By hand, at the bench
Repaired the way it was made
Every repair is done by hand with a needle and color-matched yarn — the very techniques the rug was woven with. Nothing is glued, taped, or shipped off to an outside workroom.
A frayed fringe or a small hole doesn’t mean the rug is done. We rebuild rugs by hand at our own Palm Beach Gardens plant — the same place they’re washed — so the fix follows the weave instead of hiding it.
Small now, or big later
A rug always unravels from its edges inward. The end knots are held fast by the fringe and the side cords; once those give way, the pile beside them loses its anchor and starts creeping off the rug one row at a time.
Caught early, a loosening fringe or a fraying edge is a quick, contained fix. Left through another season of traffic in a busy Gardens household, that same edge becomes lost knots that have to be rewoven — far more work, and far more cost.
A stitch now beats a reweave later, nearly every time.
So when we spot early wear at a cleaning inspection, we point it out — not to pad the bill, but because a stitch today saves a reweave next year.
By hand, at the bench
Every repair is done by hand with a needle and color-matched yarn — the very techniques the rug was woven with. Nothing is glued, taped, or shipped off to an outside workroom.
Done in-house
The fringe is the rug’s foundation showing through — structure, not decoration. We lock down a loosening fringe or rebuild one that’s gone, so the end knots stay put where they belong.
The side cords take the beating from vacuums and the legs of heavy Florida-room furniture. We re-wrap and re-secure worn edges by hand before the pile alongside them starts to unravel.
A hole or a burn is rewoven knot by knot in matched wool, tracing the original pattern so the mend disappears into the design rather than sitting on top of it.
Moths feed on wool from the back, out of sight. We treat the infestation, then reweave the grazed and eaten areas back to full pile.
A rug left damp on stone can rot at the foundation until it cracks. We gauge how far it has spread and rebuild the sound sections that can still be saved.
A rug can be carefully shortened or narrowed to suit a room, and a worn antique carried back with full restoration — each choice weighed against what the rug is genuinely worth.
Keep it off the bench
A few small habits do most of the work. Rotate the rug a couple of times a year so a single path doesn’t take all the wear, and use a proper pad underneath — it stops the rug sliding and cushions the foundation against the hard marble and tile most Gardens homes are built on.
Keep it dry: blot spills fast and never let a wet rug sit, because our coastal humidity turns lingering damp into rot and mildew. And vacuum gently, keeping the beater bar off the fringe, which is where the unraveling usually begins.
The honest part
Yes — straight out. Some rugs are worth far more than the repair would ever cost, and some are worth less than the hours a proper fix demands. We’ll tell you which one yours is before you spend a cent.
A straight rug man will talk you out of a repair as willingly as into one.
If a rug holds real sentimental weight, the decision is yours to make — but you’ll make it knowing the honest cost and the honest result, not a sales pitch.
Free assessment, zero pressure
Send us a few details and we’ll collect the rug in Palm Beach Gardens, look it over, and give you a straight answer on the repair before any work begins.