I do love our new rugs from Overstock that are in the living room now, but the shedding of the rugs is quite maddening. I know the rugs weren’t the most expensive (but not super cheap either), but the quality still seems good, and they are nice and thick with a good pile height.
But I have been vacuuming them every single day and my vacuum canister fills all the way up each time! And sometimes if kids have been playing and rolling around on it, it needs to be vacuumed again because loose fibers come up! Is that normal??
Please say it is because I do love them.
And I’m willing to keep vacuuming them until the shedding subsides, but it will go away right? I’ve never had this experience before.
Is a rug cheap if it sheds like this, or is it normal? The big area rug that we used to have in here never shed at all and it was a Mohawk from Home Depot.
Fill me in please!
And special thanks to Jen at Made By Girl for featuring our home this week on her blog! An honor indeed.
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OMG – I’m anxious to see answers to this question as well, b/c I have a wool rug that I LOVE in our living room & every day I vacuum & FILL the canister on my Dyson. It’s ridiculous and it’s driving me insane!
I have the EXACT same issue with my wool rug purchased from Overstock. We’ve had it since three days after Christmas. I will say that the shedding has seemed to decrease a bit, but I’m still filling the vacuum canister when I go over it. Another six months of this & I’m afraid I’ll see bare floor under it!
Ditto over here. We have had our wool rug for about 5 months now and I also fill our vacuum canister. However, we have 2 dogs and 3 cats so I’m not sure how much of it is hair. Still, there’s a lot of rug in there.
I hate that too!! I had to return the two rugs at our entry way for the same reason- they were from World Market but the store took them back no problem. Hopefully, yours stop shedding soon because they are fab looking!
My parent’s got new carpet a while back that had that same problem. They were told that instead of having one long continuous string through out it’s made up of short individual strings. Hopefully your rug isn’t that much different then their carpet, but they’re stopped shedding after a while. Good luck.
Yay, maybe there’s hope!
I have some that have been shedding for years. I think it’s amazing there is any rug left! It will lessen but it may never totally go away (like when you kneel down in black pants – still shedding many years later!).
I have a rug like that (different design) from Pottery Barn. I purchased it brand new in 2007. I haven’t noticed any shedding in at least a couple of years, but like you and the other commenters, mine used to shed like crazy! It is all good now though. You can’t even tell that it had once shed SO MUCH. I don’t think it had any effect on the way that the rug looks! Good luck… I hope that this gives you some hope for those pretty rugs! :)
My wool rug from Pottery Barn is 1.5 years old and STILL shedding like that. It drives me CRAZY.
Sarah
I borrowed a gorgeous wool floor rug from a friend who had it in storage. It wasnt until I had used it for about 2 weeks & vaccuumed not only the rug constantly but the kids clothes as well.
After asking my friend if she had the same issue with shedding she remembered that was the reason she gave up on it after over a year of perserverance & the reason why it had been in storage …
Needless to say the rug is back in storage once again…..
If you have receipts, I would return the rugs now before its too late !
I have a wool rug from Pottery Barn that never stopped shedding. I hate it. A $300 rug rolled up in the garage because of that and the fact that my son has asthma and we can’t use it in his room anymore.
I believe I read somewhere to vacuum the rugs without the brush or beater bar brush because that just pulls more fibers out, but I never figured out how to do that with my vacuum unless I used the wand. Not fun to do with an 8X10′ rug.
Oh man. And you would expect more from PB. And yea that wouldn’t be fun to use the wand on the entire rug. Ugh!
I also got an Overstock wool rug and the “cat” it creates each week just gets bigger. It flows out into the hallway. I have to make excuses to guests to ignore the imaginary pets we don’t have!
I believe it will stop within 2 months, that’s my guess :-)
Wow, I wasn’t aware of this problem. I have 2 wool area rugs and neither of them has ever shed. Guess I am super lucky. They are both really dense and thick. Good luck. Hugs, marty
Wow it sounds like you are lucky Marty!
Well, who knew? I would happily take a shedding rug over my two shedding cats … who leave fur balls throughout my house. ;-)
A couple of things I have learned (just from researching), one-wool is the worst offender when it comes to shedding, and two-as someone mentioned above it can also have to do with the fibers being a “staple” fiber (shorter) rather than a “continuous filament” fiber. The shorter ones shed more. If you rug still has the manufacturer’s tag still attached, you can probably find out which it is…it will have initials such as CF, BCF, CFN it is continuous filament (the good kind).
