How to choose the carpet and the benefits
Rugs: Reflecting Style and Personality
Like any decorative element, a rug should reflect the style and personality of the owner of the house. That said, rugs and other flooring alternatives have an impact on a much larger area and this means that they need to fit in with the furniture, colors and overall style.
Therefore, when choosing a rug, the area and the impact of color must be taken into account. If you choose strong colors or patterns, they will influence the overall environment. Strong rug colors should be combined with softer wall tones and lighter colored furniture, or alternatively with a sparse amount of these. In fact, this type of decoration is becoming popular where the accent is on the carpet and the floor. This, for example, is where residential carpet tiles have a clear advantage, as they have the standard features of carpet, plus ease of installation and enormous design possibilities (including designing new patterns simply by mixing different tiles ).
In essence, the rug provides the tone of the room, while the other elements complement it.
The other option is to install a rug with simple and lighter colors to highlight the different pieces of furniture that fill our room and give them harmony. Here the rug complements the decoration of furniture and walls.
Still, different types and styles of rugs can be used to differentiate the parts of our house according to their function. For example, if you choose area rugs, oriental rugs, or carpet tiles, you can move them whenever you like, creating a new ambience each time. And this, again without spending any money, but simply moving area rugs.
Always remember that regular cleaning (vacuuming) will keep them healthy and long lasting.
Some of us enjoy walking barefoot when we’re at home, and for all practical purposes, the best surface to do it on is carpet. There is a huge variety of rugs and for this, short-pile and shaggy rugs are perfect.
Rugs also absorb sound (since hard surfaces transmit vibrations) and are warmer not only to create the mood and atmosphere, but also in terms of temperature.
The rugs provide comfort, warmth and mark our style.
Color and Carpets
Many times our first reaction is to buy a rug or rug based on our immediate reaction to the color. There’s nothing wrong with that, but maybe it’s better to stop for a second and think about the area, our furniture, and the colors. If you are looking for an area rug, you need to imagine it in a specific place in the room.
If you are going to install wall-to-wall carpeting, it is best to take your samples home. This has two advantages:
- Many times when looking at a sample, we hold it in our hands and our eyes focus a few inches away instead of seeing it from a bird’s point of view (even if the bird is flying very low).
- The second advantage is related to light. Each room will have a different lighting effect and at different times. Shades, the type and intensity of light, and even if sunlight is coming through the windows, will make a difference in the color tone and how it is reflected.
So in short, a rug bought on impulse will not necessarily be the best choice, if the rug -although beautiful in itself- does not fit in the right space or if it has a style that contrasts with the furniture in our home or office.
Buying a rug means taking into account the design and general mood of the room: the spaces, the colors of the walls and the furniture, the style of the furniture, the light in the room and many other elements that can help us to to choose. one product over another.
You should not get carried away with fixed ideas or first impressions as you can fall into the trap of ignoring the context of the design and then you will have the problem of trying to match your current furniture with the rug and this can be expensive (finding furniture to suit the carpet instead of fitting it into your overall interior design plan) or it just isn’t right.
Unfavorable lighting can give a dark colored rug a darkening effect. If this goes with the room, great, if it can’t create an uncomfortable environment, many times it’s just a feeling and not something specific.
On the other hand, the same dark rug in a large, well-lit room with subdued color tones will become the focal point and draw attention to the overall style.
A combination of red carpet or carpet tile over a similar floor color will tend to fade and fade, while a light carpet will have the strength to highlight the surrounding floor, making the clay color brighter to the eye and giving a favorable contrast. .
Some people match the rug to the furniture, looking for something in the colors that reminds them of the closet, table, or bookcase, for the sake of detail and research. If this is your approach, it may be best to think about subdued colors that don’t directly match the furniture, as this will cause these elements to lose focus and can actually end up being boring.
It is up to each individual to decide on the style, quality, color and patterns of a rug, keeping in mind, however, that each desired environment depends on various criteria.