Whether you choose a room-size loose-laid or wall-to-wall permanently installed over a cushion, this soft floor covering offers many practical advantages.

What are the advantages of carpet?

• Colors can work magic. For example, a light hue visually expands a small space, and a dark one cozies up a large room. Carpet in a sunny color can visually warm a room short on natural light. Before you buy carpet, take samples home and remember that the color of a room-size carpet will be more intense than the samples.
• Materials and construction give carpeting inherent virtues that may suit your decorating needs.
• Broadloom absorbs sound, an appealing feature for condominiums, town homes, and homes with high ceilings.
• Yarn construction and surface texture add soft contrast to a room’s angular architecture.
• As a versatile camouflage, broadloom goes over any existing floor, with no need for a new sub-floor, and it hides uneven surfaces and existing floor damage.
• Today, carpet is available with soil, stain, odor, and static-resistant features, and manufacturing techniques have increased its durability and clean ability.

I’ve decided to redecorate. Now what?

It’s only natural to feel slightly overwhelmed when you start a home redecorating project. After all, the choices ahead of you are virtually limitless. It doesn’t have to make you crazy.

Start by selecting a carpet that has rich color, pattern, and intricate design. You will realize two major benefits.

• First, you conceal the soil, sand, mud, and rain that people inevitably track in.
• Second, and most importantly for the task at hand, your carpet helps you make all-important color decisions for your home. You probably already have an idea of the main color you will use in your home.

After selecting your dominant color, choose two accents colors from your upholstery. Repetition of patterns, colors, and designs creates flow in adjoining rooms.

 

Is carpet in style these days?

Indeed, it does appear to trend-watchers and designers that the days in which carpet lagged behind the fashion curve are really truly over.

Pattern and texture are very popular these days. People tend to use different carpets, textures, and colors in different rooms. The biggest advantage of carpet is that it provides good value for the consumer.

A wealth of texture is also available in carpeting – tone-on-tone, cut-loop, high-and-low loop, frieze, shag. Styles in which the way. The yarn is tufted or sheared creates the pattern.

Like fabric, a carpet with pattern or texture will hide soil and stains better than a solid color. Medium tones are better than light colors for hiding everyday dirt. Give dark colors a chance – they may show lint and dust, but vacuuming easily takes care of it. Vacuuming is the most important thing you can do to take care of your carpet.

 

How to decorate for your lifestyle?

You want a beautiful home but one that makes residents and guests alike feels at home. You can have it both ways: comfortable and easy to care for. Start with upholstered pieces that you can curl up in. Choose soft fabrics with lots of texture and pattern that will do double-duty, providing a cozy retreat while hiding soil and stains. Darker colors are more forgiving than light pastels.

Carpet is easy to maintain if you select a type that suits your lifestyle. If you currently have wall-to-wall carpet, study the areas that are showing wear and soiling. When you replace your carpet, think about how it was installed and how it performed. Think about color and how it could disguise those soiled areas.

Like fabric, a carpet with pattern or texture will hide soil and stains better than a solid color. Medium tones are better than light colors for hiding everyday dirt. Give dark colors a chance – they may show lint and dust, but vacuuming easily takes care of it.

Much more color is out there in carpet and it is being used. We are departing from traditional neutrals and are getting more daring. Slowly but surely consumers are becoming comfortable with color in their carpeting. There is the popularity of Tuscany styles, old-world styles, and more modern looks – all these require stronger color.