CHOOSING THE RIGHT CARPET COLORS FOR YOUR HOME!

Carpeting can be the most expensive item in a home décor budget, so choosing the right color becomes a major consideration. After all, you’re going to have to live with your choice for quite some time.  With over 450 different flooring choices and every color of the rainbow Cinderella Carpet One in Salinas and San Luis Obispo can help you find what you are looking for.

Before you randomly select your favorite color, ask yourself some pertinent questions: How big is the room you wish to carpet? Do you want it to feel larger or smaller? What kind of ambiance do you want to create? Do you want to create warmth? Do you want a sense of connection with the adjacent room, or a sense of separation? Do you wish to draw attention to your furnishings and accessories or underplay them?

The following tips may help you choose the right carpet for your home:

·      Traffic: High activity leads to more spills, stains and tracked-in dirt. A lighter carpet, even some treated with stain-resistant solutions, will eventually reveal this wear and tear. For rooms that have excessive sunlight, you will need to also think about fading, a problem that is more obvious with dark carpets.

·      Room size: Lighter colors tend to make rooms feel large, while darker colors make rooms appear smaller.

·      Ambiance: To make the room feel warmer, choose a color on the spectrum from yellow-orange to a bluish red. To make the room feel cooler, choose any color from blue to yellow-green. Remember to consider climate: Northern and Eastern exposures are complemented by warm colors, Southern and Western exposures by cool colors.

·      Personality: Casual, more-relaxed people tend to favor the warmer colors and earth tones. Detail-oriented people most often prefer blues, blacks, whites, grays and jewel tones.

·      Furnishings: If your furnishings are dynamic and interesting, draw attention to them by muted the background walls and carpet by using neutral or dulled colors. If the furnishings are drab, emphasize the flooring with a patterned, or bold-colored carpet.

·      Continuity: One continuous floor covering will link adjacent rooms, making them flow into one another. A different carpet color will serve to separate the rooms visually.

     Popularity: Remember that trends change, even among the popular colors for floor coverings, but they run 1-2 years behind those of the fashion industry.

I   In the end, it's all a matter of choice and personal taste, and it's up to you to choose exactly what you want.  Do your homework and let your personal style shine through at Cinderella Carpet One.