Care.
How to clean, store, and protect a hand-knotted rug - by the family that does it for a living.
Everything we've written on care.
Practical guidance from the family that hand-washes the rugs that matter.
How to Clean a Jute or Sisal Rug (Water Is the Enemy)
Plant-fiber rugs play by opposite rules: the water that cleans a wool rug browns, spots, and mildews a jute one. The dry methods that work, the spills you can save, and the honest limits.
Mold on a Rug: What It Means, What Survives, and the First 48 Hours
Mold is not a stain - it is biology eating the rug, and it favors the cotton skeleton over the wool. What surface mildew forgives, what dry rot does not, and the two days that decide between them.
Rug Odor Removal, Properly: Why the Smell Comes Back
If a smell keeps returning, it was never removed - only covered. Where odor actually lives in a rug, why baking soda and sprays fail, and the wash that takes it out for good.
How to Get Wax Out of a Rug Without Setting It
The internet's iron-and-paper trick sets the stain it is trying to remove. What wax actually does to wool, the freeze-and-fracture method that works, and the moment to stop and call.
Rug Stain Removal: Which Stains Survive and Which Don't
Not every stain is a crisis, and not every stain can be saved. A triage guide to what a hand-knotted rug forgives, what sets for good, and the first ten minutes that decide which one you get.
How to Clean a Chinese Rug
Chinese rugs are built and finished unlike any other - deep sculpted wool, a chemical sheen wash, and reds that run. What is safe to do at home, what sets a stain for good, and why a Chinese rug must be washed by hand.
How to Remove Color Bleed From a Rug
Color bleed is dye that has moved where it does not belong. What to do the moment you see it while the rug is still wet, what sets the stain for good, and when bled color becomes a restoration.
How to Clean an Area Rug Without Moving It
You can vacuum, refresh, and spot-treat an area rug where it lies, but you cannot wash it there. What is safe to do in place, what to never do on the floor, and when the rug has to be lifted.
Is Steam Cleaning Safe for a Persian Rug?
The short answer is no. Why heat and hot-water extraction felt the wool, bleed the vegetable dyes, and swell the foundation of a hand-knotted Persian rug, and what to do instead.
How to Remove Red Wine From an Oriental Rug - Without Setting the Stain
Red wine is a natural dye that bonds to wool in seconds. What to do in the first minutes, the salt-and-peroxide tricks that bleach the rug instead, and when a wine stain needs the workshop.
How to Clean an Antique Rug - Safely, and When Not to Try
An antique rug is unforgiving to clean: an aged foundation and natural dyes that move in water. The gentle care you can do at home, what ruins a fragile old rug, and when it belongs in the workshop.
How to Remove Pet Urine From an Oriental Rug - and What Not to Do
Pet urine is not a stain, it is chemistry that bonds to wool and dye as it dries. What to do in the first hour, the home remedies that make it worse, and when it needs the workshop.
How to Clean a Persian Rug - and When It Belongs in the workshop
Persian rugs reward gentle care and punish the wrong wash. What you can safely do at home, the dye-bleed mistakes that ruin a piece, and when it should come to the workshop.
How to Clean a Wool Rug - and When to Bring It to a Specialist
Wool is forgiving until it is not. What you can safely do at home, the mistakes that ruin a rug, and the point where it belongs in the workshop.
The Master's Guide to Oriental Rug Cleaning
A definitive guide to hand-washing antique oriental rugs - by the family that has done it for 39 years.
How Much Does Antique Rug Cleaning Cost? A 2026 Price Guide
What you'll actually pay for hand-washed antique oriental rug cleaning in 2026 - by fiber, size, and condition.
Moth Damage in Oriental Rugs: How to Identify, Treat, and Prevent
How to spot moth larvae and casings before they ruin an antique rug - and what to do when you find them.
Silk Rugs: How to Clean, Store, and Protect Your Most Delicate Piece
A complete guide to caring for Hereke, Qum, Persian silk, and antique Chinese silk rugs - by hand.
Why Hand-Washing Is the Only Method for Antique and Silk Rugs
The chemistry, the structure, and the centuries of evidence - why nothing else works on antique wool or silk.
What to Ask Before Hiring an Oriental Rug Cleaner
Ten questions that separate a master workshop from a wash plant - and what the wrong answers actually mean.
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Restoration
Reweaving, color restoration, antique wash - the slow crafts that happen on the restoration bench.
Types
Every great weaving tradition - Persian, Turkish, French, silk - and how to know what you have.
Workshop
Behind the scenes at the Cohen family workshop. A day in the life, the master artisan, the family.
Local
Northeast-specific rug care - the Hamptons, Manhattan, Greenwich, the seasonal patterns of HNW homes.
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A few of the rugs we've cared for — and the families who trusted us with them.
“They returned an heirloom Tabriz — the colors look exactly as my grandmother described them.”
“A 1920s Heriz I thought was beyond saving came back better than the day my parents bought it.”
“Our clients trust us with eight-figure homes. Horizon is the only workshop I send their rugs to.”