It is called an integral part of the interior of any room. The epicenter of warmth and comfort. The carpet is essential element decor, thanks to which the room takes on a finished look.

V Soviet times the presence of a carpet was considered a symbol of wealth. In wealthy houses, it could be seen not only on the floor, but also on the walls.

Today, views on this piece of furniture have changed a bit. Now the carpet has become more of a sign of taste. Well-chosen carpet covering will allow you to create a stylish and unique interior.

This is especially important in the living room - the room where you receive guests and relax from the hustle and bustle of everyday life. So how do you choose a carpet for your living room?

Carpet material - quality mark

The material from which the carpet is made is divided into 2 types: artificial and natural.

If we talk about natural materials, then more often in the manufacture of carpets are used sheep's wool, animal skins and silk threads.

The main advantages of such carpets are: good thermal conductivity, durability and environmental friendliness.

True, if one of the family members is allergic to animals - this carpet is not for your interior. Such materials are not suitable for those who do not have time for constant cleaning - the material quickly becomes dirty and is difficult to clean.

Artificial materials:

• viscose
• acrylic fibers
• polyester fibers
• nylon threads

Most often, modern carpets in the living room are chosen from artificial materials so they are considered more practical.

They do not cause allergies and are presented in a wider color palette... Also, such materials are excellent in cleaning. After using various cleaning products, appearance the carpet remains unchanged.

Basic rules for choosing carpets for the living room:

• If your room has bright furniture and accessories, a carpet on the living room floor should be purchased in neutral shades, without a pronounced pattern.
• Furniture pattern and carpet print should be different
• If your living room has dark floors, opt for a light carpet.
• A winning combination: matching colors and patterns of carpet and curtains.
• If the room is decorated in a warm colors- the carpet should be of the same shades.
• If the interior is dominated by dark color — a good decision the carpet will become a bright color.
• With pastel shades of the interior, a chocolate-colored carpet will look advantageous in the room.
• You cannot select a carpet to match the tone of the walls - in general, the room will become monochromatic and boring.
• To visually expand the room, choose a living room rug with geometric patterns.

Choosing the desired size and shape of the coating

By size, carpets can be divided into three categories:

Small

Width of such carpets: maximum 3 square meters. They work well as a cover over a sofa or under a coffee table.

Average

The size of medium carpets is up to 6 square meters. Such carpets are taken to be placed in the center of the room.

Large

These carpets come from 6 square meters... They cover the entire area of ​​the room, starting from the walls.

All forms of carpets that exist on the market. It is unrealistic to list them. Standard carpets: rectangular, square, you will not surprise anyone.

On the Internet, you can find many photos of carpets in the living room with a wide variety of shapes: in the form of a heart, animals, birds, as well as triangular, polygonal, etc.

Modern designers need to be careful when choosing the shape of a carpet in a living room, because thanks to the coating, you can visually correct the imperfections in the layout of the room.

If you want to stretch the room, lay a carpet runner. By choosing a carpet on the floor in the living room without a pattern and for the entire area of ​​the room, the space will visually become larger.

• I accentuate the necessary area with round carpets
• Rectangular carpets in the design world are used to designate a relaxation area.
• Oval carpets in the living room interior visually reduce the space. However, if the tone of the carpet and the floor is the same, there will be no reduction in space.
• An oval carpet in the living room looks organic if there is a round chandelier (it should hang right above the carpet)
• A long pile carpet will bring comfort and warmth to your home.

We select a carpet for the interior of the living room

If the decor of the room is made in the Art Nouveau style, it is advisable to choose a single-color carpet in the living room in the form of a rectangle or square. Priority: pastel colors.

V vintage style the carpet will look good light color... A small flower will become a suitable pattern for the coating.

At Hi-Teke, it is advised to choose carpets in cold colors.
In the Country style, designers are advised to opt for a carpet with a catchy pattern. Monotony also has a place to be. Main color: brown.

At classic interior, it is worth covering the floor with a carpet of golden, amber, beige. Print: ornate patterns.

In the African style, carpets with animal prints will look appropriate: leopard, Dalmatian, zebra. Also, coatings with geometric patterns will look harmonious.

V Japanese interiors no patterns on the coating are desirable. The carpet can be plain without prints.

V Scandinavian interior the carpet will look interesting solid color... Preference is given to white or black colors.

Follow these tips and you can choose a carpet that will not only please the eye, but also harmoniously complement the decor of your room.

Photo of carpets in the living room

For many years, people have been using carpets to decorate and insulate their own homes. But if earlier only wealthy people could afford a woolen or silk carpet, now the assortment of carpets is so great that it can satisfy the buyer not only with any wallet size, but also with various stylistic, color and textured preferences.

