Carpet Color Advice - STAINMASTER® Carpet

Carpet Color Advice

Are you struggling to choose the best color carpet for your home?

Maybe Patsy Kuipers, INVISTA's top color expert, can help. She has answered tons of questions on how to choose the right color carpet to match home owners' various functional needs and personal styles.

	Patsy Kuipers is one of the most colorful personalities at INVISTA. Since 1987, she has served as the Color and Design Specialist and is responsible for creating STAINMASTERŽ's annual carpet color forecast. Patsy gets her inspiration "by living." She scours nature, interiors, clothes and cars for color ideas. According to Patsy, major world events, art exhibits and even motion pictures affect people's color preferences.




		We are planning to sell our home and want to recarpet so the house shows well. What color should we choose to appeal to prospective buyers?

		Generally, realtors suggest that the wall and floor covering colors be "non-offending" neutrals. That way, prospective buyers can focus on the attributes of the house without being "turned off" by colors which may be your favorites, but they couldn't imagine living with. Most carpet color lines feature a range of beiges, off-whites, taupes and soft sisal-like naturals. Selecting a neutral allows for maximum compatibility with prospective buyers' existing furnishings. This way they won't have to move in and redo the walls and floors or their furnishings right away, unless they want to.