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Rugs.net  ·  What Nobody Tells You Your Cheap RugIs Poisoning Your Home.Here Is the Proof. Polypropylene. Polyester. Latex backing. VOCs. Microplastics. Four billion pounds in landfill every year. The rug industry does not want you to know this. We do. Walk into any big-box home goods store and the rug section will be dominated by products described with reassuring language. “Easy clean.” “Stain resistan...

Rugs.net  ·  The Buyer’s Guide Wool vs. Silk RugsWhich Should You Actually Buy? Both are handmade. Both can be extraordinary. But they are built for entirely different purposes, and buying the wrong one for your space is an expensive mistake. The Short Answer Wool Daily use, high traffic, decades of durability. The safest choice for any room that gets lived in. Wool and Silk The best of both: durability of wool w...

Rugs.net  ·  The Material Guide What Your Rug Is Made OfAnd Why It Matters Cotton foundation. Wool pile. Silk highlights. Silk on silk. Every material choice in a handmade rug has a specific reason. This guide explains all of them. When you look at a handmade Persian or oriental rug, you are looking at the result of dozens of individual decisions made before a single knot was tied. What fiber to use for the foundation. Wh...