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Choice of
Color,
Texture and Pattern
It is said that carpet is the fifth wall of a
room, connecting all design elements. Indeed carpet is one of the most
important fashion accessories in many homes. Today's carpets come in a
myriad of colors, textures and patterns, all of which give personality
and character to a home.
Color
There are two ways to look at color, carpets
and decoration:
- The 'feature' approach
� incorporating carpet color as a major decoration feature; or,
- The 'background'
approach � choosing a carpet color that will blend with or
complement your other d�cor choices
While there is no set formula for choosing a
color, in general, rich colors warm up and close in a room, while cool,
crisp colors give a feeling of freshness and space. More subdued colors
or earth tones will add a quiet mood to an over-bright room.
Remember, it is important to look at large
carpet samples in your home, both in daylight and in the evening. As with
paints and other furnishings, carpet colors can look quite different
under changed lighting conditions.
Texture
When you begin to explore the world of color,
you will soon be drawn to the variety of textures available in today's
carpets.
In carpets, 'texture' refers to the visual
and tactile finish and can be achieved by a number of means. For example,
the use of a thick, heavy carpet yarn in natural tones is used to produce
Berber style loop pile carpets. Or, cut pile carpets can be made to
present a very even and highly finished surface (like velvet) by dense
tufting and then carefully cropping and shearing the fiber tips. Velour,
plush and saxony are some of the names given to this style of carpet and
special yarns and finishing processes are used to achieve the result.
Pattern
When it comes to choosing a pattern take your
cues from other elements in the room. Elegant patterns complement dark,
polished wood furniture, while vivid colors and geometric patterns make
an ideal companion to contemporary furnishings. Large areas of pattern can
close in a room, while a solid-color plush-pile carpet will stretch the
dimensions of the room, particularly if it complements the wall colors.
Carpet Surface Texture Styles
There are three basic types of carpet surface
textures - cut pile styles, loop pile styles and styles made up of
combinations of cut and loop tufts. Below are some of the more popular
styles on the market today:
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Frieze/Hard Twist
- a cut pile style with a 'textured' finish made up of highly
twisted tufts that curl slightly at the pile surface. The yarn is
tightly twisted then heat set to give textured look to the pile
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Saxony
- another popular cut-pile style, a saxony has a relatively high
pile and the end of the tuft flairs slightly to produce a
luxurious smooth surface. 'Plush' or 'velvet' cut pile
constructions are similar to the saxony but have a lower pile
height and tighter tuft definition (little to no 'tip flair'). |
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Cut and Loop
- here, yarns are tufted into bunches of higher cut tufts and
lower loop tufts to form a texture pattern. Cut and Loops can come
in many shapes, combinations and forms and can be random or
regular in surface form. |
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Berber Loop
- is normally made of thicker yarns tufted into chunky loop tufts
and usually of earth tones with a flecked or mottled appearance.
Berbers can also be produced in a cut pile construction. |
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Sisal/Cord
- these names are used inter-changeably but they generally refer
to a textured loop pile carpet. The loop lines can be either
uniform in height or a sequence of alternating low and high loop
rows. A sisal/cord carpet has a similar look to the traditional
mat floor coverings made from plant fibers, but in carpet, it is a
much more stylish and comfortable alternative. |
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Loop
- a simple loop-pile with tufts of equal height normally in a
'tight' construction using a fairly fine yarn. |
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