Carpet styles: Choosing the carpet style that fits
you best is a little more complicated than choosing a carpet color.
Rather than merely an aesthetic preference, the style of your carpet
should be determined by such factors as traffic frequency, desired
comfort, durability, and room locations. Here is a quick list of
some of the more popular carpet styles:
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Plush Carpet This is an inexpensive
carpet popularly used in apartments and other high-use residential locations.
You can find it in almost any color imaginable, but it is a single-color
style. Because Plush carpets feature an even-height yarn pile height,
footprints and vacuum marks will be visible.
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Texture Carpet This is a type
of Plush that gives the carpet a richer - or "textured" - look,
and it reduces the appearance of footprints and vacuum lines. As such,
it is typically a little more expensive than standard Plush.
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Frieze Carpet This elegant
carpet style features very tightly twisted tufts, giving it incredible
durability and resistance to footprints and vacuum marks. It comes in
a variety of colors and, if properly cared for, will stay looking beautiful
for 20 years or more. Because of its attractiveness and resilience, Frieze
is a very desirable carpet purchase.
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Berber Carpet is
named after the Berber tribes of
North Africa. Their handmade, bulky wool carpets are now
available with modern construction duplicating this handmade look. They
are usually made in a loop construction from thick, bulky yarns. The
berber look is also produced with synthetic fibers, or synthetic and
wool blends.
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Seagrass Carpet (Also Sea
Grass Carpet) is made of specially
grown grass wooven into strong yarn. It is enviroment-friendly
and has natural look. Sea Grass carpet is water- and stain-resistent
and shows much less wear and traffic marks then traditional carpet.
It may be glued directly to the floor or laid over padding.
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Sisal Carpet is
another rugged, nature beauty, made from the long,
pointy leaves of the agave plant. It is highly versatile, and is woven
in many designs with distinctive weave patterns, bold textures
and a broad selection of colors.
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