Carpet Flooring Choices

Creating a home suited to your style.

Do you remember house hunting?

You looked at a lots of great possibilities, and then, bingo– the perfect house.

It fit your budget, but it also suited your style and lifestyle needs.

Because the floor covering you choose will impact the same things, it should be considered with
the same critical eye.

Here we’ll tell you about the beautiful and practical styles, the entire spectrum of carpet choices
available for your every room.

Choosing the right carpet style is all about knowing the right combination of aesthetics,
performance and budget that suits your lifestyle and your home.

There are six basic styles of carpet.

Each style has its own characteristics and performance capabilities.

You should consider all of each style’s features, qualities and conditions in making your buying
decision.

Textured Plush: Casual.

This is a very popular cut pile carpet that has alternating twists of yarn often times creating a
textured appearance.

The textured surface of this carpet does a good job of hiding footprints and vacuum tracks, while
creating a more casual, less formal atmosphere in the room.

Textured carpets are great for all rooms; they are ideal for today’s active families and are
available in a large range of colors and densities.

Saxony: Formal elegance.

For a more formal and elegant look, the beautiful Saxony would be a good choice.

This style has a smooth, soft, velvet look and a luxurious feel.

Each yarn has a uniform twist making this carpet the perfect solution for a master bedroom,
dining room or a formal living room.

This style is not a good choice for high traffic areas or rooms with active children.

Because of the uniform twist, this style will show footprints and vacuum marks.

Frieze: Great look and stands up to traffic well.

For an active area, a frieze carpet is a great option.

This is a cut pile style that has a very high twist level, meaning each strand of yarn is twisted so
tightly that they actually curl over at the end.

This creates a carpet of high durability and very good wear-ability.

These carpets are perform great in traffic areas and can go anywhere in your home.

They also minimize footprints and are available in various pile heights that create a variety of
different looks.

Friezes may also have a berber flecking for additional styling. The flecked coloring looks great
and has become popular option.

Cable: Comfortable casual.

Cable style carpet is constructed of thicker yarn characterized by a longer pile height.

This style is very comfortable underfoot and beautiful in a bedroom or living room.

Like frieze styles, cables can also feature a berber flecking.

Keep in mind that this style may be better suited for rooms without a lot of activity.

Because of the longer pile heights, cable carpets can crush and matte with heavy foot traffic, so it
may not be the best choice for stairs, hallways or other busy areas of your home.

Loop: Durablility.

A loop style carpet is often referred to as a berber.

Loop pile carpets are uncut yarns that are either produced in a level loop or multi-level loop
carpet construction.

Loop carpets are ideal for casual, active family rooms and come in solid colors, berber fleck and
patterns with varying levels of loops.

This carpet s is great in high-traffic areas, but be advised that this style may make seams more
apparent and its backing is more visible on stairs.

All in all, this is a great all-purpose carpet, a long lasting performer and very popular in homes
across the country.

Patterned or Cut & Loop.

Patterned or cut & loop is a combination of cut and looped yarns that create patterns by the
variation in surface textures.

Like loop styles, these carpets are low profile and thus perform well, however, because of their
density, seams are sometimes more visible.

Patterned carpets are fashionable, and can be used in both casual and formal rooms.

Patterns range from small geometrics to larger scale botanicals, and can add an element of style
to any room in your home

We hope this information helps you match a carpet style to the lifestyle in your home.