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Going beyond beige

Long ago, when the choices of carpet were limited to basic beige, the designers tended to treat it more often than not as a neutral background for rooms.  These days, with numerous patterns, textures, and colors to choose from, the carpet is quickly emerging as the focal point in many interior designs.

Although you may think the need for neutral carpet has faded away, it hasn't, as Berber is still an excellent choice.Unlike the plain choices of the early 1990s, the versions of today offer more pattern and texture.  Even the traditional types of Berber carpet offer more visual interest with  more extreme differences in pile being cut thicker, with deeper loop textures.

Color being sprinkled against a neutral background will add interest and dimension while helping to mask spots and spills.  The flecks of color are now appearing against tan, beige, and cream type backgrounds as well as in other neutrals as well.

Colors and textures
The major shift in new products is going towards layered color and softer texture in carpet.  The combination of pattern and texture will always be a popular choice simply because it minimizes soil and vacuum marks.The other advantage here is that the color and texture offer a more distinct styling and plenty of fashion appeal as well.

The new products are rapidly changing the perception of carpet as not only being a background to showcase other furnishings to the possibility that the carpet can become a focus for design as well.

Construction
The new manufacturing capabilities have produced several new looks with carpets that are constructed with cut and loop yarns.  Some examples include bows, swirls, lattices, plaids, pin dots, and several others.

By taking advantage of these choices, you can add a great deal of interest to the room and in sequence with the florals, stripes, and other patterns on windows and furniture.  The carpet pattern and texture will also increase the perception of quality and value in the carpet, and will add a much broader element to the surroundings as well.

These days, carpets can do more than just protect your sub floor.  They can add a new level of comfort and warmth to your home, with literally thousands of choices available.  Carpet clean is easier than ever as well, making it more than worth worthy of being in your home.

With several different trends and new and exciting colors to choose from, the carpets of today can make your house come alive.  The carpets will add new meaning to your rooms, making you appreciate your home even more.  If you have older carpet in your home now, you shouldn’t wait another minute to upgrade.Once you take a look at all of the choices you have, you'll want to get that new carpet in now - as your floor with want to thank you as well!

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Some of the most affordable interior decorating ideas can be inspired by something as simple as area rugs. Maybe it’s that subtle colour, rich and deeply woven into the fibers of the design that inspires you to get a matching paint color customized for your favourite room of the house. Maybe the big idea is hiding somewhere in the geometric patterns of some contemporary area rugs that will help you to select an architecturally-amazing lamp shade to polish off that one drab corner of your sitting room. Or perhaps, the area rug you found generates so much excitement in your imagination that you decide to just begin from scratch to create the room of your dreams.

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What about the front entrance? Might you need a lengthy area rug to guide your steps from a fabulous foyer into the posh and elegant dining room? What about when your feet hit the floor first thing in the morning? Are they greeted by a hard unwelcoming surface? No! That’s no way to start your day! Consider instead the luxurious feel of a tufted rug in super-soft cotton. Cool in the summer, and cuddly-warm in winter, there’s a reason why this style has endured since it busted out all over (in glamorous gold) in the late 60s and early 70s.  

The bathroom is an often un-thought space to place a designer area rug. Why should anyone be relegated to buying a department store nylon, rubber-backed matching set of boring and predictable toilet rugs and bath mats? That’s just wrong. With washable area rugs in endless sizes and shapes, your family bath can have display the personality that you do. And what’s more, it should. Your bathroom should be a place to indulge in relaxing refinements and luxury. Don’t spoil your Queen Sheba milk and vanilla bath by stepping out of the deep tub of wonderfulness and onto a trashy, plastic-y mess of a typecast bath mat.

Area rugs are forever the most affordable solution to covering hardwoods or ceramic tiling. With quality wall-to-wall carpeting costing so much, and an obvious no-no for anyone with indoor allergies, why would you ever commit to only one colour or style? With area rugs, you can switch it up from room to room, artistically, affordably, almost magically!

The customer service experts at Abingdon Rug can help to guide your early ideas into exploring all the 20,000 in-stock cheap area rugs options open to you. Think outside the rug. There lies your most beautiful inspiration.

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