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Carpet buying guide
The biggest decision for most customers when buying a new carpet typically rests with colour and whether it will match the sofa, wallpaper or design of the home, secondary to the colour is the price and thirdly is the durability, which more often than not determines the design and construction. These decisions aren’t right or wrong because it’s all about what you want but for most customer’s knowing what’s available can often help with making your decision.
Colour: Most people know what sort of colour they want before you get to this stage of reading about what to buy so unfortunately I cannot really give you a lot of help here. However, think about your home as a whole, rather than as a series of individual rooms. By settling on a group of colours to use throughout, you’ll achieve a much more harmonious look.
Price: We are great believers that price often defines quality and longevity. We do lots of research on the products we sell to make sure we offer all our customers be it entry level products through to expense options, good quality product at good value. However, one genuine way to save money as it’s not vital to match the quality of a carpet in the bedrooms as opposed to the hallway or living room areas (high traffic) is to buy a cheaper carpet for the bedrooms or areas with less traffic or foot fall.
Durability: The area in which the carpet or rug is placed will determine the importance of durability. A high traffic area needs a long-wearing, stain resistant fibre, while your bedroom may require only something that is soft to the touch and pleasing to the eye.
For centuries, wool has been synonymous with quality and taste. Wool products are prized for their ability to take and retain colour, the softness of the fibres and for the overall ability to maintain that “new carpet” look longer. Although wool was once thought of as a very expensive however this is no longer the case as wool carpets are now very affordable, while maintaining elegance and high-style design.
A huge number of carpets are now made from man-made fibres (either 100% man-made or in part 80/20 wool mix for example) and yet, some people are still reluctant to purchase a man-made product. The fear is that the man-made carpets will not age well or that they will become difficult to clean if stained. Times have changed and man-made carpets are no longer inferior to wool as new innovations and techniques have resulted in spectacular carpets with exceptional durability for longer living carpets often better than that of 100% wool products.
Colour: Most people know what sort of colour they want before you get to this stage of reading about what to buy so unfortunately I cannot really give you a lot of help here. However, think about your home as a whole, rather than as a series of individual rooms. By settling on a group of colours to use throughout, you’ll achieve a much more harmonious look.
Price: We are great believers that price often defines quality and longevity. We do lots of research on the products we sell to make sure we offer all our customers be it entry level products through to expense options, good quality product at good value. However, one genuine way to save money as it’s not vital to match the quality of a carpet in the bedrooms as opposed to the hallway or living room areas (high traffic) is to buy a cheaper carpet for the bedrooms or areas with less traffic or foot fall.
Durability: The area in which the carpet or rug is placed will determine the importance of durability. A high traffic area needs a long-wearing, stain resistant fibre, while your bedroom may require only something that is soft to the touch and pleasing to the eye.
For centuries, wool has been synonymous with quality and taste. Wool products are prized for their ability to take and retain colour, the softness of the fibres and for the overall ability to maintain that “new carpet” look longer. Although wool was once thought of as a very expensive however this is no longer the case as wool carpets are now very affordable, while maintaining elegance and high-style design.
A huge number of carpets are now made from man-made fibres (either 100% man-made or in part 80/20 wool mix for example) and yet, some people are still reluctant to purchase a man-made product. The fear is that the man-made carpets will not age well or that they will become difficult to clean if stained. Times have changed and man-made carpets are no longer inferior to wool as new innovations and techniques have resulted in spectacular carpets with exceptional durability for longer living carpets often better than that of 100% wool products.