It is obvious that any space in which a carpet is laid immediately becomes warmer and more comfortable, the interior is transformed depending on the chosen design of the covering. But in addition to its aesthetic properties, carpet can also perform other functions - to serve as a means for sound insulation, to zone a room, to create interior accents. Plus, what could be nicer than treading on the warm pile of the carpet with your bare feet instead of stomping on the cold floor?

As a rule, the carpet is selected in a ready-made room, but it happens that the design of the carpet is so unique and original that the entire interior is created in accordance with this focal center of the room.

Choosing a carpet based on cost and performance

On the seamy part of any carpet, there is a marking, from which you can learn not only about the composition of the pile, its characteristics, but also the material of the backing and the properties of the entire coating:

• The most democratic in price and the most popular in our country in terms of sales are floor-propylene carpets. Unfortunately, the advantages end at the low cost of such coatings. The disadvantages include the high electrification of the coating, poor tolerance to moisture and direct sunlight. Among other things, such carpets absorb dust very strongly and are difficult to clean with a conventional vacuum cleaner. Polypropylene carpets have a short service life - from two to five years;
• rugs made of durable nylon are somewhat more expensive - the pile loops of these products are attached to a synthetic base using a special latex compound. This substance adds strength and elasticity to coatings;
• knitted coverings are next in the price range. The method of manufacturing such products involves the simultaneous weaving of the pile and the base, which helps to increase the strength and flexibility of the finished carpet. Such carpets will last about ten years;
• the most expensive, but at the same time high quality - wool carpets. In addition to their environmental friendliness, carpets can boast of high fire-fighting properties and a very long service life - some products can last more than fifty years.

As a rule, wool carpet is dyed in a light, pastel palette. This is due to the fact that woolen products are dyed much worse than synthetic ones. In addition, wool carpets accumulate dust very strongly, and do not tolerate moth and mold. To reduce the negative properties of the product from natural material, use antistatic, anti-salt and dirt-repellent compounds.

It is considered effective to mix wool with synthetics in a ratio of 80% to 20%, such an alliance helps to preserve natural properties natural material while increasing wear resistance and simplifying maintenance.

Carpeting for rooms with different purposes

Bedroom

One of the first bedroom carpet solutions that usually comes to mind is a light-colored product with a long pile, which will not only create a warm and cozy atmosphere for a room to sleep and relax, but also perfectly muffle footsteps and create sufficient sound insulation.

A carpet in a light shade or with a diagonal pattern can visually expand the space of the bedroom. You can use a large, deep-pile carpet for your entire room, or small, fluffy bedside rugs.

The chocolate-colored deep pile carpet that spans the entire bedroom area not only provides warmth to your feet, but also creates a unique interior design. Among other things, in combination with light walls and ceiling, such floors visually expand the space in height.

As a rule, in bedrooms, carpets are located in the area sleeping place so that when getting out of bed anywhere, bare feet would step on a warm and pleasant rug, and not on a bare, cold floor.

A carpet with a variegated pattern will organically look in the bedroom, in the design of which predominantly monochromatic types of finishing materials and decor were used.

Conversely, plain carpeting is recommended for rooms with printed wall finishes. For example, if the pattern on the wallpaper is quite active, bright, then a light monochromatic carpet will be more than appropriate.

Bedroom - a room that needs increased sound insulation and the creation of a special warm atmosphere for restful sleep and a comfortable awakening, this is the place where we gain strength, relax and start a new, vigorous day. Therefore, it is often possible to find a combination of two options for carpets in the interiors of bedrooms. For example, carpet that takes up the entire area of ​​the room is combined with small fluffy rugs placed near the bed or dressing table.

For those who pastel shades in the decoration of the bedroom, they are not interested, who even in a room for sleeping and relaxing needs dynamism, in order to feel tone when waking up every morning, you can try to use a contrasting design of the carpet. Black and white combinations that have found a response in other interior items look contrasting, bright and original for a bedroom.

Children's room

For a children's room, a bright carpet with a geometric pattern or images of fabulous, cartoon characters is perfect. It is important that the pile of the coating is short - cleaning in the nursery has to be done more often, and it is more difficult to cope with the long pile. Among other things, the short pile makes the carpet more resistant to abrasion.

When choosing a carpet for a children's room, it is important to take into account not only the operational properties and the aesthetic side of the issue, but also to make sure that the product was stained with safe dyes - ask for a quality certificate from sales consultants.

