Rug restoration in Brussels centre
We collect the rugs to be restored in Brussels centre (1000) and bring them back once the work is done. Fringes, selvedges, holes, faded colours, a destroyed weft: the diagnosis is free, including when it concludes that nothing should be done.
- Postcode
- 1000
- From the workshop
- 0 km
- Residents
- 198,674
- Sector
- The Pentagon, between the inner ring and the central boulevards
What the ground changes
Rug restoration in Brussels centre
We repair from the structure outwards: warp and weft, then pile, then colour.
Who lives here
38% of the residents of the City of Brussels are foreign nationals (2022) and the three largest groups are the French (13% of foreign nationals), the Romanians (11%) and the Moroccans (10%). It is the municipality of the Brussels Region where the North African presence is most marked — and therefore the one where the most Berber rugs and kilims brought back from home are found, alongside the Persians of the Sablon.
Those are the households that keep a rug for thirty years and bring it to us when the weft begins to speak.
Collection
In the pedestrian zone, loading and unloading are only allowed between 4.00 and 11.00. Outside that window, a temporary pass from the City is needed — free, but to be applied for 72 hours in advance, with the registration plate entered. Removals are explicitly listed among the acceptable reasons.
We take the rug away to the workshop: restoration is not done in your home. Access therefore governs the date, not the quote.
The building stock
38% of the housing stock of the City of Brussels predates 1919, against 17% built after 1962 (2022 data). The centre is therefore a fabric of narrow, tall tenement houses, with rooms in enfilade and straight-flight wooden staircases: a 300 × 400 rug does not go up the stairwell, it goes up rolled and upright.
The building stock dictates the wear: a rug laid in the corridor of a Brussels house does not wear like one in the living room of a villa. The selvedges go first where people walk.
A hand-knotted rug rests on three things. The warp: the threads held taut lengthwise, from one end of the loom to the other. The weft: the threads passed across after each row of knots. Together they form the foundation. The pile — what the hand touches — is only the visible part of the knots tied onto that foundation.
The order of the repairs follows from this architecture. Re-knotting pile over a broken weft is like laying tiles on a floor that moves: the area will open up again. So we rebuild the warp and the weft first, we re-knot the pile next, and we touch the colour only last, once the relief has come back up to height.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently asked questions
Does the rug have to be washed before it is restored?
Almost always. The mineral dust shut in at the base of the pile cuts the fibres with every step and throws off the colour matching. Hand washing therefore comes before restoration — except where an area is at risk of tearing when handled: that one is made safe first.
How do I obtain a valuation?
From photographs, to be sent by e-mail or by message: the whole rug laid flat, the back, and a close-up of each damaged area with a coin or a tape measure for scale. We reply with a costing within 48 working hours.
My building is in the pedestrian zone. How do you come and collect the rug?
Within the City of Brussels pedestrian perimeter, loading and unloading are only permitted between 4.00 and 11.00: we therefore schedule collections in the centre early in the morning. If your slot does not fall inside that window, we apply to the City for a temporary pass — it is free but must be submitted 72 hours in advance with the registration number. Just let us know two or three days beforehand, and we take care of the formalities.
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