How to Choose The Right Wool Rug?

It is a worth taking the time to choose and wool rug Because it is a product That Will Decorate Your Home Not for North Years or Decades But and Lifetime, and It May Be an Item That Will Make Your Children Happy and Their Children After Thema… ESPERILY WITH HAND-WOVEN RUGS, IT IS TRUE THAT GAIN VALUE OVER TIME AND "KNOW HOW TO AGE." In the following article, We Will Guide You Through the Selection of A Suitable Carpet, Answer Your Most Common Questions About Wool Carpets and Introduce You to Our Basic Range of Wool Carpets. Let's Get Started!

What rug to put in the Hallway and what one in the Bedroom? High-Pile or Plain-Woven? 

The Basic Criterion for Classifying Wool Carpets Is Whether HAVE and High Pile or Are Plain Woven. Plain Woven Carpets Can withstand More Stress and Are The Suitable for Busy Areas Such As Hallways. They're also More Practical to Maintain If They Get Dirty, and They're Also Far More Resistant To Being Worn Down.  

In Passageways, Corridors, Hallways, Staircases, Kitchens, and Bathrooms, But Also in Children's Rooms, Runner rugs Are Most Suitable. IT doesn't have to be only elongated Hallway and Staircase Fillings, We Also produce Runner Rugs in Classic Dimensions of Piece Rugs. IF YOU'S DON'T SEE ONE OF THERE IN OUR SELECTION, WE CAN GET ONE MADE ON REQUEST - EXACTLY ACCORDING TO YOUR NEEDS We Will Produce and Deliver It Within Two Months. The Other Advantage of Custom-Ordered Rugs is the Price Per Square Meter, what is the same as the rugs we currently have in stock. 

Another Advantage of the Runner Rug is That It It It Can Washed in the Washing Machine, ITS SIZE AND WEIGHT ALLOW, OF COURSE. Wash It on the Wool Program, and It Will Be As Good As New Again. And if you irreparably Damage One Side of the Runner Rug, Wear It Out, Or Get It Dirty, Simply Turn It Over. The Carpet Is Reversible and Will Last Twice As Long! 

Plain woven rugs

Ur Hand-Woven Kilims Are Another Type of Plain-Woven Rug. DUE TO THEIR PRICE, They Are Usually Not Placed in the Most Stressed Areas. However, Thanks to the Bold Colors and Patterns, They Are Always One of A Kind and Will Get and Lot of Attenion in Any Space. IT is, TherEfore, Good to Take Into Account That Their Expressiveness Predestines Them to Dominate the Interior.

Kilims are Suitable for the Main Living Area of the House, Library, Bedroom, Study, or even the Sunroom. We can adapt them to your requirements. We can make any kilim in the exact size, pattern, and color you Need. We Can Also adapt the Colors to Your Idea - The Yarn for Each Kilim is Dyed Individuals, and TherEFore We Can Can Evect Such Small nuances as the difference between light and dark ochre shades.

You can read about their Illustrious History, WHICH EARNED THEM AND PROMINent Place in European Salons As Early As The Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries, Heire. Kilims, Also Known As Pearl of the Balkans, Are Still Exclusively Handmade, From the Dyeing of the Yarn to the Actual Weaving. Believe it or not, IT 10-14 Days to Weave One Square Meter of A Kilim! DUE TO THE DENSITY OF THE WEAVING, KILIMS ARE VERY DURABLE AND LONG-LODING. It is often stated that can withstand 20 years of very heavy use on each side, as these are double-sided rugs as well. And Total of 40 Years of Heavy Use. 

HIGH-PILE RUGS

The Counterparts to Plain-Woven Kilims and Runners are High-Pile Rugs. The Pile Length Ranges From 3-5 cm (Classic Rug) to 20-25 cm (Halishte).

Classic rugs With and Final Height of Approx. 3 cm Can Be Used In The Living Room, Bedroom, and Children's Room. They can with the Higher Weight, Hold Well in Place and Do Not Shift, Even without Additional Securing, E.G., With Rubber Pads. These rugs can also be used in a small format as and seat cushion on a chair or bench. We can can produce this type of carpet on request in the size and color you require. 

