Carpet | Styles
Choosing the ideal carpet style is all about knowing the right combination of aesthetics, performance and budget that meets the needs of your lifestyle.
Six basic styles of carpet
- Textured, Saxony or plush, frieze, cable, looped, and cut & loop.
- Each style has its own characteristics and performance capabilities.
- Carefully consider all of each style's features, qualities and conditions in making your buying decision.
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Textured
- textured carpet if you want casual
- very popular cut pile carpet
- alternating twists of yarn
- two-tone appearance.
- hides footprints and vacuum marks
- great for all areas in the home, especially for active families
- available in a broad range of prices
Saxony
- formal, traditional and elegant look
- smooth, soft, velvet plush look
- luxurious feel
- yarn has uniform twist and finish
- good for master bedrooms, dining room or a formal living room
- not a good choice for high traffic areas or active kids
- shows footprints and vacuum marks
Frieze
- cut pile style with a high twist level
- each strand of yarn is twisted so tightly that it curls over at the end
- for active areas
- has a textured surface with a knobby appearance
- durable and wears well
- performers well in high-traffic areas
- can go anywhere in your home
- hides footprints
- available in various pile heights for different looks
Cable
- constructed of thicker, typically longer yarn
- very comfortable underfoot
- beautiful in a bedroom or living room
- better suited for rooms without a lot of activity
- can matte and crush with heavy foot traffic
- not recommended for stairs, hallways
Looped
- referred to as a Berber
- big bulky yarns produced in a level loop or multi-level loop
- made out of olefin fiber
- some made with nylon, or a blend of various fibers
- very durable because of not cutting the yarn tips
- you can see each individual loop
- ideal for casual, active family rooms
- come in solid colors, Berber fleck, patterns with varying levels of loops
- hides traffic patterns well
- may make seams more apparent
- backing is more visible on stairs
Cut & Loop
- combination of cut and looped yarns that create pattern effects by the variation in surface textures
- also referred to as patterned carpet
- low profile and thus perform well
- sometimes seams are visible
- very fashionable
- used in casual and traditional rooms
- available in many patterns like fun geometrics and formal botanicals
- distinctive carved appearance and multiple colors
- hides stains
- stands up to traffic