Never heard of that Lauren but thanks for the info! I’ll take a look.
Hi! I have this exact rug from Overstock. Mine came with a little insert saying that it is totally normal for the rug to shed this much. I, too, am filling up the vacuum each time. I have had mine for two months, and it still sheds the same amount as the first time I vacuumed it. I’m not worried about it because it is still healthy and fluffy!! Hope that helps.
I’m glad the rug still looks good Sarah. I really hope they stop shedding though!
In our old home we had a huge rug that we purchased from Lowes and it did the same thing. I want to say it went on for about 6 months and then it stopped. It drove me crazy at the time, but I finally just had to let it go. I just made sure to vacuum the rug at least once a day. Hang in there girl!
I have a very nice, thick wool rug that shed heavily for about 6-8 months. Used to drive.me.crazy! But, 2 years later, and it doesn’t shed that much anymore and it looks awesome. I still get fuzz on me when I sit on it with dark pants/skirt, but oh well!
haha. I’ll just make sure no one ever wears black and sits on the rugs. :)
I have had a hand-tufted wool rug from Pottery Barn for about a year and a half now. It still fills the cannister up when I vacuum, but it is shedding less than it did last year. But, we don’t have kids yet, so we are not on the floor much, so it really doesn’t bother me. The rug still looks great, you would never know that it shed so much! If you can deal with the extra vacuuming, I would say don’t take the rug back just because of that.
So I have to brag and say I’ve never had a rug shed and I’ve got TONS of area rugs…and I have to also say that my hubby works for Mohawk and all of my rugs are Karastan (a Mohawk company). While I love the trendy looks of many other retailers, I just can’t beat the quality that I’ve gotten by paying a bit more for the “good stuff”!
I have the Sakura rug from West Elm. It has the same problem! I think it’s the wool material, not the quality of product.
Jennifer B.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but I am willing to bet that you will be dealing with this for at LEAST a year. We purchased a wool rug from HG’s and it still sheds going into the second year. It has gotten a lot better…but the first 9 months were really bad. Good luck…and invest in a Dyson if you haven’t already :) HEEHEE
Oh yes, love my Dyson! It’s been getting a good work-out lately. :)
I don’t know how much really good quality wool rugs shed, but I had one I bought from Home Depot and it shed for several years- if anyone moved their feet around much while sitting on the sofa, there would be a pile of fuzz around their feet! It never got enough better to be bearable. The only reason I kept it as long as I did was because I loved the colors and pattern- did finally get rid of it when we moved. Bought another wool rug from Lowe’s (why didn’t I learn?)- it did the same thing, but I only tolerated it for a few months before buying synthetic rugs. No shedding at all.
The New Zeland wool rug I purchased from Overstock never stopped shedding so after 3 months off to goodwill it went. The amount of fluff never decreased either. I’ve sinced learned that a good quality wool rug will not shed. I’ve saved for a “good” (expensive) rug and have had no problems with shedding.
I bought one from overstock and it took almost a year before it stopped shedding. The first few months were horrible and I thought there would be nothing but backing left but it eventually stopped. The rug is still in good condition after several years, two kids, a messy husband and a dog.
Hey girl – this is basically the story with wool rugs. The shedding will get better. It just might take a little while. The shedding is always worse with a brand new wool rug, but over time it will get better. Those rugs are fab so I hope you keep them!
Thanks for the hope Carmel. I’ll keep at it :)
If you will read through the comments on PB’s rug website you will find that the price of the rug makes no difference. So no, it doesn’t mean your rug is cheap! I have read hundreds of comments about rug shedding as I have been rug shopping for about a year……seems that some do and some don’t, sometimes the same rug, same person buying just different sizes purchased. Some eventually stop, some don’t. The variety of comments is amazing. If you love the rug I’d give it six months and if it doesn’t lessen as you go along you may be stuck with it. From research I’ve done I believe it has to do with the wool’s treatment prior to weaving. Was it properly cleaned etc. Since these rugs are all hand made it’s hard to tell what treatment they or the wool have had. You might read PB’s article on how their rugs are made for some insight. Good luck, VBg
I bought a rug from Overstock – LOVE IT. And at first it did shed a lot. It stopped eventually, and the rug hasn’t fallen apart or anything. Still looks beautiful. Don’t stress! (But don’t take my word for it either, maybe your rug was made by someone other than mine was? LOL)
My 8 month old Pottery Barn rug still sheds and makes me crazy. Glad I got it at huge sale cost!