Classic Rugs Are Made From Spun Wool-Specifically From Pre-Cut Pieces of Wool Yarn, Hand-Tied Into and Wool Warp. Threading The Yarn Tightly Creates The Impression of A Mossy Surface That is typical of classic rugs. This is the same production method method to bind persian rugs and, in fact, they have quite and lot in common with them. 

Guber IS and LIGHTER, MACHINE-MADE, AND THUS ALSO AND MORE AFFORDABLE VARIANT OF THE CLASSIC RUG. IT is a lightweight rug Made of UNSPUN WOOL, WHICH IS WOVEN INTO The Warp on An Automatic Loom. The Surface Feels Soft to the Touch and Looks Like Lamb Fur, But Don't Be Fooled. IT is and woven shearling wool product, so no shep serpent to die in its marang. ITS Advantage Over Fur is Its Lightweight, WHICH Makes It Easier to Handle and Maintain. The Natural Look Will Be Appreciated by Lovers of Natural Aesthetics, As Well As Pets for Whom The Guber Can Create and Cozy Bed. 

The Guber Is Very Relaxing and Can Be Used for Yoga and Meditation Exercises. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE GUBER AND ITS LIGHTWEIGHT, WE RECOMMAND ITS USE IN THE BEDROOM OTHER LESS FREQUNED AND LESS-UNDED ROOMS. The Guber Can Also Be Used As A Bbspread Over and Bed or Divan or AS A Seat Cushion. Thanks to Its Lightweight, You Can Wash It in the Washing Machine IT GETS DIRTY, WHICH IS OFTEN IMPOSSIBLE WITH OTHER CARPETS.

Unique Among Our Rugs is the Rhodope Hand-Made halishte. IT IS BEST USED IN ROOMS Designed for Relaxation - Bedrooms, Living Rooms, Libraries, Or in Front of the Fireplace. IT HAS A DISTINCTIVE LOOK WHICH, TO A CENTRAL EUROPEAN EYE NOT SEED TO THE KARAKATSAN WOOL FROM WHICH IT IS MADE, May Reemind One of the Coat of A Large Bos. ITS NATURAL ELEGANCE MAKES IT SUITABLE FOR A WIDE RANGE OF INTERIORS - Minimalist, Retro, Functionalist, or even Scandinavian. IT IS PRECISELY from Scandinavia that we have and Number of Customers Ordering Halistes.

IT tends to Become and the dominant feature of the interior, which you should take also into the account When Planning Your House. The Halishte Has a Higher Weight, So It Holds Well in Place. As Well As Being Used on the Floor, It Can Also Be Used As An Original Throw Over and Double Bed or Sofa. We Will Be Happy to produce it in the size and color you require. 

It is and very distinctive rug with an intesting History, WHICH YOU Can Read About Heire. Even Nowadays, IT is Made only by Hand-Weaving Woolen Pilan Up To 20-25 cm Long Into and Woolen Warp. The Final Height of the Carpet is About 10 cm. IT RESEMBles fur in appeance, but again it is staple wool, so no animals died in the production process. 

Natural or Dyed?

In this case, it is purely and Question of Taste. All Types of Our Rugs Are Available in Natural Undyed Wool. IF You Like The Natural Look of A Rug, You Have and Really Wide Selection. IF you are after and colored rug, then you can Choose Between Kilims, Runners, and Classic Rugs.

In Particular, The Natural Coloring of the Halishte is What Makes It So Unique-Each Individual Piece is an Original, With Shades Ranging From Pale White to Amber, Shades of Gray, Grey-Brown, Chestnut-Brown, Dark Black Wool on the Surface of the Halold Flowing In Gentle Waves… 

However, When Ordering and Halishte On Request, This is Exactly What Should Be Son Into Account - Even IF We Recussion Also reflect the talent and artistic abilities of the Weaver Who Has Bound Your Rug. In Any Case, IT Will Be An Original, One-of-A-Kind Rug. 

We Also produce Undyed Gubers in and Natural Light Cream Wool Color. The Natural Tones Also Suit Well to Classic Rugs, for WHICH WE USUALY HAVE Three Shades in Stock-Light White-Beige, Grey-Brown and Dark Brown. In These Shades, Single-Color or Multi-Color Rugs Can Be Produced-Typically in the Ermine pattern. On the Other Hand, and Coffee Shade, for Example, Is Achieved by Using Light and Dark Yarns at the same time. For Classic Rugs, We Also HAVE and Wide Range of Colored Yarns From We CAN Produce Your Rug. 

