are everywhere. Not in a trendy, here-today-gone-tomorrow way — they’ve been a designer favorite for decades, and the...
by Boga Rugs | Apr 27, 2026 | Buying Guides
Let’s be honest about something. The oriental rug industry has a reputation — some of it earned — for opaque pricing, inflated claims, and high-pressure sales tactics. “Going out of business” sales that last for years. “$10,000 rug, today only...
