• Home
  • About
    • Disclosure
      • Terms And Conditions
      • Cancellation Policy
      • Refund Policy
      • Shipping Policy
    • Contact Me
    • My Favorites
      • Our Toolbox
      • Paint Colors
      • My Amazon Store
  • Categories
    • Seasonal
      • Valentine’s Day
      • Easter
      • Mother’s Day
      • Spring
      • Fall
      • Halloween
      • Thanksgiving
      • Christmas
    • DIY
      • Repurposed
      • Furniture
      • Crafts
    • Our Home
    • Recipes
    • Crafts
      • Party Planning Ideas
      • Kids Activities
  • Resources
    • Organization Tools
      • Organization Challenge
      • 5-Day Organization Challenge
      • 12 Monthly Purge Checklists
      • Sentimental Purge Guide
    • Thrifting | Decorating
      • 105 Things To Throw Away | Recylce | Sell | Donate For Instant Decluttering
      • 50 Things To Donate For Instant Decluttering
      • 50 Things To Throw Away For Instant Decluttering
      • How To Decorate Your Home On A Yard Sale Budget
      • 11 Quick Tips To Organize A Profitable Yard Sale
    • Furniture Flipping
      • The Ultimate Furniture Flipping Program For Beginners
      • The Creative Squad
      • The Furniture Flippers Social Media Planner
      • Furniture Flipping Assessment
      • Furniture Flippers E-Book
      • Mini Courses
      • Quick Guide To Painting Furniture
      • Types Of Paint For Furniture
    • Consultations
    • Join My Newsletter
    • Become An Affiliate
  • Podcast
  • Furniture Flipping Course
  • Learn With Me
  • My New E-Book!
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
    • Pinterest
    • RSS
    • Twitter
    • YouTube

My Creative Days

DIY blog sharing our home, budget decorating tips with repurposed farmhouse decor.

How To Pick Out Carpet – Carpet One Floor & Home®

May 10, 2019 8 Comments

I want to thank Carpet One Floor & Home® for partnering with me on the carpet for the flip house. All opinions are my own. 

 

If you are looking for carpet for your home, this post will give you all the tips we use for choosing the right carpet for any space! 

Carpet One carpet in the flip house

Whenever we have a flip project, I look forward to choosing the flooring because I feel like that is the turning point in the project. The flooring is usually done towards the end of the work and I am excited to report that we have picked out the carpet for our current flip house!

It will not go in for about a week and a half, but I wanted to share the process I use when picking out carpet, where I get the carpet and the kind of carpet I chose for the flip. Choosing flooring for your home or a flip house can be overwhelming, but I am hoping the tips I use and am sharing in this post will lessen the stress and make it so much easier for you. 

Brick Room Before Makeover

How To Pick Out Carpet:

Room Function: 

When choosing carpet, I always think about what the new home owners will be using the room for. This gives me the best idea of what I need to look for when I am in the store. In our current flip house, we have what we are calling the “brick room” that could be used for multiple things. To me, this room is perfect for watching football games. It is the family room on the main level. It is a hang-out space. It’s the movie night room.

I picture extended family hanging out in this room, kids and their friends snacking in this room and I also see quiet nights in after the kids go to bed. All of this paints a picture of what I think the carpet needs to be in the space. When I know that, I feel more confident heading into the store. 

Carpet One has so many great options for flooring for you home. See what we chose to put in the flip house!

Brands:

When you walk into a carpet store, you can get overwhelmed quickly. One way I lessen the overwhelm is to look at the different brands and what they offer. In the flip house, I chose Oath by Resista®. Here’s why: Oath’s advanced fiber technology and specialized dye-formula resists crushing and visible wear which makes it the perfect carpet for a high traffic room that will have a lot of time spent in it.

This carpet also provides ultimate color retention which made it very appealing for this room. I know that there will be a lot of snacking and drinking in this room and  Oath has a re-engineered, stain-repellent polyester that keeps liquids from seeping into the fiber. It also has a waterproof backing system that protects the cushion and subfloor from undetected spills. All of those features made it the perfect flooring for the brick room.  

Carpet One has so many great options for flooring for you home. See what we chose to put in the flip house!

Color and Pattern:

Carpet comes in so many colors and patterns now. I love that, but it also makes it even more overwhelming sometimes. To help with that, I take into account the entire room. What colors are on the walls? Do I want to have the flooring be muted or make more of a statement?

The brick room needs to be a cozy, soft place to land after a long day. It is also the space to spend an entire day when family is visiting. I wanted the flooring to blend well with the black and white we have on the walls, but I didn’t want it to stand out. I knew a pattern would not do well in this room. The narrowed my search down immensely. 

How to pick out flooring for your home.

Pile:

After I have the color narrowed down, I think about the pile of the carpet. Do I want something plush, long, thick or more on the flat side? Since this room is going to see a lot of relaxation, gathering and “hanging-out”, I wanted to go with something that was between long and short. I didn’t want the carpet too plush, but I wanted something that would be super soft on the feet. That is why I chose the Primera line. It was the perfect feel for what I thought this room needed. 

How to pick out flooring for your home.

How to pick out flooring for your home.

