{"id":912,"date":"2021-09-09T21:22:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T01:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/?p=912"},"modified":"2022-02-23T10:22:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T15:22:27","slug":"5-easy-steps-to-make-your-new-rug-look-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/5-easy-steps-to-make-your-new-rug-look-great\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Easy Steps to Make Your New Rug Look Great"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/\"><b>5 Easy Steps to Make Your New Rug Look Great<\/b><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Congratulations on your rug purchase!\u00a0 Use these steps to make your new rug look fabulous.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please don\u2019t delay.\u00a0 Start with Step 1 to better flatten your rug and make it part of your decor as soon as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><b>Follow these easy steps:<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-608\" src=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WhitneyBedroom-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WhitneyBedroom-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WhitneyBedroom-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WhitneyBedroom-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WhitneyBedroom-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/WhitneyBedroom.jpg 1732w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 1 &#8211; Open<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Open and unroll your rug as soon as it arrives.\u00a0 Give the rug air and avoid unnecessary wrinkles or creases by unrolling your rug immediately after opening.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 2 &#8211; Flip<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After unrolling your new rug, flip it over.\u00a0 Tightly roll your rug the opposite way so the top is now facing out.\u00a0 Keep your new rug rolled this way for a few minutes and unroll it before flipping it back over.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reverse rolling your rug this way allows any bent fibers to lay flat and smooth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 3 &#8211; Unroll your <a href=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/rugs?query=pads\">pad<\/a><\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone \" src=\"https:\/\/images.rugimg.com\/3180336\/3180336_image_1011.jpg?width=2000&amp;quality=55&amp;height=2000&amp;fit=bounds\" width=\"344\" height=\"344\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unroll your rug pad and place it where you want your new rug to lie on the floor. Next, place your rug over the rug pad so there is a \u00bd &#8211; 1\u201d between the pad and the edge of the rug.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your rug pad is intended to keep your rug in place. It helps prevent slipping, curling around the edges, or wrinkles in the rug.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/rugs?query=pads\">Did you forget to buy a rug pad?<\/a>\u00a0 No worries, we\u2019ve got you covered! You can shop for them <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/rugs?query=rug%20pads\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here.\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 4 &#8211; Vacuum<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-625 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-38325-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-38325-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-38325-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-38325-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/pexels-pixabay-38325.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vacuum your freshly placed rug to remove excess fibers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Step 5 &#8211; Position\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-665\" src=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChindiCotton-3155887-3-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChindiCotton-3155887-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChindiCotton-3155887-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChindiCotton-3155887-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/ChindiCotton-3155887-3.jpg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Position furniture or heavy objects evenly and firmly on your rug to help it lay flat around the edges.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>All finished!<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, you\u2019re set to have your rug and space look great. Enjoy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please do not hesitate to <a href=\"https:\/\/rugs.com\/customer-service\/contact\">contact us<\/a> if you have any questions about your new rug.\u00a0 It\u2019s our honor to serve you and we thank you for choosing <a href=\"http:\/\/Rugs.com\">Rugs.com<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 Easy Steps to Make Your New Rug Look Great &nbsp; Congratulations on your rug purchase!\u00a0 Use these steps to make your new rug look fabulous.\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; Please don\u2019t delay.\u00a0 Start with Step 1 to better flatten your rug and make it part of your decor as soon as possible. &nbsp; Follow these easy steps: &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-912","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-care","category-resources","category-feature"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=912"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":913,"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912\/revisions\/913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rugs.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}