Carpet is a soft, quiet, and comforting addition to any Orlando home, enhanced by choosing the right carpet for the space.
When you work with Creative Floors, you have access to an exceptional selection of carpeting, and our experts have decades of design experience to guide you toward options that make sense for your home and lifestyle.
Creative Floors Pro Tips For Selecting the Right Carpet For Your Home
Hard surface flooring has its place, offering durable, waterproof flooring options for busy central Florida households, but there are certainly rooms—or situations—where carpet is the better option.
Things we’ll consider as you work through the options include:
- Which living spaces are best-suited to carpet?
- Your current and future household plans (kids, pets, aging-in-place, planning to rent or sell, etc.)
- Carpet materials, depths, and colors/patterns to enhance your home design.
- Etc.
As with any interior finish selections, the process starts by visiting one of our local Orlando showrooms. There, flooring design experts can ensure you choose well when selecting carpeting for an Orlando home.
There are several things to consider when choosing carpet over tile, vinyl, or hardwood in specific applications.
1. Would Bare Feet Appreciate A Soft, Luxurious Landing?
Often, our clients are replacing hard surface flooring in rooms that were previously hard and cold on their feet. They are immediately comforted when their bare feet sink into luxurious carpeting for the first time.
We understand if you aren’t interested in having carpet where wet or dirty feet (or paws) are frequent visitors. However, we invite you to consider what a nice alternative the right carpet can be in your bedroom, a study/den, or a formal living or dining room. You can also explore options specifically designed for homes with pets.
**Another benefit of carpet is relief from common foot issues like bunions, plantar fasciitis, arthritis, and other sources of foot pain. Since hard surfaces can exacerbate these conditions, carpeting is a more soothing option.
2. Would You Like to Create Quiet(er) Zones
The plush, fibrous nature of carpeting automatically creates quieter interior spaces. This noise-reducing feature is ideal for muting the sounds made by:
- Children or pets running/trotting through the house.
- Sound transference from upper-level to lower-level living spaces.
- Television sounds later at night or in the early morning hours.
- Conversation from the living/family room to the kids’ rooms (and vice versa).
- Etc.
Incorporating carpets in strategic spaces can benefit adults who work from home, sound-sensitive homeschooling students, or anyone prone to sensory overload.
If you don’t plan on using carpet, we encourage you to consider using stylish custom area rugs to prevent living spaces from becoming noise magnifiers or echo chambers.
3. Is Easy Cleanup a Priority?
Indeed, hard surface flooring gets most of the attention around “easy to clean” benefits. However, regular sweeping/vacuuming and mopping are still required to keep the finished surface looking its best. And, of course, surface color and patterns also affect how much daily debris shows up on the surface.
However, most carpets only need a quick vacuum once or twice weekly. If spills or stains are your concern, we’ll direct you towards carpet selections known for powerful moisture-repelling and stain-guarding features.
Creative Floors Can Help You Get Started
The wonderful thing about flooring is that you aren’t limited to only one option versus another. If you’re interested in exploring carpets, design experts at Creative Floors are happy to walk you through the process and find ways to integrate the best flooring materials – carpet or otherwise – to optimize the style and function of any home.
Visit us at one of our conveniently-located Orlando-area Creative Floors showrooms, or contact us to schedule a free, in-home design consultation and estimate. Let’s roll out the carpet and explore the possibilities.
