Choosing A Carpet Depending On The Room

Some areas of the home need more attention to the flooring than others. With certain rooms being used more often than others, it goes without saying that a harder wearing carpet or flooring will be required in the busier areas of a home. In comparison, another less used room in the home could benefit from an expensive good looking carpet, if you know it will be enjoyed more rarely and will therefore last longer. But what's the most suitable flooring depending on the room?

We're looking exclusively at carpet, and we'll start at the most traditionally anti-carpet room in the house; the bathroom.

Here it's frequently assumed that carpet isn't suitable for the bathroom, with the risk of water ever threatening. The only time you'd ever want to avoid using carpet in a bathroom is if it's likely to be continually drenched, perhaps where you might have young children and the risk is that little bit higher. However, a synthetic carpet is completely ideal for the bathroom, being hard wearing and durable, able to be resistant for those times that it will inevitable come into contact with water.

Onto the busier areas of the house, where carpet is a much more frequent sight; from the living room, the hallways, the stairs and the landing, hard wearing carpet is a must in all of these places. A carpet with 80% wool content or more is ideal, and look for a carpet which has a Quality Mark in the Heavy or Extra Heavy Domestic area. This way you'll have a carpet in the busiest areas of the home which is up to the task when it comes to being used regularly day in, day out.

However, take a look at a room which is used much less regularly, somewhere where perhaps a lot of pride is taken into ensuring it's always well kept. A dining room is a perfect example, where it's perhaps used only once or twice a day at most, where a carpet can be as unique as you like. Here you can be safe in the knowledge that a carpet used only once or twice a day will last for a significantly longer time than a carpet placed in the hallway, so be indulgent and splash out. Take a carpet with a unique design and make the room look great. While a patterned or silky carpet might be less durable, with the room being used much less often, it's worth the investment.