Hey girl . . is your rug still shedding. I have a new one as well that is shedding. . never had this before. Oh, dear!
I had never experienced or heard of this problem until we bought two “oriental” rugs from Sam’s Club in 2007. They STILL fill up the vacuum, or slough-off pieces of fluff. One rug shows bare spots but the other, miraculously, hasn’t! It’s sickening because, while they were not the price of hand-knotted rugs, they also were not cheap. I am not happy, but I would be VERY upset if I had to buy vacuum cleaner bags!!!
Hello. Thought I would mention something interesting I just learned about wool rugs. Wool rugs that are hand tufted are glued onto a backing piece by piece. Wool rugs that are hand KNOTTED are tied onto a backing. If you purchase a hand tufted rug you will experience far far more shedding than hand knotted. Hand knotted rugs will show minimal shedding if any.
&@!*&*$!@#%**!! I just looked…. ALL of my GORGEOUS, EXPENSIVE rugs are hand-tufted!!!!!!!!! Wish I had know that was the difference between hand-knotted and hand-tufted!!! I have 2 Giant Schnauzers that do NOT shed and 5 huge rugs that do!!!!!!!!!!!!! Driving me crazy!!!! I have had them for 19 months now!!!!!!!! I could probably fill a vacuum bag every other day!!!!!! still!!!
now i want to cry… :o(
thanks for the infomation .
You will not believe this. I just googled “new wool rug is shedding is it cheap”. This website came up and when I looked at your rug from Overstock…it is the EXACT SAME RUG that I was googling about. I got it about 1 month ago and it is still shedding like crazy. I LOVE this rug and I really do not want to return or anything but it is getting a little (ok, a lot) irritating. Let me know…
I also just googled the same thing for the exact same rug!!!!! I’d like to know if your rug is still shedding. I don’t know what to do! Will it go away?!?!?!?
Please let me know.
Ok here’s the latest…it never stopped unfortunately and we have a new rug now. :) http://decorchick.com/our-new-living-room-rug/
I ordered three 10′ x 14′ wool rugs from Overstock (Safaveih brand) for our bedrooms and they shed horribly still after 1 year. I hate them now.
Pottery Barn Kids boys rug – three years old and it is shedding worse than ever. Little blue fibers create dust bunnies all over the house (even downstairs; the rug is upstairs). I hate the rug. Super cute, but a real mess. Ihave to vacuum/swiffer my whole house DAILY or it builds up. HATE IT.
I just purchased a carpet from Overstock. They have really cute looking carpet but this is my first experience on shedding carpet so I’m upset. Some people said their carpet sheds up to 2 years by then I’ll want a different carpet. This was not cheap and I’m not sure what to do. Should I just deal with it. I usually get throw carpets from Target and this NEVER happened. So upset!
Dear Tanya
I finally couldn’t take it anymore and returned it to Overstock. They actually were very nice about returning it and even paid for return shipping. I kept mine for about 6 weeks with no end in sight before I threw in the towel. I hope this helps!
Jenny
New home, new hardwood floors, new 5×8 that sheds like crazy, vacum daily full canister each time, used a lint roller, the entire filler, still fuzz, wonder if scotchgard would help? Love the rug hate fiber everywhere.
I just received 1 or 6 wool rugs I ordered online. I LOVE everything about it but the shedding. I emptied the Dyson canister 3 times already. I think if I use the suction feature w/o the beater bar it would only eliminate the number of times I empty the canister. Maybe I’ll do that when I’m in a hurry. Glad I don’t have children or cats in the house.
OK, I will start using the Furminator tonight. If there is hope that it will finally end.
How did the Furminator turn out?