Carpet with bright squares different color and textures not only looks perky and optimistic in the children's room, but also creates an additional base for coming up with games.

Another interesting design of a rug for a nursery is a canvas with painted classics. Warm and comfortable coverage with additional options for organizing games.

Living room

For the living room, there are practically no restrictions on the choice of carpet - the main thing is that in terms of style, color and texture, the carpet is combined with the rest of the design of the room. For some homeowners, it is important that the rug serves as a neutral backdrop for the furnishings on it and that it does its job. Others, on the contrary, believe that carpeting can become an accent in the interior, act as a focal center.

For the living room, in which, among other things, the kitchen and dining room are located, the carpet can become a zoning element, outlining the conditional boundaries of a particular functional segment. It is logical that in the kitchen area the floor covering is a ceramic or stone tiles and in the living room segment, the floors are covered with a soft and warm carpet.

In the living room, made in calm, natural colors, a light carpet is very successfully integrated, creating the necessary common room warm and cozy atmosphere.

Dark carpets require more thorough and frequent cleaning, because even the smallest debris is visible on such a surface. But the increased cleaning is compensated by the beautiful appearance of the dark carpet, interesting combination with other interior items, bringing some brutality to the design, despite the feeling of warmth underfoot.

Hallways, corridors and spaces near stairs

For premises with high traffic, it is recommended to purchase synthetic or semi-synthetic fabrics with short pile. Cleaning has to be done often, and low pile will be easier and faster to clean even with a conventional vacuum cleaner with low power. As for colors, prints and ornaments, everything is limited only by your preferences and your own ideas about aesthetics. But there are unspoken rules of combinatorics - if a room is made in light, neutral colors, then a bright carpet with an ornament or pattern will look advantageous, it will become the focal center of the interior.

If in the interior functional space enough color and textured accents, it is better to opt for carpet in neutral shades.

A carpet with a variegated pattern will fit more organically into the created interior if its colors have already been used in the design of the space, for example, in the upholstery upholstered furniture or textile decoration of windows.

Shapes, sizes and designs of carpets

Small rugs can add variety to the interior of any room, they can be laid near an armchair, a child's or an adult's bed, in front of a sofa or between pieces of furniture. A medium-sized rug will look organic in small spaces, bringing warmth and comfort, uniqueness or charm, creating interesting accents.

Bright carpets of small sizes and original forms are able to transform the interior, to bring to it not only a variety of colors, but also to raise the overall degree of room design.

A round carpet does not so much insulate the floors and create a soundproof covering, but rather acts as a decorative item. Circles perfectly zone the space, highlighting this or that segment around which the rest of the interior items are built.

In addition to differences in shape and color, carpets differ in length and pile density. Conventionally, all carpets can be divided into two types:

single-level- carpets with uncut loops of the same length. Such carpets look like a surface with a compact, uniform structure. The quality of such products largely depends on the equal length of the pile;

multilevel- the loops of such products have different heights, which allows you to create three-dimensional ornaments and patterns on the canvases. Attractive and extraordinary appearance, unusual structure and high level comfort, allow you to choose a worthy option for an interior of any style.

Most manufacturers in the highly competitive carpeting arena are looking for new textured and color solutions, invent original ways weaving, twisting threads. There are canvases with curly pile, plush (velor) cropped material. Many homeowners love the smooth, loose pile surface, reminiscent of flowing velvet, which is so comfortable to step on with bare feet.

New ways of making carpets are emerging, such as the intersecting cut loop. Such innovations allow the production of carpets on an industrial scale, which could only be made by hand only a few years ago.

The unique design of the carpet, the surface of which resembles the earth strewn with dry leaves, can become a highlight of the interior of any room.

Carpet as an option for flooring

In Soviet times of total shortage, many of our compatriots “hunted” for carpets, and at the same time, neither the composition of the coating, nor the pattern, nor the cost was important. Then the deficit disappeared, with it the popularity of carpets began to melt, because they were replaced by new way flooring in apartments and houses - carpet. Affordable, in a wide range of colors and textures, this carpet immediately gained popularity among buyers. To this day, many homeowners choose to cover the floors of certain rooms in their homes with carpet.

Like any other flooring option, carpet has its own advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, you get absolutely flat and smooth coating insulating your floors throughout the room, you have no folds or edges to trip over. But on the other hand, without a washing vacuum cleaner, caring for such a coating is very problematic, not to mention the fact that rooms where there are children and pets will have to be cleaned daily.

Most practical option carpet for living quarters - a covering with a pattern and a short pile. On such a canvas, stains will not be so noticeable, and a low pile will be much easier to clean.