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		<title>Storing Your Oriental Rugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Apr 2011 18:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, a woman called me with questions about storing her Oriental Rugs. They were recently inherited. She wanted to keep them in the family but just didn&#8217;t have a place to use them. I get this question a lot. First, the rug should be cleaned and moth-proofed before being stored away. A dirty rug invites [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=113&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Save a Pile</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 18:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is nothing short of amazing. Recently we sent a rug to our workshop in Turkey to create a “before and after” sample of the kind of work that can be done with the right materials in the hands of skilled artisans to restore an old oriental rugs.  The results even blew us away! &#160; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=93&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oriental Rug Values are not what they used to be. More, or Less?</title>
		<link>http://therugguys.wordpress.com/2011/03/14/oriental-rug-values-are-not-what-they-used-to-be-more-or-less/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past 30 years so much has changed in what we see, where we see it and how much it costs when it comes to Oriental Rugs. This makes valuation of rugs a real art. Don&#8217;t get fooled by inflated values that the seller may put on an &#8220;appraisal&#8221;. So, what goes into the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=69&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>An Oriental Rug Appraisal to rely upon&#8230;Don&#8217;t get fooled!</title>
		<link>http://therugguys.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/an-oriental-rug-appraisal-to-rely-upon-dont-get-fooled/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The appraisal needs to clearly and accurately describe the rug. Don’t get fooled by many of the ornate diploma-like documents supplied by sellers. It has been our experience that they are often incomplete and inaccurate, and overstate the value. Most importantly, should the need arise, an independent expert asked to review the appraisal must be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=67&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;You can trust This Old House&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://therugguys.wordpress.com/2010/12/13/you-can-trust-this-old-house/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That is the comment that I get when people call me after seeing me on an episode. I always know when the segments I appeared in are re-broadcast because emails come in from viewers  all over the country. It&#8217;s great! In Episode 1919 from Season 19, The Billerica House, I showed viewers how an Oriental [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=64&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Game Changer&#8230;and for the better</title>
		<link>http://therugguys.wordpress.com/2010/11/30/a-game-changer-and-for-the-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 19:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is my favorite time of the year….We watch the news and all we get is the bad stuff- murders bombings and war. Well I received a photo text from my daughter who has been living in Hawaii for the past several months and there she was with her boyfriend all bundled up like it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=61&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Chase your Competition!</title>
		<link>http://therugguys.wordpress.com/2010/07/05/dont-chase-your-competition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rugs have been our passion and our business for over 35 years. By now you probably know that. I don&#8217;t care what you sell or what service you provide. It doesn&#8217;t matter whether you are a Small store, Big Store or Megastore. We all feel the pressure from our competition. How should we compete? The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=53&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t throw it away!</title>
		<link>http://therugguys.wordpress.com/2010/06/15/dont-throw-it-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 13:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not a yard sale guy. Plain and Simple. But admittedly, I can&#8217;t help craning my neck as I pas one to see if there are any rugs spread out and when I see one I have to pull over. Most often they are not even worth the price of a cleaning but last [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=54&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do you believe in miracles?</title>
		<link>http://therugguys.wordpress.com/2010/05/13/do-you-believe-in-miracles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 18:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend inherited this great Kazak that was badly abused and brought it to me for my advice. I convinced her to keep it and consider restoration.  The photos are of the worst corner but it was all in pretty sad shape. Three months later here it is. The moral of the story is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=41&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do Oriental Rugs have you &#8220;tied in knots&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://therugguys.wordpress.com/2010/03/25/do-oriental-rugs-have-you-tied-in-knots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would like to offer my advice to all group members who have questions about the care or valuation of any Oriental or other Fine rugs. It has been not only my business but my passion for over 35 years. Just send me an email with photos and I&#8217;ll get right back to you. Steve@themeragroup.com [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=therugguys.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11287567&amp;post=37&amp;subd=therugguys&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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