Cutting Down An Oriental Rug

Now you are ready to cut.

Cutting down an oriental rug.

There are several diy do it yourself methods for cutting your rug to the needed size and shape. The rug purchased by the group was an elegant fine wool and silk blend rug from tufenkian rugs. While maintaining as much of the rug we do our best to match the rug so it continues its symmetric design. Step 1 measure the area where you will be placing the rug with your measuring tape.

Make a note of the dimensions. Proffessionally cutting your oriental rugs. Hopefully the picture below explains it better. One main difference between professional and diy rug resizing will be in binding and finishing options as well as the preservation of the rug s pattern and.

When cutting a rug to size it is vital you are sure of the dimensions you need. At this stage you don t want to cut all the way through then slowly finish cutting through the rug following the score while pulling up on the part you are cutting off. And also as noted it is not at all unusual for those who want to use an oriental rug in a very specific room or space to have it cut down to size. A design group purchased a rug measuring 10 feet by 20 feet.

One of these jobs was to cut and re bind a handmade rug to custom fit a room for the tallest building in oklahoma city the devon tower. The problems created by cutting down a rug to fit a smaller space is reason enough to avoid doing this task yourself. Diy custom rug size. Use a straight edge 1 1 2 2 from the crease and score the rug.

Use the same techniques to cut old wall to wall carpet down to area rug size.