so by far one of the most common questions we get 
from our customers is how do I mix and match two   oriental rugs in the same area do I take a rug 
that has a field color that's red and match it   with another rug that maybe has a red border 
or can I take a Tabriz rug that has a floral   Medallion design and match it with let's say a 
sarouk rug that has a allover floral design which   rugs work well together? well if you have this 
question if you're trying to buy a new oriental rug or maybe you're trying to buy two rugs at the 
same time and you're not sure what's going to   work well together I think we're gonna have a 
lot of answers for you because we have over 25   years of experience helping our customers do just 
that which is match oriental rugs to look really   beautiful together and so if you want to learn 
more how to do this and learn about the advice   we have for you to make this whole process easier 
then stick around and all that is coming up now all right so before we get into the advice that I 
have for you when it comes to mixing and matching   different types of oriental rugs one thing that 
you should know is that this advice has to do   with rugs that are going to be in the same room 
and let's say the rugs are going to be next to   each other within six feet of each other adjacent 
to each other and you should be able to see both   rugs at the same time when you're in the room the 
advice that I'm going to be going over doesn't   apply so much to obviously rugs that are going 
to be in separate rooms or let's say you have a   furniture or something in between the rugs or the 
rugs are further apart where you can't see both of   the rugs together so the main point I want to make 
here is that this advice when it comes to mixing   and matching rugs has to do with rugs that are 
actually next to each other and that this is for   rooms and areas of your home where you could see 
the rugs together at the same time this is where   this advice is going to be the most practical so 
on the same note if you are finding it difficult   to mix and match a couple of oriental rugs that 
you really like one option that you do have is to   put a furniture in between the rugs or just keep 
the rugs further away from each other so that not   both of the rugs are going to be as visible when 
you're looking into this particular part of your   home so this is one way if you are running into 
difficulties making a couple of rugs work out you   could you could still have both of these rugs but 
not just have them so close together where they   start clashing all right so now let's get into 
it so when it comes to mixing and matching or   into rugs there's going to be two components 
that we need to really pay attention to one   of those components is of course the colors of 
the rugs and the other component is the design   or patterns in the rug now when it comes to color 
component this is the part that we need to really   pay attention to and to make sure that there are 
different colors that are going to be matching and   working harmoniously together when it comes to the 
design this is also important but it's not like a   must it's not like something that you have to make 
it work if you have the colors matching then the   design doesn't necessarily have to match but it is 
always nice to make the designs match as well and   we'll be getting into that more and talking about 
what are the type of designs that we recommend to   match together but the most important takeaway 
here again is that the most important component   to make sure that there is harmony and there is 
a nice match it's going to be the color component   of the two rugs or two or more rugs that you're 
trying to match alright so first let's get into   how to mix and match the colors in different 
oriental rugs and again this is going to be the   most important component to make sure that it's 
working together and so um what I like to do is   before I give you the specific advice about how 
how to mix and match colors just take a note that   there's going to be four different components 
of colors inside of oriental rugs that we're   going to be talking about so the first component 
is going to be the highlight colors that really   stand out so all the oriental rugs have different 
highlight colors that are used throughout the rug   and you'll notice that certain highlight highlight 
colors are going to stand out the most and going   to be used more inside of the rug now the other 
component is going to be the field of the rug so   this is kind of towards the center like what 
surrounds the medallion if it has one or just   like the background in the center of the rug 
and then also another component is going to   be the border of the rug so obviously this 
is like the background color of the border   and then finally we have the the color of the 
medallion of the rug if the rug has a medallion   so for example if the rug is a floral medallion 
design or geometric medallion design then the   medallion typically has a different background 
color so those are the four components again it's   going to be the highlight colors and then we're 
talking about the field colors and the border   color as well as the medallion now with that in 
mind let's go ahead and talk about the different   parts that you want to make sure that match and 
what is some different ways that you can mix and   match the different colors and these components 
of the rug all right so first let's talk about   how you can match two oriental rugs together by 
