What are the best rooms for carpet in your home?

When it comes to picking floor surfaces for a home, people often think that the easiest solution is to have the same material in every room. In the short term that is true, but in the longer run, issues of cleaning and damage could make it an irritation.

Carpeting is a popular type of home flooring, but it is not one always suitable for every room. These are the areas where carpet tends to work best:

Bedrooms

Carpeting is an ideal floor choice for bedrooms, because it is by far the softest underfoot. This is important in a part of the home where you will often be walking about barefoot.

Carpets are also one of the most effective types of flooring for retaining heat, which again makes them a good option for bedrooms, particularly in northern areas of the UK like Chester that are prone to colder weather.

One of the biggest problems that carpets present is that they can become worn and frayed by people constantly walking on them in shoes or boots. However this is unlikely to be a major issue in a bedroom.

The living room

The living room is the home’s central hub of activity, as the name suggests. Therefore you may think that all of that footfall would make carpets a bad choice of flooring, but it isn’t quite that simple.

Many people do avoid carpets in their living rooms, because of worries about wear and tear and dirt as well as damage by pets’ claws, but this can be mitigated by choosing a high quality, dark-coloured carpet.

Carpeting offers real benefits to a living room space. As mentioned above it helps to keep the warm in, creating a cosy feel for this important room.

The landing and stairs

Carpeting tends not to the best choice for the downstairs hallway, because visitors and family members walking in and out will cause it to wear and pick up grime. It will work well for the upstairs landing between bedrooms though, where again it will provide a gentle and warm surface to walk on without shoes.

Carpet can also be a good flooring option for stairs, because it is less likely to lead to slips and falls than polished wood or vinyl.

In conclusion, these are the rooms where carpeting will work well, whereas it should be avoided when flooring kitchens and bathrooms. Speak to an experienced and reputable professional for more information.