5 Carpet Trends For 2019
For a lot of people, carpet is an afterthought — a blank canvas that serves as a neutral backdrop for the rest of your decorations. But it doesn’t have to be that way! New carpet trends can be modern, exciting, and stylish, adding a splash of individuality to your flooring.
Gray is the New Beige
We’re big fans of neutral carpet colors — they go with everything, so you won’t feel like your carpet is out of date a few years after you get it — but that doesn’t mean that you’re limited to a few particular shades of tan. Instead, consider furnishing your floors with gray, from lighter flint gray to darker slate colors.
Gray carpet goes with any color of decor, from bedding to furniture to curtains, but adds a soothing atmosphere to bedrooms and living spaces that’s refreshing and calming all at once.
Use Wool Carpet For a Soft, Sustainable Alternative
Wool isn’t new this year, but it’s a timeless classic that never goes out of style. Wool fibers are hypoallergenic, durable, and environmentally friendly. Wool fibers are also soft and luxurious underfoot — perfect for family rooms and living areas — and they’re not as absorbent as other natural fibers, so you get the best of all worlds: an elegant, timeless carpet that will keep its appearance for years to come.
Mix up Your Textures
Who says your whole house has to have the same flooring? Not us! In kids’ playrooms and living rooms, go with a slate gray Berber carpet that’s durable and comfortable, but easy to clean. In the master bedroom, though, add some flair with a modern shag carpet that’s luxurious and sumptuous underfoot.
From exciting patterns to vivid colors, there’s no limit to the variety of flooring you can scatter throughout your house. From calming pastel blue in bedrooms to warm gray and beige in common areas, your flooring can set a different mood in every room of your home.
Patterned Carpets are In Vogue
Whether you want your floors covered in bold checks or buffalo plaid, sleek pinstripes and herringbones, geometric shapes or organic leaf and floral forms, patterned carpets are becoming popular in a major way. Subtle variations in color will add some variety to an otherwise uniform flooring surface without pulling focus from the rest of your decor.
Or, for something a little more understated, consider a textured pattern carpet. Made of a mix of cut and loop piles of various lengths, a textured pattern’s fibers are all the same color for a subtle yet striking look.
Bring Outdoor Carpeting Inside
For high-traffic areas like entryways, hallways, playrooms, finished basements, or even finished garages, consider bringing outdoor carpet inside. It’s water resistant, stain resistant, won’t fade over time, and comes in a huge variety of colors, patterns, and graphic prints.
Even better, lots of outdoor carpets are made of fine fibers that make them nearly as soft and luxurious as indoor carpets, so they’ll still feel great on bare feet.