matching their highlight colors so when it comes   to the highlight colors again this is going to be 
the highlight colors that really stand out so for   example if you have a rug that has strong blues 
those highlight colors or greens then you want   to find that both of the rugs that you're trying 
to match are going to have these highlight colors   that are really standing out so this is one of 
the great options you have to match the rugs you   don't necessarily need anything else in the rug 
to anything else in the rug to be matching you   could just go for the highlight colors and make 
sure that these are the strong highlight colors   that both rugs have another option that you have 
is of course matching the different components   when it comes to the field color so if both rugs 
have let's say a field color that's red matching   both of these two rugs together that have both 
field colors that are red and you could do the   same thing when it comes to the borders you can 
match two rugs that have the same color border   and then of course you could do the same thing 
when it comes to the medallions of the rug if   both rugs have the same color medallion that can 
work another great option is to kind of mix and   match between a rug that has let's say a red field 
color and the other rug that you're choosing has a   red border or for example you could go with a rug 
that has let's say a blue field color and then the   other rug you're choosing has a blue medallion so 
all these different components of four component   notice that we talked about when it comes to 
color you can mix and match these and as long as   you have at least one set of components that will 
match so either you know matching the border with   the field or matching the medallion with the 
field any of these would work but just going   to make sure that you find at least one or two 
colors within these that are going to be matching   so I hope that's not too confusing we'll show you 
some examples so that way you have a better idea   of what this looks like and so next we're going 
to go ahead and talk about matching the designs   and patterns when it comes to picking out a 
couple of oriental rugs that you want to have   work together all right so before we go over our 
tips when it comes to pairing different designs in   oriental rugs I like to real quick invite you 
to like and subscribe to our channel and turn   on your notification bell because we try to put 
out videos just like this every week going over   everything you need to know about persian and 
oriental rugs so now with that let's go ahead   and talk about pairing the different designs of 
oriental rugs great so next let's talk about how   to pair the different designs of oriental rugs and 
how we're going to go about mixing and matching   oriental rugs when it comes to their designs and 
patterns so before we get into it I want to just   do a quick overview of the common designs that 
are available in oriental rugs and then we'll   talk about you know the matching and pairing ideas 
and what are the best practices so when it comes   to the designs you usually have a floral design 
this could be a floral allover design or floral   medallion design and basically all that means 
is that when it when it's a floral medallion   it has a centerpiece when it's a floral allover 
it's all over design there's no one centerpiece   then you have a geometric design rugs which have 
also again geometric with a medallion for example   a lot of heriz rugs have that and then there's 
geometric allover and then you have a herati   design which is really popular especially with 
like tabriz has a lot of herati as well sarouk so   that's another type of design that's pretty common 
and then you have some of the other designs that   are a little bit less common but definitely 
a lot of different rugs offer these too so   for example you have tree of life design or panel 
design very popular in bakhtiari and you can have   hunting design and pictorial design and of course 
gul design so there's a lot of different other   types of designs like that but not as common as 
the the floral design and the geometric design so   um so those are the that's a quick overview 
of the different designs that are available   and we're going to be talking about mixing and 
matching these designs but the if you want to   learn more about the different designs and really 
get a lot more details as far is what are the   designs available and what they actually look like 
and what are the different types of rugs that are   available in each design and we've created several 
videos getting into the design topic so definitely   check out our playlist about the different persian 
and oriental rug designs but with that now let's   go ahead and talk about how to mix and match 
these designs and what are the best practices   to pair the design so they look good all right 
so this part of pairing the different designs   and patterns together is pretty straightforward 
basically the best practice is that if you have   a floral design rug whether it's floral medallion 
or floral allover you try to match that also with   another floral design rug whether it's going to 
be again medallion or allover any type of floral   design works well together when it comes to the 
the patterns and then it's the same thing when it   comes to geometric design so if you have geometric 
medallion or geometric allover you try to go with   a rug that has also the same kind of geometric 
