How to Choose Carpets for Your New Home

When it is time to choose carpets for your new home, it can be a bit of a dilemma. No matter whether you have recently moved or have a newly decorated home, the decision can be tough. Not only do you have to consider the size of the room, the furniture, the colours, and the price, but there is also one other vital point that most people forget – maintenance.

When you are in a shop for carpets, you will notice the salesman always focuses on the luxurious texture as well as pitching you a good price. What most salesmen don’t know or even consider is that often the soft, long-piled fibres can be the worst option. When crumbs find their way into the fibres along with the rapidly gathering dust, it creates the perfect environment for welcoming dust mites, moths, and other unwanted visitors. This leads to your once luxurious floor covering looking old and worn after a year or so. That’s why our team of carpet cleaners at Cleaner Cleaner has put together this guide on how to choose carpets for your new home, helping you achieve that stylish home interior that lasts.

How to Choose Carpets for Your New Home by Getting the Best Fibre Type

When it comes to choosing carpets for your new home, yes, the colours and designs are important. But it is better to choose a fibre type first, then continue looking for the perfect fit for your home. This is because it can be disheartening finding the ideal floor covering and then discovering that maybe it is not the best choice due to the material it is made from.

A salesman will typically go for convincing you to buy a long pile, soft fibre, such as polypropylene. However, the issue with this type of material is that they gather grime and dust easily. It provides a warm and dark environment with debris stuck in the fibres – the perfect habitat for dust mites, moths, and other unwanted squatters. Because they are so difficult to maintain, their pile goes flat and they end up looking rather old and battered after a certain amount of time.

That is why when you are looking for the luxurious, soft feel in a carpet, you are better off going for one with a thick underlay. It is the underlay that will give you that bouncy, luscious feel that you are looking for in a rug. We would also recommend going for either a short pile or loop pile wool carpet. The short, dense piles don’t accumulate too much debris and dust. Also, any stains or spillages will be much easier to deal with.

Why go for wool over polypropylene? We know you are likely to be persuaded using the “polypropylene is bleach-cleanable” argument. However, a good wool carpet that is cared for properly can give you up to 25 years of comfort if cared for properly. Whereas polypropylene and other synthetic rugs are going to give you at most 10-15 years. They aren’t made to bounce back and will end up looking worn and old. Wool carpets are made with a natural, renewable fibre that deters bacteria and dust mites. Also, wool carpet maintenance is much less hard work than any synthetic rugs.

Check out also: The Best Way to Clean your Carpets at Home.

How to Choose Carpets for Your New Home According to the Room’s Style

Now let us take a look at creating the perfect home interior by choosing carpets for your new home according to room style. Of course, we know that everybody has their own individual style, but these guidelines can help you achieve a beautiful, cosy home.

1. Choosing Carpets for the Bedroom

Your bedroom is your safe place, so you will want to go for a nice soft carpet that covers the entire, or at least nearly the entire floor. This will create a cosy, comfortable environment. You will also want to go for your favourite colours or designs, choosing something that will feel more you.

2. Choosing Carpets for Guest Rooms/Children’s Rooms

Here, if you decided to go for long fibres in the other rooms, we highly recommend you stick with short pile floor coverings. Children and guests have the tendency of being a bit careless regarding spillages and whatnot. They also might end up walking around in shoes, so you will want something that will be easy to clean up. We also recommend you get a carpet with various prints or geometrical shapes. This will help hide any marks and trails if you end up with a permanent stain. 

3. Choosing Carpets for the Hall/Entrance Room

For the entrance room to your home, we recommend you go with the same trick for guest rooms. Get something with patterns, such as geometrical shapes, that will help hide any permanent mishaps.

4. Choosing Carpets for the Living Room

For your living room, you might want to consider the size of the room before making any decision. If your chill-out zone is quite large, you might want to consider sectioning it off using smaller carpets. This will help divide your TV lounging area and eating area, for example, into visible zones.

If your living room is smaller, get a pretty floor covering that covers the entire floor to give it some life. Smaller rugs would emphasize the on the not-so-big room. Try out some bright colours and diagonal patterns to give the illusion of a wider space.

How to Choose Carpet Colours

The colour of your carpet can largely affect the entire feel of your home. It is important to know how to choose carpets with the best colour coordination that will give your home interior a stylish look.

• For putting emphasis on your furniture. If you have nice, fancy furniture with attractive patterns, you will want to choose a monochromatic carpet. Otherwise, you will have too much going on and take away attention from your lovely furniture.
• If you are looking for a modern, stylish interior – pick a carpet that doesn’t cover the entire floor. Make sure it matches the tone of the floor beneath it.
• For matching with dark floors. Either go for a contrasting colour or a bright carpet with ornaments matching the dark shade of your flooring.
• Choosing a carpet for a well-lit room. Here you will want to opt for cold tones that will suit the brightly lit room, not making it too bright.
• Choosing a carpet for a darker room. You will want to select a floor covering with warm tones to compensate for the dimness.