Read below for some tips on how to showcase this beauty – an Iranian medallion rug – on your wall-to-wall carpeting.

• If possible, purchase a rug that works with the color of your carpeting. You don’t want the colors to clash – you want the rug to stand out, but you don’t want it to scream “I’m here, I’m here!” You want the rug to harmonize with, not distract from, the room’s overall color scheme.

If you’re here, you probably already know that a Persian or Oriental rug is an extremely valuable piece of fine art. The person who gave it to you very likely paid a large sum of money in order to present this gift to you. The person who gave you the rug also more than likely spent a considerable amount of time researching to make sure the rug was the best he could find within his budget. He studied the attributes of a fine Persian or Oriental rug and made sure to buy the finest rug that he could.

In other words, considerable effort went in to the purchase of the rug and you know that the person who went to such effort loves you – a lot!

Alternatively, the rug may have been a family heirloom and had been in the family for many years. Either way, you appreciate the idea behind the gift, and you certainly don’t want to hurt the person’s feelings, especially after all of their effort.…