design and something else that you can do is that   works really well is matching geometric design 
with herati design because they're both herati design also is sort of like a geometric design 
but it has geometric shapes although they're finer   and more detailed shapes and they're usually much 
smaller but they do have geometric patterns inside   of them anyway so geometric rugs work really 
well with herati rugs and then again when it   comes to floral design rugs so not only you can 
match floral design rugs with other floral design   rugs but also you can match them with like a tree 
of life floral design rug so for example just to   give you some examples that you could work with 
if you're going with like let's say a medallion   design tabriz rug you can match that with either 
a medallion designed sarouk rug or let's say it's   allover floral design sarouk rug or it could be 
even like a a tree of life rug of any kind that   would work or let's say if you're talking about 
like a geometric rug you're looking at so using   the example of a medallion design heriz you 
can match that with a herati design tabriz you   could match that with like a bakhtiari geometric 
design rug whether again as medallion or allover   so these are all just different ideas and I'm just 
using different types of persian rugs that you   might be familiar with just to kind of drive the 
point home the main thing here is pretty simple   you're just trying to make sure that floral design 
goes with something that is more flowery whether   it's going to be a floral design true life design 
and then geometric design goes with something   that's more geometrical whether it's actually a 
geometric design rug or a herati design rug or   but really the shapes inside the rug have more 
geometry in them so that's the basic idea behind   mix and matching the designs and patterns and 
also just something else you should know is that   whether the design is going to be very intricate 
or it's a more simplified design so when you're   dealing with rugs let's say that have really high 
knot density and putting them next to rugs that   have a lower knot density that's perfectly fine 
as long as again the design the type of designs   are similar that's what matters the most alright 
so finally I like to go over some recommendations   with you when it comes to mixing and matching or 
into rugs that don't necessarily belong to the   components of the colors or matching the designs 
of the rug so one of the things is going to be the   layout of your room and whether or not you'll be 
able to use let's say a large rug with a smaller   rug so we have customers that purchase a larger 
rug and they still have a part of the room that's   available and they like to choose like a smaller 
rug for that part of the room or maybe a runner   rug even so when it comes to mixing and matching 
the different sizes that's going to really depend   on of course like the layout of your room so you 
will really have to try it out to see how that   looks there's no like hard and fast rule when 
it comes to using large rugs with smaller rugs   another thing you should consider is definitely 
the accent colors in your room and the colors   of your wall try to find at least a one or two 
colors that really stand out in the rug whether   again it's going to be the highlight colors or 
the different components that we talked about such   as the field border or medallion that's going to 
match with the accent colors in the room and also   do consider the color of your furniture as well so 
those are some of the things that you can consider   outside of the most important ones when it comes 
to the actual two rugs that you're selecting so   we talked about design we talked about colors and 
these are the other things that you can consider   as well alright so this concludes our video 
on how to mix and match oriental rugs to work   well together I really hope that you enjoyed 
this video and that hopefully now the process   of matching rugs together is going to become 
easier for you whether you have one oriental   rug at home and you want to buy another one to 
match well with it or you're trying to buy two   oriental rugs at the same time and if you want 
to learn more again about the different designs   in oriental rugs and just get more familiar with 
all these we have a great playlist for that also   I invite you to check out our playlist about the 
different types of Persian rugs so you can learn   a lot more about what are the different types out 
there we have a playlist that goes over 30 of the   different types and if you are enjoyed this video 
then I hope you like the video and subscribe to   our channel and if you have any questions and 
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So one of the most common questions  we get here at Catalina Rug is,   how do I clean my rug without having to take it  to professional rug cleaning? So in this video,   what we're gonna do is we're gonna show you that  process of how you can clean up your rug at home   in a very lightweight fashion without the risk  of damaging the rug. And it will be good enough   to make your rug look cleaner and remove some of  the dirt and it give you a little bit more time   before you will have to take it for professional  rug cleaning. So the way we're gonna do this video   is first I'll show you what kind of equipment  and materials you need is pretty basic stuff,   and then I'll show you the process step by step.  So stick around and all that is coming up now.

