14 carpet ideas for your home
Bright colours
Choose bright colours for the floor to give your home the wow factor.
Ulster Carpets, Ulster Velvet in Imperial Red, 80% (pictured) wool 20% nylon, £68 per square metre, ulstercarpets.com
Neutral carpet
A neutral carpet creates a calm atmosphere in this room.
Kersaint Cobb, chic pinstripe in Amsterdam, £47 per square metre, kersaintcobb.co.uk
Renaissance classics
Patterned carpet makes a real statement in a room.
Brintons, renaissance classics in Khali fire, 80% wool 20% nylon, £95 per square metre, £95 per square metre, brintons.net
Natural Stripes
Netrual stripes work really well in a hall.
Axminster Carpets, simply Natural Stripe in Vogue, 100% wool, from £47 per Square metre, axminster-carpets.co.uk
Bold stripes
Bold stripes look stunning with plain white walls.
Brockway Carpets, Regatta in Charleston red, 100% wool, £54 per square metre/£45 per linea metre, brockway.co.uk
Large rugs with borders
Large rugs with borders give this kitchen a warm look.
Alternative flooring rug, £238.95 (2.5m by 1.5m), Coir Herringbone Natural Rug with Ochre and Porcelain cotton double wide border, 2.4m long x 1.5m wide, £238.95, alternativeflooring.com
Two carpets
Add interest in a room by using two different carpets on the floor.
Carpetright, Linear Riverstone and Silkstone Carpet, £34.99 per square metre, carpetright.co.uk
Pale carpet
A pale carpet is the perfect contrast for deep painted walls.
Victoria Carpets, Options 288 in Salmon, £24 per square metre, 80% wool 20% polypropylene, victoriacarpets.com
Bold colour
Bold colour blocking works well in a sitting room.
Brintons, Bell Twist in watermelon, 80% wool 20% nylon, £40 per square metre, brintons.net
Runners
Runners work well in hallways and up the stairs too.
Roger Oates, Chatham Mallow Runner, 100% wool flatweave, £115 per linear metre (70cm wide), rogeroates.com
Practical and hardwearing
Practical and hardwearing Luxelle carpet is ideal for high traffic areas.
Cormar Carpets, Sensation in Arctic Grey, 100% Luxelle, from £24 per square metre, cormarcarpets.co.uk
Striped carpet
A striped carpet helps create an illusion of space in a room.
Crucial Trading, Wool Biscayne in Lime/BS102, £69 per square metre, crucial-trading.com
Dark floors and furnishings
Dark floors and furnishings create drama in a room.
Ulster Carpets, Wellington Stripe in Quay, 100% Laneve wool, £39 per square metre, ulstercarpets.com
Clean lines and tonal carpet
Clean lines and tonal carpet give this room a relaxing atmosphere.
Cormar Carpets, Sensation Heathers in Eastern Teak, 100% Luxelle, £26 per square metre, cormarcarpets.co.uk
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