Choosing the right carpet style is all about knowing the right combination of aesthetics, performance and budget that suits your lifestyle and your home and The Floor Stores Carpet Centers hopes that this information will help your family with answering, at least some of, its carpet flooring questions. Each carpet style has its own characteristics and performance capabilities. You should carefully consider all of each style’s features, qualities and conditions in making your carpet buying decision. There are six basic styles of carpet to choose from starting with Texture, Saxony/Plush, Frieze, Cable, Loop and Patterned. The following carpet descriptions should help to better inform you prior to shopping at a carpet center. TEXTURE CARPETS This is a very popular cut pile carpet that has alternating twists of yarn often times creating a tonal appearance. The textured surface of this carpet does a great job of hiding footprints and vacuum marks, while creating a more casual atmosphere in the room. Textured carpets are great for all areas in the home; they are ideal for today’s active families and are available in a broad range of colors and densities. SAXONY CARPETS For a more formal, traditional and elegant looking carpet, consider the beautiful saxony carpets. This style has a smooth, soft, velvet plush look and a luxurious feel. Each yarn has a uniform twist and finish, 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. Also be aware that this style will show footprints and vacuum marks. FRIEZE CARPETS For an active area, a frieze carpet may be the way to go. 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 textured surface with a casual appearance, and a carpet of high durability and very good wear-ability. These carpets are great performers in high-traffic areas and can go anywhere in your home. They also help minimize footprint markings and are available in various pile heights that create a variety of different looks. Frieze carpets may also have a berber flecking or flecking of neutral color for additional styling. This style of carpet may also be referred to as a cut-pile berber. CABLE CARPETS Cable style carpet is constructed of thicker (and sometimes a combination of thicker and thinner) yarn characterized by a longer pile height. This style of carpet is very comfortable underfoot and beautiful in a bedroom or living room. Much like frieze styles, cable styles can also feature a berber flecking or flecking of neutral color. This style may also be referred to as a cut-pile berber. Keep in mind that this style of carpet may be better suited for rooms without a lot of activity. Because of the longer pile heights, cable style carpets can matte and crush with heavy foot traffic so it may not be the best choice for stairs, hallways or other busy areas of your home. LOOP CARPETS 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 making loop carpeting very durable. This is the result of not cutting the yarn tips. This reduces the ends of the yarn fraying and allows you to see each individual loop. 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 helps minimize traffic patterns, 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 CARPETS Patterned or cut & loop carpeting is a combination of cut and looped yarns that create pattern effects 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 in this type of carpet. Patterned carpets are very fashionable, and can be used in casual and traditional rooms. With a huge selection of patterns to choose from ranging from small geometrics to larger scale botanicals, this is a great style choice for any room. These distinctive pattern carpets can add an element of style to any room in your home. Now that you have your shopping information under your belt, Give us a call at any of our Floor Stores Carpet Centers for a quote, questions of a free in home consultation at 510-527-3203 or at Floor Stores Carpet Centers.Com. Till next week from The Floor Stores Carpet Centers Tip of the Week, Happy Carpet Flooring.....
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