14 carpet ideas for your home

Choose bright colours for the floor to give your home the wow factor.

Ulster Carpets, Ulster Velvet in Imperial Red, 80% (pictured) wool 20% nylon, £68 per square metre, ulstercarpets.com

A neutral carpet creates a calm atmosphere in this room.

Kersaint Cobb, chic pinstripe in Amsterdam, £47 per square metre, kersaintcobb.co.uk

Patterned carpet makes a real statement in a room.

Brintons, renaissance classics in Khali fire, 80% wool 20% nylon, £95 per square metre, £95 per square metre, brintons.net

Netrual stripes work really well in a hall.

Axminster Carpets, simply Natural Stripe in Vogue, 100% wool, from £47 per Square metre, axminster-carpets.co.uk

Bold stripes look stunning with plain white walls.

Brockway Carpets, Regatta in Charleston red, 100% wool, £54 per square metre/£45 per linea metre, brockway.co.uk

Large rugs with borders give this kitchen a warm look.

Alternative flooring rug, £238.95 (2.5m by 1.5m), Coir Herringbone Natural Rug with Ochre and Porcelain cotton double wide border, 2.4m long x 1.5m wide, £238.95, alternativeflooring.com

Add interest in a room by using two different carpets on the floor.

Carpetright, Linear Riverstone and Silkstone Carpet, £34.99 per square metre, carpetright.co.uk

A pale carpet is the perfect contrast for deep painted walls.

Victoria Carpets, Options 288 in Salmon, £24 per square metre, 80% wool 20% polypropylene, victoriacarpets.com

Bold colour blocking works well in a sitting room.

Brintons, Bell Twist in watermelon, 80% wool 20% nylon, £40 per square metre, brintons.net

Runners work well in hallways and up the stairs too.

Roger Oates, Chatham Mallow Runner, 100% wool flatweave, £115 per linear metre (70cm wide), rogeroates.com

Practical and hardwearing Luxelle carpet is ideal for high traffic areas.

Cormar Carpets, Sensation in Arctic Grey, 100% Luxelle, from £24 per square metre, cormarcarpets.co.uk

A striped carpet helps create an illusion of space in a room.

Crucial Trading, Wool Biscayne in Lime/BS102, £69 per square metre, crucial-trading.com

Dark floors and furnishings create drama in a room.

Ulster Carpets, Wellington Stripe in Quay, 100% Laneve wool, £39 per square metre, ulstercarpets.com

Clean lines and tonal carpet give this room a relaxing atmosphere.

Cormar Carpets, Sensation Heathers in Eastern Teak, 100% Luxelle, £26 per square metre, cormarcarpets.co.uk