Choosing the right carpet color is not an easy feat. Unlike the color, which can be rearranged for the weekend if you select the wrong shade, the wall carpet-wall is attached to long transport. To help you make the right choice, we have kicked out the designers to find out what colors they feel officially obsolete,
While some elections, like Avocado Green, obvious no-sir, others like Gray (who knew?) Are more subtle. Read to avoid outdated selection and make a choice that will endure the test of time.
Meet the expert
Chris Goddard is the founder of Goddard Design Group.
Gray
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Once the neutral goes, the gray carpet has long lost its charm, is now connected to the blessed spaces that lack the character.
“Everything in the gray family makes space feel very grade and cheap,” says Chris Goddard, Founder of Goddard Design Group.
Unlike gray walls that can generate some kind of peaceful comfort, the gray carpet has a preference for which the room feels a cold and generic office break. The reason is that you are gray strives to absorb light, which can make a room feel the opposite of bright and airy.
If you are after a neutral carping color that plays one nice with other colors, but adds a little more energy to your space, consider a mammal or a sun mat or woolen mat with the basket. These natural textures bring a fresh feeling while maintaining that versatile, go – any quality.
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Berber
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Inspired by the style of the woven of the Barber, the people of North Africa, barbers walls to the wall attended in popularity in the 1980s and the 1990s. The Barber’s appeal was rooted in his accessibility and passed the texture of the loop, which made it feel more accessible than traditional timing styles.
“While the Berber carpet once is called for its convenience and underestimation of style, it is now felt by the date,” says Goddard.
Looper carpet construction is partly curved for their tendency to accumulate dust and dirt. The question is only increased by the fact that the barber carpet often comes in subtle, muffled shades, which makes it an even heavy camouflage grime.
Great graphic prints
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1950s and 1960s, bold, carpet-geometric designs, flowers and abstract prints – were all anger. Although it is tempting to return to these retro styles into modern spaces, Goddard advises clients to think twice.
“A big graphic print or woven carpets usually feel space like China or a cheap hotel,” he says.
For one, unless you are kept clean, modern, monochrome seems, are heavy for pairing with furniture. Second, after your floor takes the central stage, it is difficult to experiment with other design characteristics without an irresistible room.
Beige
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Much like gray, beige is often seen as a stupid choice. Although it is true that it can bring a sense of neutrality to your space, it also tends to make your home feel like a 1980s time capsule – and shows dirt like anyone like anyone’s job.
“Light neutral like Beige looked great when it first descended, but after a few weeks they live on them, they quickly show dirt and everyday life,” says Goddard.
With interiors who train towards more and more adjustments, beige carpets can also feel like an anti-choice.
“As we accept more interior of a love interest, Beige feels like a surrender, offering no opportunity for the actual expression in your space,” Goddard explains.
Blues and greenery
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The chances are, if you are adult in the late 20th century, at least one of your children’s rooms had blue or green carpets. Since the 1960s to the 1980s, shades like avocado green, emerald, navy, and even a clear turquoise were anger.
While blue and green carpets can feel like the main road Nostalgia, Goddard does not oppose return, as long as it works with intent.
“I love the carpets of deep colored and you can have fun with colors like blues and greenery, and even light shaga if you paint the walls and wipe in the same color,” he says in the same color. “This creates a very chic and a moody environment.”