Carpets – Beautifying The Homes And Offices
Thinking of installing carpet in home or office? A carpet is a floor cover made up of textile which consists of an upper layer known as pile that is attached with a lower layer known as backing. The pile is generally made up of wool or some other manmade fibres like nylon, polyester or polypropylene.
Carpets are of different types depending upon the way they are made. The various types of carpets are:
• Needlefelt
• Tufted
• Knotted
• Embroidered
• Flatweave
Various countries have been known for their exotic carpet designs across the world since ancient times. Countries like Armenia, China, Turkey, Pakistan, Persia, Spain, France, England, India and Bulgaria have been known for their own creative carpet designs. And these countries go in for the export of their carpets for every place in the world.
Carpets are used by everyone, be it households or work places. In houses people use carpets for the purpose of decoration, and also to cover the floors. In workplaces too the trend of using carpets is increasingly taking its toll and so there is a huge demand for carpets being installed in work places today.
But then there’s a difference between the kind of carpets used in homes and the ones that are used in offices. The office floor carpets should be attractive and also durable and must enhance and add to the beauty of the workplace without being too tacky and overpowering. It should add the room with an aesthetic appeal and that too with a subtle and sober effect.
Today people are using such carpets increasingly in their offices. The primary reason behind this being beautification but then that’s not the only reason. Carpets in offices are used to reduce the noise levels i.e. the noise that is caused by the shoes. Also carpets in offices helps in adding a sense of glorification.
The reasons behind the increased demands for installation of carpets in work places are as follows:
Beautification
Carpets add beauty to the rooms. In offices carpets add with a subtle yet strong beauty reflect a sense of calmness and also many times prove to be soothing to one’s eyes.
Cost effective
It is not always possible to use expensive flooring tiles in offices. And installation of such tiles always creates a chaos since the floor needs to be broken and everything involves cement work. This disrupts the work to a great extent. So carpets come as an able substitute since carpets are relatively cheaper and they can just be put on top of the floor without causing much disturbance and disruption. Also carpets can be changed from time to time.
Availability
Carpets are available everywhere and be it carpets from any place of the world, they always add style and elegance to office rooms.
So keeping these things in mind people today are opting for installing carpets in their rooms because their purpose of beautification with elegance is aptly fulfilled.