“For high traffic “living” areas in the home such as kitchens, living rooms and dining rooms, hardwood is more popular than carpet these days. However, that doesn’t mean carpet is a thing of the past. Carpet is still widely used in other rooms in the house. Carpet is still widely used in bedrooms, home offices, kid’s play areas, stairs (often as runners) and basements. In fact, carpet is preferred floor covering for bedrooms, home offices and kids’ play areas. Carpets are available in a vast variety of colors. You can choose anything ranging from a neutral shade of brown or white to a more elaborate tone that matches up with other things in your room,” comments Homestratosphere.com.

The Most Common Carpet Colors

Homestratosphere.com did a study based on the analysis of 1,883 bedrooms with carpet. They found that the top three carpet colors are as follows:

  • The most popular carpet color is beige, which is used in 55% of bedrooms.
  • The second most popular carpet color is gray, which is used in 24% of bedrooms.
  • The third most popular is brown, coming in at 6.27% of bedrooms.

The reason they used bedrooms for the analysis is because they found that bedroom’s most common flooring is carpet.

Today’s Carpet Trends
“When the choices in carpet were limited to basic beige, designers treated it more often than not as a neutral background for room furnishings. Now, with numerous textures, patterns, and colors available, carpet is emerging as the focal point in some interior designs. Not that the need for neutral carpet has gone away; it hasn’t. Berber is still a popular choice. But unlike the plain Berbers of the early 1990s, today’s versions have more texture and pattern. Variation in height and sculptured effects offer a bolder look. Even the more traditional Berbers offer more visual interest with more extreme differences in pile cut and thicker, deeper loop textures. The trend in neutral carpet favors incorporation of these new design possibilities — more texture, some pattern, and even flecks of color adding interest to basic backgrounds. Color sprinkled against a neutral background adds interest and dimension while it helps mask spots and spills. Flecks of color are now appearing against tan, beige, and cream backgrounds as well as in the “new neutrals” of soft greens, pale yellows, and shades of blue,” reports HGTV.

Keep Carpet Clean
Carpet or any flooring in your home is a big investment and can give away the age of your home especially if it isn’t kept clean. Make sure you schedule a thorough cleaning regularly to extend the life of your carpet with an experienced carpet cleaning company.

Auburn Carpet Specialists are the area’s premier carpet cleaning service company, family owned and operated, that has earned a solid reputation for premium quality service and customer satisfaction. With more than 20 years of experience, we can truly call ourselves ‘Auburn Carpet Specialists’. We are located in Auburn, Georgia. Contact us today for a FREE Inspection and Estimate or call at 770-867-7541.