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What are the current trends or styles in carpeting?

We are getting our house ready to list for sale. The other day while showing a potential agent around I told her we were planning on replacing all the wall to wall upstairs(kids bedrooms and bonus room). It is currently a sand colored Berber. She told us not to put in Berber just to do a standard cut pile. After she left I realized I wasn't sure what a standard cut pile is.

Also we will be replacing the carpet in the main floor master and adjoining office/sitting room. Should I do the same carpet up and down? The rest of the main floor is hardwood.

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  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    We are also readying our house for sale and put new carpet in the bedrooms and living room. We chose a nice quality "berber like" patterned carpet. It's cut, not looped, and had a slightly higher rating than the berber selections we were considering at Home Depot.

    DH wanted to use a darker color in the living room, but for purposes of continuity we decided to use the same color throughout. The sand color looked good with all of the different wall colors.

    Unfortunately, it's light so I'll be stressed trying to keep it clean until we sell!

  • 9 years ago

    Tnfarmhouse,

    Very nice! That's about the color I was thinking for upstairs. Do you have a brand name and style you could share?

    Also, what is that paint color? Love it!

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks! The wall color in your last pic is similar to my upstairs.

  • 9 years ago

    Annette, you may want to look at the Frieze. It's soft underfoot, pretty and easy to clean. There is a large price range and a million varieties of color. I know you're preparing for sale, but we installed ours upstairs 11 years ago and it still looks new.


  • 9 years ago

    Our carpet is a very very light sand, it is probably a good 15 yrs old by now. I haven't found it to stain, but then again I have no kids living at home to spill things. I spot clean as needed. I think a light, neutral beige or even light gray would be best for resale, IMO. . I agree, go with a standard cut pile.

  • 9 years ago

    Thanks all for you he help. I like what tn has done and may do that upstairs. For the master and sitting room maybe a frieze in a complementary color tone. My friend mentioned one she saw at an open house that had both a sand and grey in it.

  • 9 years ago

    Annette, we had to replace some carpet a few years ago and the choices were dizzying. Would it be an option for you to just offer a flooring allowance with the sale of your home so the new owners could decide what they wanted?

  • 9 years ago

    Lisa, the current carpet is so bad that I'm afraid it will affect buyers looking at the house. Also the agent said most buyers don't go for allowances anymore. It has something to do with how loans are done since the crash.

  • 9 years ago

    My draw to the Frieze was that it is so soft underfoot and it doesn't show dirt or stains. At least the color we have doesn't which is cream, browns, golds with a touch of black, all speckled. I think it also tends to warm a room up visiually.


  • 9 years ago

    Lukkiirish, do you have a pic or link to the frieze you went with? It sounds like what I'm looking for, I'm trying to tie in the sand color from the neighboring hallway with the grey and cream color palette I'm trying to use in the bedroom.

  • 9 years ago

    I would worry more about the cost than what is in style for carpet. For most buyers carpet isn't a selling point, like hardwoods are. Many buyers will plan to replace carpet with wood flooring sooner rather than later anyway. So put in something inexpensive and neutral. If you're buyer wants carpet, they're in luck. If they don't want carpet then at least then can live with a clean neutral floor until the time they choose to replace it.

  • 9 years ago
    last modified: 9 years ago

    Annette, It's been 10 years now so I don't recall the brand but even Home Depot has a low pile Frieze in similar colors. Here is the close up, the darker color is a black or dark dark chocolate and as you can see, it has a nice blend of creams, lighter browns and caramel. It comes in a variety of price ranges.

    This is what it looks like from across the room, this pic is from 2010.

  • 9 years ago

    Aimeekm - I agree. Clean, neutral, and affordable is what I was looking for, although I think we ended up with a good quality carpet.

    I can't stand carpet because of the maintenance and would want to replace as soon as I could if buying a home, but it would be nice to know that at least it's new and clean.

  • 9 years ago

    I think carpet has it's place amongst some buyers. I used to be a Realtor and lots of buyers don't have the budget or want to spend the $$ on wood floors. I also think in colder weather, it helps to keep feet and rooms warmer. We have it throughout our upper level and to be honest, I don't understand why people think it requires more maintenance. I vacuum upstairs as much as I have to vacuum the wood floors on the main floor.. I also have to wash the floors on the main floor but I don't wash my carpet.. In our situation, the wood floors require more care than the carpet does.

  • 9 years ago

    We put in a frieze last month, similar to the one lukkiirish posted. My vacuum doesn't like it at all. I'll be glad to move and let the new owners figure out how to vacuum it.

  • 9 years ago

    We have a Karastan frieze installed 12 years ago atop a solid rubber pad. I call the color "beautiful sand." Love it!

  • 9 years ago

    I think to some extent, carpet style preferences are regional. You are replacing the carpeting to help you sell the house so I would look at pictures of the sold listings in your area. Look in your price range and see what others have in their homes.

  • 9 years ago

    That's weird Missouribound, what kind of vacuum do you have?. Is the suction super strong or too weak maybe?

  • 9 years ago

    I do have to say, if I were looking to buy a home -- real light wall to wall carpet would be a total turn off. One stain, and the stuff is done for.

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