Today’s homeowners have a tremendous amount of striking, innovative flooring products to design with, including a multitude of hard surface options featuring hybrid constructions that can handle any room conditions. However, only one surface offers the inherent softness that we love to spend time on, dating back to our childhoods. That honor goes to the floor covering with US sales greater than the combined sales of all other flooring options: Carpet.
Whether you want added durability, stain resistance, sustainability, or style, you can use different fibers and carpet constructions to provide the desired comfort level and needed performance in your home. To show our appreciation for this top-selling surface, we present to you today our top 8 reasons to choose carpet!
1. Undeniable Softness
There’s no better feeling after a long day of work or family fun activities like stepping onto a plush, pristine carpet pile. If you have children, snuggling together on a soft carpet watching movies, reading books, and playing with toys, is what making memories is all about. Beyond the standard thick cut pile carpets, you can indulge in different carpet constructions for an even dreamier touch underfoot. In addition to the high-fashion appeal of Saxony, frieze, shag, and cable carpets, you will cherish their cloudlike textures every single night.
2. Rich Color
Eye-catching carpet in your favorite rich color palette can truly help your home become an unforgettable, relaxing paradise. Modern yarn innovation and advanced color technology allow a carpet like Tigressá® Cherish to provide nature-inspired hues that will not fade over time. Similarly, Tigressa®SoftStyle is a premier nylon carpet with a unique fiber design that protects each fiber and allows for deeper, longer-lasting color.
3. Design Versatility
With a virtually unmatched selection of colors, patterns, and styles to design with, carpet allows homeowners to include exceptional softness in any room, from a relaxed vibe to an upscale feel. In fact, some carpet manufacturers even offer carpet color blends that you can create for a unique, soothing surface. The options are endless!
4. Stain Protection
Modern innovation means that you can have easy to clean carpet in a home with kids and pets, engineered for complete, permanent stain protection. A brand like Innovia Xtreme Clean™ features permanent pet-friendly technology designed to deny pet accidents from absorbing into the fiber and prevent pet-related odors completely! An option such as LEES® featuringUltra25 provides Ultra25® stain protection all the way through the carpet fiber for true peace of mind.
5. Customization
We all know that area rugs are perfect for instantly and easily adding a pop of color, pattern, texture, warmth, and softness, as well as protecting your floors underneath from wear-and-tear. If you have hard surface flooring, you can still choose carpet by creating a unique, custom area rug that matches your home décor exquisitely. Simply pick your favorite style of soft carpet and you can make sure your custom area rug is the perfect size for any room, space, or furniture layout.
6. Sound Insulation
When you combine soft carpet with your quality carpet pad choice, you create better sound insulation and noise reduction in your home. This can be an especially nifty feature if you have an active home with kids and pets, lessening the sound of boots, cleats, claws, and other assorted foot traffic! For best results, make sure to shop for a carpet pad that is purposefully engineered to absorb sound.
7. Memory Foam
Actual carpet doesn’t technically feature memory foam (yes, the same as the mattresses and pillows we love!), but you can select memory foam carpet pad underneath for insanely cushioned floors. Perfect for luxuriously cozy bedrooms and living rooms, this cloud-like carpet pad softens every step while providing durability and extending the life of your carpet.
8. Eco-Friendly
Wool carpet has always been a renewable source for carpet, but today’s PET carpets can be sourced from recycled plastic bottles, thus diverting millions of pounds of bottles from landfills. These recycled carpet options are economical for families and are especially great choices for kid’s rooms and playrooms. In addition to answering the call for more environmentally-conscious options, carpet manufacturers have worked hard to decrease the presence of VOC’s in new carpet.
No matter what type of carpet you are ready to choose for your favorite room, explore our Healthier Living Flooring Installation System that uses exclusive HealthinEx® antimicrobial premium carpet cushion. You will receive industry-leading Double Wear and Double Texture Warranties on all carpet installed with our cushion!