All right, so to get started, let's go over  the materials you'll need to clean your rug   at home. So you'll need a couple of cotton  towels, like these ones, preferably white,   and make sure that they're clean. And you'll  need some sort of brush like this one here   that is gonna help you brush the pile of the  rug. And then you'll also need some sort of   soap similar to this one that we're using here.  This is a dishwashing foam.

And just make sure   whatever product you're using doesn't have  a bleach or anything that's gonna damage the   rug. So here I just wanna show you a little  bit of a closeup of each of these products.   So basically this is the towel that we're using.  Here's a closeup of the brush that we're using,   and then also the dish washing foam  that we're using to clean the rug. All right, so first, before we get started with  actually cleaning the rug, we're gonna go ahead   and give it a nice vacuum.

First, we're gonna  start with the top of the rug and make sure   that we are vacuuming side to side. And also make  sure to avoid vacuuming the fringes of the rug   because that could damage the rug over time.  So once you're done with vacuuming the front,   we're gonna go to the back. All right, so now that  we've finished vacuuming the front of the rug,   we're gonna flip the rug over and  vacuum the back. This is optional,   but it really does help to remove some of the  dust and debris that have gone into the pile.   And depending on the size of your rug, you  could use this trick where we are flipping   half of the rug over and vacuuming one half.  And then once we're done vacuuming this half,   we're gonna move on and vacuum  the other half of the rug.

All right, so now that we're done vacuuming the  rug, we're ready to start actually cleaning it.   So we're gonna mix the soap with some water to  dilute it so that way it's not too strong. And   then just go ahead and take the towel and dip it  into the mixture and start gently wiping the rug   and try to go with the direction of the pile.  You don't want to go too much against the pile   because it's gonna get into the deeper parts of  the pile and it's gonna get very wet. So you're   just trying to focus on cleaning the surface of  the rug. And for this reason, you're gently wiping   on top of the rug and just going with the pile,  as we're showing you here, and of course whenever   you feel like the towel is drying up, you could  dip it back into the mixture to soak it up more. And for this step, I recommend doing this in  sections. So pick out one section of the rug   and clean it first, and then move on to the other  sections. And this really depends on the size of   your rug, but for example, for this rug, we  tried to clean it in four different sections   and the size is around a four by six.

Now as you  can see here, our towel is starting to get dirty   from cleaning up just one part of the rug. And  this rug is actually pretty clean to begin with,   but you can definitely expect that as you  start doing this, your towel is gonna get   very dirty. So go ahead and switch to a clean  towel whenever your towel gets too dirty   cuz you don't want to be distributing that dirt  around the cleaner parts of the rug. So as   far as cleaning the pile of the rug, that's  pretty much the step that you have to take. And you'll notice that the pile of the rug  is gonna be dry within 30 minutes to an hour   and we're really dampening the pile. We're  not getting it soaking wet. So you should   expect it to dry fairly quickly and you could  feel the rug and just feel the pile of the rug   to make sure that it's completely dry before  you start walking over it and using the rug.   Now for the next step, we're gonna show you how  to clean the fringes of the rug.

And of course   this process is optional, but if you find that  the fringes are dirty, then you could use this   process to clean them. All you need is a stick of  wood or something that you could place underneath   to place the fringes over. And you're gonna use  the same soap and water mixture that you created   along with the brush to clean the fringes.  And we're gonna show you how to do that next. All right, now that we have the stick in place  and the fringes placed over it, you just take   the brush and dip it into the mixture that we have  and then start soaking and brushing the fringes   from the rug towards the end of the fringes.  And just make sure that the mixture gets nice   and soaking into the fringe so that way the  fringes start to get soaking wet and you're   gonna go from one end of the rug to the other.  And then once you are complete with one side of   the fringes, you're gonna switch to the other  side.

But do leave the stick of wood in place   because it allows the fringes to dry easier. So if  you can use two sticks of wood for this process,   that would be the best. Otherwise, we  recommend you wait for one side to dry   before you work on the other side and move the  stick over to clean the other side of the rug. Alright, so that's how you can clean your hand-knotted rug at home and hopefully this will make   your rug look cleaner and remove some of the  dirt.

And this will allow you to wait a bit   longer before you have to take it for professional  rug cleaning. And just something to be cautious   about is to double check the products that  you're using and look at the labels to make   sure it doesn't have any sort of bleach or  anything that could damage the rug. Also,   you can check with your local professional  rug cleaners about the type of product   you're using to make sure that it's not  gonna hurt the rug. And if you enjoy this   content and you learn something from it,  then I invite you to like and subscribe   and comment below in this video and check out  our playlist about rug care cuz we have a lot   of different videos covering this topic.

And  with that, I will see you in the next video.
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