trends in carpeting

17 years ago

posted this on another forum here, but haven't gotten a response yet so I thought I'd try here. We're looking at re-carpeting our home and will be selling it. I feel totally out of it with the styles and trends today. We can't afford hardwood floors so we are going with carpet. I've heard really light carpet is out, but don't know if this is really the case. What types of carpeting (colors, styles, etc) are "in" right now?. Most of the people who buy in my area are young professionals. Our walls are a tan color with white trim, if that helps.

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mlraff53
17 years ago
I would get a neutral berber with little specs that help hide the dirt.
parma42
17 years ago
My vote is Frieze sp? (brain lock today). It comes in multi-colored too and doesn't show the dirt.

It's "in style" but from the feed-back on these boards, the people who have it, love it so much that they'll never have anything else again. Me too!
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parma42
17 years ago
Here's a link about the carpet I'm talking about.

Here is a link that might be useful: carpet post
learn_as_i_go
17 years ago
We just went through this thought process and actually decided to forego the new carpeting. We wanted to put in something stain resistant and attractive and the cost was looking upwards of $6k. I work with many young professionals and the feedback I got from them was "no carpet." Apparently the hardwoods/laminates are really preferred among this set.

If you're still staying w/ carpet, and if you go down the road of seeking something that is soft, stain/wear resistant, and attractive, then I would recommend looking into the carpets made w/ Dupont Sorona techonology. Mohawk has the exclusive line right now and IMHO it is noticeably softer than the Stainmaster options we felt; it is also made from corn so it is "green." However, if you're only carpeting for show then maybe you don't want to go that route...?

Sorry - can't help w/ color. Certainly no one told me that light colors are "out" when we were pondering these issues. Multi-colored friezes were definitely pushed by the carpet places but frankly my young professional friends were not fans (!).
livvyliv10
Original Author
17 years ago
Wow -- thanks for the input. I had never even heard of frieze carpet. Maybe we could put that in our upstairs bedrooms and see if we could at least put hardwoods in the living area downstairs. I was afraid that carpet in general was out since my husband and I are young professionals, and we really wanted hardwoods. Still, we bought the house because it worked with our budget, and I guess we were hoping that other young people on a budget might do the same. We have a 1600 sq ft, 3-bedroom home that would sell for about $200,000, and I don't know that we would see the return on a hardwood investment in a large great room area. Unfortunately we are not handy and would probably ruin half the wood if we tried to do it ourselves.
poshspace
17 years ago
Look at lumberliquidators.com--we used their flooring--went with the expensive stuff as we will be in our house for years but they have wonderful deals on wood flooring..
We hate carpet--but we are of the older crowd with a dog that sheds..
Take care.
Susan