ComputerHunter.org

 

Magic Carpet Ride?


There are hundreds of choices carpet choices out there! How does one decide?

Whether you are carpeting a room, a home or an office, you will find a vast array of colors, piles and styles when you go looking for your new carpet. It's hard to know where to start.

Think about one room at a time. You may be able to save some money by buying the same carpet for every room, but at first consider each room separately. Is it a high traffic room? Or do you rarely use it? Will children be playing in this room? Or will it mostly be adults. Is this a room where you often eat or drink? Obviously, rooms with high traffic, children or food & drink, will need an easy to clean type of carpet that won't show stains so much. This is not the place for expensive white carpet, no matter how pretty it might be.

On the other hand, you may go ahead and risk an expensive white carpet in a formal dining room. If so, you will want to choose a carpet that is easy to clean. Unless you buy wool carpet, you may want to treat it with some kind of stain repellent to keep it fresher longer. Wool carpet naturally resists staining, but it is often more expensive to buy. It isn't stain-proof, but you may find it easier to remove spills from good wool carpets than from cheaper fibers.

There is a fabulous web site that offers tons of information and advice on carpet and rugs. Go to carpetrug.org where you will find dozens of articles and tons of information on choosing carpets and rugs. There's even an interactive color selection program that shows a photo of a room and you can click to change the color and style of the carpet to get a sense of what it will look like. Nifty, huh? If you don't see what you want, keep browsing. There are lots of sites offering these interactive selection graphics to help you decide on your new carpet!

About this author

Carly Mettarod is an interior decorator. She starts with the carpet and works her way up from there to design a room. You can read more articles about carpet at Mind Carpet







Google News - Top Stories

Sify

Obama unveils national security team
Kansas City Star - 34 minutes ago
By STEVEN THOMMA President-elect Barack Obama named his national security team on Monday, vowing to bolster US military strength with a renewed focus on diplomacy and alliances with other countries to combat terrorism and spread American values.
Video: Obama names Clinton US secretary of state AlJazeeraEnglish
Obama announces his national security team NECN
Newsweek - Detroit Free Press - ABC News - guardian.co.uk
all 3,905 news articles


China Daily

Down we go again: Fourth-worst drop ever for Dow
Forbes - 43 minutes ago
By SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS , 12.01.08, 06:04 PM EST The stock market suffered one of its worst days since the financial meltdown Monday, slicing 680 points off the Dow Jones industrial average as Wall Street snapped out of its daydream of a rally ...
Dow drops nearly 680 on consumer spending worries guardian.co.uk
Wall Street stocks slide more than 7 percent International Herald Tribune
China Daily - ABC News - BusinessWeek - National Business Review
all 1,223 news articles


Telegraph.co.uk

In Wake of Attacks, India-Pakistan Tensions Grow
New York Times - 2 hours ago
A bullet hole was visible on Monday in the window of a pizza restaurant at Chhatrapati Shivaji in Mumbai. More Photos > By SOMINI SENGUPTA and ROBERT F. WORTH MUMBAI, India - In a new sign of rising tensions between two nuclear-armed neighbors, ...
Mumbai Terrorist Attack May Affect US Foreign Policy FOXNews
India demands strong action from Pakistan guardian.co.uk
ABC Online - Washington Post - Xinhua - New Yorker
all 2,618 news articles


CharlotteObserver.com

Bush loosening up on his legacy
International Herald Tribune - 2 hours ago
AP WASHINGTON: President George W. Bush says history will judge him, but he is getting his own crack first. Bush is using his final 50 days in office to tout his legacy, hoping to leave a lasting impression of overshadowed progress.
President Bush announces anti-AIDS efforts reaching two million Catholic News Agency
Obama praises Bush efforts against AIDS FOXNews
Monsters and Critics.com - ToTheCenter.com - AHN - USA Today
all 629 news articles


LAist

California's new 'fiscal emergency'
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger ordered the new Legislature into work on its first day, declaring a fiscal emergency in response to the state's deteriorating finances.
Schwarzenegger Calls Fiscal Emergency in California (Update1) Bloomberg
Governor calls another special session on budget San Jose Mercury News
San Diego Union Tribune - International Herald Tribune - USA Today
all 204 news articles

Google
 

Copyright © 2006 Computer Hunter - A Division of Arthur´s Job Base