Care
Renovation, a move, a summer house closing for the winter: every rug that goes into storage is a candidate for moths and mildew. Here is the method that prevents both, and it starts before the rug is rolled.
Moths prefer soiled wool. Skin, food, pet residue and dust in the pile are what draws them, and a rug that goes into storage dirty comes out eaten. Mildew needs moisture; a rug stored with damp in the foundation from a floor cleaning or a humid summer mildews in a closet. A plant‑washed rug is clean, dry to the foundation, and treated with a wool‑safe repellent at the end of the wash. See hand washing.
Folding cracks the foundation along the fold; a Bidjar can be ruined by one fold. Roll the rug pile‑out (pile on the outside) around a cardboard tube, evenly and not too tight.
Cotton sheeting, Tyvek, or acid‑free paper. Never plastic: it traps moisture and the rug mildews inside it. Tape the wrap closed so moths cannot get in at the ends.
A dry, temperature‑stable room with some light, on a shelf or rack rather than a concrete floor. Not a damp basement, not an unheated garage, not a dark attic. Check the rug every few months: unroll a foot, look and smell.
Rugs in a Hamptons or North Fork house closed from October to May are in exactly the conditions moths and mildew want. Have them washed at the end of the season; we can also hold clean, wrapped rugs at the Farmingdale plant over the winter and deliver them when the house reopens. The Hamptons and North Fork pages cover the timing.
Unroll it, vacuum both faces with suction, and if it was stored more than a year or smells at all, have it washed before it goes back on the floor.
Drop‑offs welcome any day; call ahead and you can watch the dye test.
No. Plastic traps moisture and the rug mildews. Use cotton, Tyvek or acid‑free paper.
They repel adults from the outside of a wrapped rug; they do not remove eggs already inside. Wash first.
Yes; clean, wrapped rugs can be held at the plant and delivered when you want them.