Naperville’s older neighbourhoods — the historic district around Washington Street, the River Walk corridor, and the established homes in the Breckenridge and Hobson Mill areas — are home to some of the finest Oriental and Persian rugs in the western suburbs. Affluent homeowners who relocated from Lincoln Park or the North Shore often bring their heirloom pieces with them. Ahmadi Rug has been serving Naperville and the DuPage County corridor since our founding, providing the same museum-grade care we deliver to clients on Astor Street and Lake Shore Drive.
Naperville clients most frequently bring us Persian and Oriental rugs from estate collections, wool area rugs from high-traffic family rooms, silk pieces from formal living and dining spaces, and antique rugs requiring conservation-grade cleaning and repair. The DuPage County market has a distinct profile from the North Shore — larger homes, multiple rugs per household, and often a mix of inherited pieces alongside more recent purchases.
Free pickup across Naperville
We offer free insured pickup from any Naperville address. Bobby coordinates scheduling and arrives at the agreed time to photograph, document, and roll your rug correctly before transport. Our 10,000 sq ft Skokie workshop is approximately 35 minutes from central Naperville — close enough that we handle Naperville pickups regularly, far enough that you would not casually drive a 9×12 Tabriz over yourself. Free insured delivery on return.
Most cleaning jobs are returned within 5–7 business days. Restoration and repair timelines are discussed at intake, with a written estimate and target return date documented before work begins. For Naperville clients with multiple rugs across formal and informal spaces, we frequently coordinate a single pickup for the entire household collection — dining room Tabriz, living room Kashan, bedroom runners — cleaned together and returned in a single delivery.
Why Naperville clients choose hand washing
Naperville is served by several carpet cleaning companies that also handle area rugs. The difference is methodology. Carpet cleaning uses hot-water extraction — fine for wall-to-wall carpet, damaging to hand-knotted wool and silk. Hot water opens wool’s cuticle, accelerates dye migration, and saturates the foundation in a way that can lead to mildew if drying is uncontrolled. The same chemistry that cuts through polyester on synthetic carpet flattens the pile and shifts the colourway on a 19th-century Feraghan.
We use cold-water hand washing with pH-appropriate chemistry, dye-tested before every wash. The same approach Ghorban Ahmadi developed during his conservation work in Europe in the 1980s — rug projects linked to the Louvre, the British Museum, and the State Hermitage. That methodology is the foundation of every cleaning that leaves our Skokie facility, whether the rug is a $50,000 antique or a wool area rug from a family room.
Rug cleaning cost in Naperville
Pricing starts at $95 for smaller pieces and is based on square footage and fibre type. Wool and hand-knotted rugs are typically $2.50–$4.50 per square foot. All estimates are provided in writing within two hours of intake — no surprise charges, no work begins until you approve. Free insured pickup and delivery throughout Naperville is always included. Most Naperville pickups are scheduled inside 24–48 hours.