Right Carpets for Home Decoration
A carpet adds charm to any part of your home space and portrays elegance and royalty. Carpets for home varies in shape, size and type depending on it use like carpets in high traffic area, guest bedroom, kids room, living room etc. Today, Carpet is one of the most important decorative items for apartments in India. Carpets also known as rugs can be used for the entire room or just a selected space.
The trend of carpeting in India flourished in the 11th century since the arrival of Muslims. This trend and experiment has resulted in offering attractive carpets in various shapes, sizes and designs. There are various forms of carpets such as Afghan carpets, Armenian carpets, Indian carpets, Chinese carpets, Persian carpets, Pakistani carpets, Turkish carpets and others. Carpets also formed important part in legendary stories for their magical powers like in Arabian nights and so on.Today, carpets form a must requisite items for home or apartments, office, restaurants, lodging and Hotels etc.
Carpeting is using carpet from wall-to-wall in a room where the rug is used for specific area and not for the entire room. Therefore rug is also known as area rugs. Techniques like Needle felt, weaving, embroidery, tufting, knotting etc. are used in order to produce a carpet. Before buying a carpet, you need to know where you will be using it, how much foot traffic will the carpet undergo, density of carpet needed, colour and pattern etc. Here are a few ideas for choosing right carpet for your home decoration.
Choose the right carpet: The factors to be considered while choosing a carpet for your room are theme of your room, the colour of the carpet, style and its size. The room in which the carpet will be used has to be measured precisely and should be sufficiently illuminated. If you prefer a carpet with bold colours and designs, go in for a dark coloured carpet/rug which co-ordinated with your room flooring and ambiance. Make sure that you choose a carpet which has at least one or two colours which matches your room or furniture.
Synchronize the carpet with your room: One of the basic steps to enhance the room with the carpet is to match the carpet with your room décor, draperies and ambiance. It is always wiser to co-ordinate your home décor with all the accessories at the time of construction or re modelling. You can either highlight your room décor and keep the carpet simple or highlight the carpet and keep your room décor simple to give an elegant look.
Imperative lighting effects: Remember the lighting used at the carpet store is just to lure customers. You may believe that your carpet would look the same as in the showroom. The best ways to avoid being misled is to get a sample at your home and perceive how it actually looks in your room. This will further give you an opportunity to have a look at the carpet during various times in a day with different kinds of natural and artificial illuminations.
Carpet Colour facts: Choosing a carpet entirely depends on the theme or the kind of atmosphere you would like to create in your room. In order to get the preferred look, one has to choose the appropriate carpet colour/shades. Carpets with light colours make your room look large and reflect light. Whereas dark colours make your room look smaller, and absorb light. Similarly, carpets with warm colours like orange, red and yellow tend to stimulate people and cool colours like green and blue result in a calm feeling and atmosphere. Based on the colour facts one can choose a carpet for their room.
Carpet value and worth: Every individual wishes to buy a carpet with durable and high quality. But not every high quality carpet comes for a cheaper price, you have to think about both the price as well as the quality while purchasing. It is advisable that you choose a carpet based on the area where it is been displayed. For e.g. if you need a carpet for your living room, you have to maintain lesser movement on your carpet, similarly, if you need a carpet for your family room, do not go in for an expensive carpet as this place is tends to be frequented by many members. One can select and balance their budget according to the places chosen to use the carpet.
Carpet ratings: This is one of the most important steps you need to follow while purchasing a carpet for your home. Every type of a carpet is rated accordingly to cater to people’s needs. These ratings are acquired through the carpet’s performance and are labelled. One has to be very careful about choosing the appropriate rated carpet. Ratings for a carpet are given from 1-5 with 5 being the best. Carpets with the maximum number of ratings should be used in areas where there is more traffic and carpets with lesser ratings should be displayed for light usage.
Also if a carpet has higher density, there is an increase in the performance and improvement and the maximum number of ounces of a carpet in each yard tend to make it more durable. By following the above points you can acquire your desired carpet and look for your room. Do not forget to follow the precise carpet maintaining steps as well.
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