Funny, funny, too funny. I bought a Thomasville wool-tufted rug from Sam’s and ditto. I am experiencing all of the above. I filled a 13-gallon trash bag in two days. I vacuumed the rug, an 8′ x 10′ by the way, diagonally, in s-formation, veritcally and horizontally. I was/am determined to stop the shedding but the rug is winning right now. I too vacuum what amounts to small animals or “cats” out of it and can fill up the canister within minutes. Thank God I have a Dyson as well! However, if we lay or sit on it we leave looking like Chewbbaca or Bigfoot. We laughed our butts off, at my 15-year old nephew, on Christmas Eve. It looked like he was wearing a wool shawl after he got up for the rug. Needless to say, I have invested in lint remover rolls, also from Sam’s. I am quite tired of the wool balls and wool bunnies all over the house. I am also afraid I am going to end up with just the backing one of these days or bald spots, but other than that the rug is great…haha. I may return it. I have never vacummed or swept the floors as much or as often than I have since I bought this rug.
I eventually had to get a new rug. The shedding NEVER stopped! Ugh.
Was the rug you purchased the flower pattern…design jamison brown? I bought the rug and the shedding was horrible. The more I vacuumed the worse it got. Did the shedding ever stop. I’m considering taking it back. Thanks
So relieved to see all these comments about wool rugs! I thought I was jinxed or something. I finally bought what was, for me, a fairly expensive rug from Homegoods, a Broyhill brand, and it is CRAZY how much it sheds. I’ve had it for about a month now and it has decreased but it is still a daily issue. Sure hope it eventually stops!
Bought a wool rug from OneKingsLane on a 70% off sale. It’s hand tufted and made in India. Never had a rug shed so much. All over my house, my dogs and our clothes. Love the rug and the pattern. My dining room rug also made in India still sheds after 20 years — luckily we don’t use the room much. Love the rug — makes the room pop but will seriously consider not taking it when we move.
UGGG…. just got the same rug as you from Overstock… 8 x 10 on black hardwood floors… OMG! Love the rug but will call overstock!
I bought a rug from Home Decorators Collections about 6 years ago (maybe more). It shed a ridiculous amount for about 2 years without fail. At one point, I even purchased a metal dog hair brush and spend 45 minutes brushing the entire rug from end to end, hoping that would solve my problem. Truth be told, I don’t even know if it made a difference. All these years later, it still sheds a tiny bit every now and then, but it’s nothing like when I bought it.
One of the posters above mentions the difference between hand-tufted and hand-knotted rugs – and the fact that hand-knotted rugs shed less. This appears to be the case (based on my own research) HOWEVER, hand-knotted rugs are MUCH more expensive (sigh).
So it seems we’re stuck with nice looking, reasonably priced rugs that shed like nobody’s business for YEARS, or we have to make the big investment in hand-knotted rugs.
Someone above also mentioned synthetic rugs which are OK (I have one of those too) but they don’t have the same look and feel.
Are these rugs made in USA or foreign country. Just wondering. my daughter moved into a new place with new carpet, wall to wall and she fills her canister every day with fluff!! I used to think this problem was because of it being cheaply made. But I learned alot here! SIGH!!
Bad news. Many wool rugs have the fibers imbedded, not linked together….plus a healthy dose of glue. Take a look at back of rug. Can you see the knots or does it have a cloth backing? And if you think the shedding is bad….check out your air filters.
I also purchased a wool area rug from Overstock that is still shedding. I was hoping it would stop soon but now I’m scared it won’t ever stop. I’ll be shopping for a replacement. I never thought about my air filter going to check it now.
Hi all, I have wool rugs that shed also. I called the manufacturer of two of the rugs, and they said do not use the beater bar (the rotating part of vacuum) and just vacuum with suction…
It seems like the carpet would never get clean…tried it today, (without the beater bar) and of course, the canister did not fill up. However, I just bought a new Sharp Rotator/Navigator vacuum and that obviously is too powerful for handtufted rugs.
So….do we return our powerful vacuum or the not- so- substantial imported wool rugs?! I guess the vacuum goes back!
I have 3 Karastan area rugs in my home and they provide so many fur balls you would think we own a cat. They look great right after a vacuum, but an hour later the fur balls begin to return. I am going to try and spray scotch guard on them to see if that helps, or have them professionally cleaned!