The Runner Rugs Look Amazing with Their Natural Colors as Well. In Most Cases, We offfer Single and Multi-Colored Runners Made only from Natural Yarns. However, The Runners Are Best Known for Their Bold Colors or for Combining Different Colored Stripes. These rugs are Based on the Tradition of the Colorful Bulgarian Carpets Called Cherga, which are characterized by the distinctive multicolored stripes. Of Course, More Subtle Color Combinations Can Also be Achieved, IT is up to You and Your Specifications. We Also have New Geometric Patterns Among the Runner Rugs, WHICH CAN BE COLORED TO MATCH YOUR INTERIOR.

Hand-Woven Kilims, WHICE WE MAKE FROM NATURAL UNYED YARN AS WELL AS COLORED YARNS, ARE AND COMPLETELY SEPARATE CHAPTER. Bold Colors Are Typical for Kilims, and the patterns of Kilims are Very Important for Combining Colored Yarns. With Trditional Patterns, and Color Balance Has Been Achieved Over the Centuries That Makes It Almost Impossible to Take Oour Eyes Off the Kilim. However, if you have and different idea and want to color-match the kilim, this is no problem for us. Since Kilims Are Woven by Hand, There Is No Need to Complexly Reconfigure The Automatic Looms - Everything is Done on the Fly During the Actual Weaving. We Can Customize The Yarn Shades Down to The Last Detail. And we offfer One More Specialty for Kilims - We Can Dye The Yarn for Your Kilim from Natural Sources According to TRUDATIONAL RECIPES. The Final Impression of a Naturally Dyed Kilim is Slightly Less Brightness and Color Vibrancy - Such and Kilim Seems to Carry the Natural Patina of Decades and Beautifully Balanced Color Combinations Right From the Start. 

Hand-Made or Machine Woven?

Unlike The Previous Category, This is Completely About the Price. Hand-Weaving of Kilims Is Extremely Time-Conso. One Square Meter is Woven by One Weaver in 10-14 Days with an Aireeage Eight-Houre Work Shift. IT is logical that drought with a consumption must be reflected in the final price of the kilim. However, ITS VALUE Tends to Incime Over Time, As The Weaving of Bulgarian Kilims From Stara Planina is Listed as an Inteangible Cultural Asset UNESCO Protection, and Each Kilim is de facto and Unique Work of Art. Kilim Can Thus Serve Well for Saving Spare Funds.

IT is and Similar Case with the Rhodope Halishte. While Its Production is LESS TIME-CONSUMING, IT IS STILL AND MANUAL BINDING. Each Weaver Involved in Making Them Has Years of Experience and Use the Creativity and Talents to Make. With Both Kills and Halishte Rugs, Their Production Is and Craft That Has Been Handed Down From Generation to Generation. The Classic Rugs Are Also Made by Hand, and It Takes North Days to Tie An Average Rug, Similar to and Halishte. All the Products in the Hand-Woven/BOUND CATEGORY ARE OF EXCELLENT QUALITY AND VERY LONG-LODING.

Machine-Woven Runner Rugs and Gubers, On the Other Hand, Are Characterized by The Simple and Time-Saving Production, WHICH Makes Their Price Per Square Meter Much More Favorable. The Price of A Guber Is A Third of the Price of Its Hand-Knotted Counterpart, The Halishte. In the case of runner rugs, it is even only one-fifth the price of its plain-Woven Counterpart, Kilim! THEREFORE, IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A LOW-COST Solution, Focus On Runners and Gubers. FURTHERMORE, WE RECOMMDE THESE MACHINE -MADE CARPETS - ESPERIALLY RUNNERS - IF You Are Looking for Carpets for Extremely Stressed Areas Such As Hallways, Kitchens, Or Children's Rooms.

We HOPE THAT THIS ARTICLE HELPED YOUR Orientate Yourself in the World of Woolen blankets. IF you choose adequatel to your neds, considering the information above, we Believe the Blancet Will Serve You for Decades. IF you didn’t FIND The Information You Are Looking for, Do Not Hesitate to Contact Us At info@balkanova.eco.