Choose carpet for each room
Living Room Carpet Selection
With all those family occasions, dinners in front of the TV and relaxing afternoons with the Sunday papers, living rooms are prey to high levels of footfall and accidental spillages and stains. No other area of the home will be subject to continual risk from dropped food, excited kids, animals and that evening glass of wine more than the living room and as such it demands a carpet that performs. Not only this, it is also the favourite room for making an impression, so carpets need to look great too.
So you’ve guessed it, it's vital to ensure a hard-wearing carpet for this area. Look for those that offer a high pile density. However, wool and man made fibres have a natural resistance to staining, so as long as you get on the clean-up case as soon as possible, vacuum regularly and get them professionally cleaned on a regular basis you should be okay.
Bedroom Carpet Selection
The bedroom is about unadulterated luxury and a nice deep pile will bring the ultimate softness to your toes. Bedrooms are not as prone to thousands of foot steps as the main areas of the home, so you can afford to use a slightly less dense carpet and hence save a bit of money over dining and living rooms.
Remember that most of the time you are going to have bare feet or be in those worn out, but too-comfortable-to-chuck-away slippers so wear and tear is minimal. And apart from the odd cup of tea to kick-start your day, stains from food and drink won’t be such a problem.
Don’t forget that spare bedrooms get even less use and so can make do with a more cost effective, lower density pile than main bedrooms.
Dinning Room Carpet Selection
While they don’t experience as many feet as living rooms, dining room carpets are even more likely to get stained and generally by spillages that can do maximum damage. Red wine, sauces and soups can all wreck a carpet if it isn’t carefully chosen. Again, get your mitts on a carpet with a high pile density, but take care to clear spills quickly.
Carpet for Stairs and Hallways
The same rules apply to stairs as they do to hallways. Carpeted stairs are great for keeping noise level downs, but are also subject to a considerable amount of footfall, especially on the leading edges.
Choose a hardwearing, dense carpet and if you are considering a loop pile texture than remember that they do have a habit of fraying on the stair edge over time.