CHOOSING THE RIGHT CARPET Different areas of the home require different types of carpet. Heavy traffic areas like the hall and stairs and living room obviously need a hard-wearing carpet whereas bedroom and bathroom carpets do not have to stand up to so much use. For this reason several of our carpet ranges have collections of 'good', 'better' and 'best' qualities all with the same colourways to allow for coordination throughout all the main areas of the home, with different levels of wearability.

• LOUNGE The living room is the showpiece of the home wit regular use would require a good quality carpet.

• DINING ROOM good quality carpet with added stain protection would be an advantage.

• HALL & STAIRS would need to be hard wearing, a soil resistant finish would also be beneficial.

• BEDROOM Lighter colours, softer pile for this 'low traffic' area, although more hard wearing quality may be preferred for a child's room.

• BATHROOM need to be moisture resistant and rot proof.

• KITCHEN carpet can often hide a multitude of sins but needs to be hard wearing, short pile with a soil and stain resist treatment.
  
  

CHOOSING THE RIGHT COLOUR A successful colour scheme incorporates colours which either match, harmonise or complement each other.

Colour is largely a matter of personal taste but as the floor is one of the biggest areas of the room and the colour and design used to cover it can have a major influence on the final appearance it is worth taking time to consider some options rather than make an expensive mistake.

• REDS & BROWNS add warmth, whereas certain blues and greens can have the opposite cooling effect.

• LIGHT COLOURED CARPETS especially plain, make a room appear more spacious, while dark colours have a more intimate effect.

• LIGHTING in your room also has an important effect, is it is important to check a sample against a comparable lighting