Our Alteration Expertise Guarantee

As Alteration Specialists, we offer tailored hand-crafted alteration services to suit every rug and runner’s needs. Whatever the type or size of alteration works to be undertaken, and whether your piece is hand-made, machine-made or hand-tufted, contemporary, modern or traditional in design – we ensure all pieces are shortened, narrowed and adapted with undivided care and meticulous attention to detail. Our custom made-to-measure alterations can revamp, renew, recondition and reassign your cherished pieces and revitalise their use, where all our works come with our Alteration Lifetime Guarantee included.

Alteration Works: cut-outs for floor and wall sockets or access slots for cables

If your rug or runner size is problematic for access to floor and wall sockets, or there are loose, trailing or bundled tech cables spoiling your room décor or causing constant trip hazards, then our specialised alteration cut-outs and access slots can help. We can provide discreet access points, slots and accommodate your tech, so you can enjoy the beauty of your rug in safety and with peace of mind.

This type of alteration is hand-crafted and hand-applied, and is undertaken in situ at the Customer’s residence or commercial space, to ensure accuracy and a prompt completion. Here the required cut-outs or access slots are accurately measured and the details applied to the actual piece, so that cutting works can be carefully and accurately applied by hand. After cutting, we colour-match our hand-dyed yarn and thread samples with the original rug or runner yarns. Next, using our range of bespoke craftsman tools and needles, we secure, then hand-bind and whip the edges and ends, to create a professional, secure finish, with the problems removed and your sockets and cables accommodated safely and discreetly.

Alteration Works: large cut-outs

Beautiful area rugs placed under large or heavy items of furniture, such as sofas or beds, can become potential dust magnets, with hard-to-reach areas too difficult to vacuum and the rug under furniture too heavy to regularly move or keep clean. Our alteration cut-outs ensure you have the beauty of your rug displayed, while the unused, unseen or underneath- furniture parts are removed discreetly, giving the illusion of a whole area rug, but without the stress and hassle.

Rug | Tapestry ~ Free Collection and Handling Care

From the moment your rug or runner is collected, it is handled and treated with the utmost care during each stage of the alteration process at our custom-built Rug Care Workshop Studios.
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Alteration Care Inspection for Works Go-ahead In-Situ

Large cut-out works around furnishings or in-house architectural décor have the details noted and the cut-outs measured in situ, where the rug or runner is then transferred to our Rug Care Workshop Studios, so alteration works can be undertaken in-house. Here, we review and assess the weave’s size and woven fibres’ condition and construction, to ensure the customer’s requested alteration works can be applied safely and securely, before any works proceed.

Encouraging renewed rug fibre suppleness

The first step in our alteration process is to perform a dry, gentle de-dusting on the piece if needed, before any alteration or cleaning is undertaken. Specifically designed for rugs and runners, this process gently loosens dust particles and safely eliminate ingrained debris and embedded build-ups in delicate rug fibres that standard vacuuming cannot reach. It further encourages renewed rug fibre suppleness, thereby allowing our specialised alteration processes to be applied more effectively.

Creating a Template for large cut-out alterations

Alteration templates are hand-crafted for individual jobs, depending on the works needed. Here, the measurements are transposed onto a gridded template and the cut-out design is scaled up. Any further modifications are applied to the template, before any cutting works are undertaken.

With the template in hand, cutting works are carefully undertaken at our Rug Care Studios. Next, we colour-match our hand-spun yarns and threads to the original weave for securing, whipped edging and binding works that are applied using our range of bespoke craftsman tools and needles. To complete the works, the newly cut-out piece is flat ironed to lay the pile and enliven the lustre, with any noticeable threads trimmed to the original pile length for an authentic finish.

Re-Conditioning Rug Fibres For True-Colour Vibrancy

We offer cleaning as an optional part of the process for large area rugs, to recondition the piece after alteration works are completed. As the newly-altered piece is now reduced in size, the cleaning is also reduced in cost. We apply traditional deep wash, hand-cleaning methods combined with organic soap solutions – safe for children and pets. Our cleaning care processes gently penetrate and deep cleanse each piece, giving a better, more reconditioned clean, with colours and textures revived, yarn fibres refreshed, allergens removed and lustre restored. Cleaning also includes a conditioning treatment for fringes and a FREE moth treatment that eliminates infestations, eggs and larvae, to protect and prolong the lifespan of your rug. Pieces are thoroughly aired and dried, then brushed to lay the nap, with pile fibres buffed and polished, completing the revitalising alteration process.
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Free Return Delivery at Your Convenience

After a final inspection, the cut-out piece is carefully rolled and securely encased in a protective waterproof sleeve – ready for FREE return delivery to your door, booked at a time that is best for you.

Are You Ready To Shorten, Narrow and Resize Your Rug or Runner?

If your rug or runner size is problematic for floor and wall sockets, loose cables or hard-to-reach areas gathering dust – it doesn’t mean you have to roll it up, store it out of sight, or buy a new replacement. Our hand-applied alteration works can help preserve and protect your weaving, while giving it a new lease of decorative life in your home or commercial space.

Contact Us today or click our dedicated gold button (see top right) to Get a Free No-obligation Rug Alteration Quote button or to book FREE Collection, and we will get back to you promptly.

We create alteration solutions for your weavings:

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