After some back and forth and looking through all the colors, I chose the Primera line in the color “Raw Silk”. I didn’t want anything in the beige color realm because of the black, brick wall and white walls. I knew I needed to stay in the gray tones. The “Raw Silk” will keep the room bright, but it will also make it soft and comfortable too.  

How to pick out flooring for your home.

Warranty:

When you are looking at brands of carpet, look at what the warranty is with each one. When we hand the flip house keys over to the new home owner, I will be so happy to tell them that the they have the Platinum Plus warranty coverage with their Oath by Resista® carpet. It is a 10-Year, No Exclusions Stain and Soil Warranty. PLUS there is a 10-Year Non-Prorated Stair and Hallway Abrasive Wear Warranty! Warranties like this help me feel super confident with the carpet I chose.  

How to pick out flooring for your home.

Guarantee:

This part is so amazing and something I think is priceless when it comes to buying carpet. This is the thing that keeps me going back to Carpet One Floor & Home for our projects. Before partnering with Carpet One Floor & Home® on this project, we have used our local Carpet King Carpet One store for every one of our flip houses. The rug in our living room is from there too. They are located in Marion, Iowa.

Get this ….. Carpet One Floor & Home offers something called the Beautiful Guarantee®. They know how important it is to feel confident in your flooring selection. Therefore, they strive to ensure that the floor you create together is as beautiful as the one in your dreams. If not, they will replace it for FREE! Did you read that? If you don’t like the flooring in your home after it is in, they will replace it for free! You can’t beat that guarantee. 

Company:

As we work with more and more companies on our projects, it is imperative that we find amazing companies to work with, support and to share with you. We have learned the hard way and have had contractors and companies who didn’t pan out or didn’t live up to the standard they promised.

That is not the case with Carpet One Floor & Home. As a cooperative, Carpet One Floor & Home has the benefits of international buying power and independent ownership. What that means is that we can shop and support locally without giving up value or selection. The staff at our local store is so helpful and they make the process so easy. I always get competitive pricing on a huge selection of carpets. 

I love sharing places, people and companies with you. I know how much I rely on word of mouth and people I trust when we are looking for certain products and services. If you are looking for carpet for your home, a flip house or any other space, please check out Carpet One Floor & Home. You will be so happy you did. 

I can’t tell you how excited I am to get the carpet in the flip house! It is going to make the room look brand new. I will be back sharing the before and after with you here!

Stay tuned!

PIN THIS POST!

If you are looking for carpet for your home, this Carpet One post will give you all the tips we use for choosing the right carpet for any space! #ad #flooredbycarpetone

If you liked this post, you will also love these posts:

Hanging Doors To Hide Mechanicals In The Flip House

Waterproof Flooring For The Shower At Flip House

Paint For Wood Floors In The Flip House

How To Build A Library Ladder

 

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Carpet One Floor & Home®.

Sharing is caring!

333 shares
  • Share

Filed Under: Home Decor Tagged With: Carpet One, flip house, how to pick out carpet

Click HERE to Support My Creative Days



HURRY – 10% OFF EVERYTHING!


Use coupon code: TAKE10 at checkout
LEARN MORE

« How To Pick The Right Hardware For Every Project
Best Upholstered Benches Under $200 »

Comments

  1. Pat says

    May 10, 2019 at 10:03 AM

    Great informative and now I know where to shop first, thank you

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      May 13, 2019 at 9:54 AM

      Your welcome!

      Reply
  2. kim jones says

    May 13, 2019 at 3:13 PM

    good tips. it really is overwhelming in the best way, but you have to like what you get!!! thanks Lindsay

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      May 14, 2019 at 12:55 PM

      Thank you!

      Reply
  3. Sheila says

    June 10, 2019 at 5:32 AM

    Thanks for sharing, Lindsay. Flooring can be such a difficult choice to make and you’ve helped to make it so much easier.

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      June 10, 2019 at 10:40 AM

      Thank you so much for stopping to say so. It is a hard choice to make!

      Reply
  4. Ivy Baker says

    May 6, 2020 at 8:17 PM

    I liked that you explained that I could pick out carpet that has different patterns in it. That could be a really fun thing to get in kids bedrooms. especially since kids mainly play on the floor. Personally, I would like to get something that would also be easy to clean.

    Reply
    • Lindsay says

      May 11, 2020 at 9:05 AM

      Yep! Easy to clean is important!

      Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


follow along

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

search the blog

Listen In!

CLICK TO DOWNLOAD FOR FREE

My Creative Days is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com
If you are looking for the best paint brushes for furniture makeovers, you don't have to look any further. Click over to find the paint brushes that everyone needs in their toolbox when painting furniture or anything for that matter.

Best Paint Brushes For Furniture Makeovers

The Best Black Matte Furniture Paint

DIY Farmhouse Table - Want a farmhouse table? Make your own! Check out how to refinish one easily from My Creative Days.

Farmhouse Table DIY Made From A Dumpster Find

DIY Farmhouse Office Sign

DIY Office Sign

PO Box 11823, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 52410
Copyright © 2023 · Design + Development by Grace + Vine Studios · Privacy Policy

333 shares