I am looking to install new carpet in my living room since the former owner had installed incredibly cheap berber carpet and it is impossibly stained and will not come clean. My walls are a creamy beige and I have a stained glass window with red and beige prints, my curtains are bugandy and I have red border. Burgandy is my favorite color and it will compliment the decor that is already in my living room. Eventually (as in ten years from now or so when the economy is better) I would like to sell my house and invest in something nicer. My mother in law is saying that if I were to install the berry red carpet I like, it would decrease the value of my home since according to her, most people who are looking to buy are looking for a home with neutral colors and brown carpet. What is your opinion on this? Do you think that if you were looking to buy a home you would offer less bc of my carpet choice?
Just for the record, I am going to go ahead and install it because I will be the one living here for ten years and I can always replace it by the time I want to sell. I was just curious is all. Especially since, in all the fashion and home and garden magazine red is the new in color. Of course, all that will have changed by the time I want to sell. LOL Just curious…
nope as long as u give carpet money for them to buy new carpet.. our carpet was really f***ed up so we gave them carpet money
I would love it. I would hate stained carpet. It’s a hassle to change the carpet out, so new carpet would be lovely.
Plus I love red. But I’m just weird like that. If your house is mostly browns and whites, I would say no, go for white or maybe brown. But if you have some color in your house, go for it.
actually yes it will make your house hard to sell…
(and it’s burgundy) people like neutral colors when buying a house, not always brown/beige…gray, taupe, off white, white…
yes it will.
a popular color is …..seagrass….in a course wool like drysdale,etc
Well….I watch DIY tv, and yes people don’t like bright colors for carpet…but keep in mind its just carpet. So if they don’t like it, its not something permanent it can easily be changed and its not as expensive as replacing a bathtub or something like that so……GO WITH THE RED AND DO WHAT YOU WANT!!
If it was me I don’t think I want a home with red carpet. Now if it was a bedroom I think it would be pretty for a girls bedroom!To answer you question yes I think it would decrease the value of the home.
I dont know about decreasing the value, but it will only appeal to a small amount of people who look at your house when you are selling it. Stick with neutral colors, earth tones, nothing too wild. It will actually make your red and burgundy accents “pop” even more. You can also layer a few rugs, any color you like on top on your neutral carpet, the brighter and bolder, the better. Put one under your coffee table , or your dining room table, or a runner down a hall way or in an entry way. Will extend the life of that new carpet too protecting traffic areas and best of all they can be rolled up and taken with you when you move.
i would hate red carpet :S
personally hardwood is my only choice of flooring other than tile in bathrooms..
Red WILL decrease your saleability, and there are other drawbacks. First, it’s simply very aggressive. Second, when reds or burgundies are a 1/4-tone off from one another the effect is like an ambulance factory. And reds are a bitch to match anyway. Third, NEVER go with an aggressive “in” color–it won’t be “out” by the time you sell; it will be “out” in two years or less–and you’ll cringe when guests come over. Plus, burgundy is NOT red, and they’re likely to clash.
Instead, try this. Taupe is a shade of tan with a reddish tone; make that the base of your carpet. Then choose one with a heather that’s a lighter tan with burgundy dusted lightly throughout. The effect will be killer–the drapes and prints will just POP off the walls, and you can indulge your preference by buying Chinese-style lamps and knick-knacks, many of which use reds as accent colors. Trust me–people will be in awe of your decor without quite knowing exactly how you did it. Go to my Answers and you’ll see how I did the same thing with greens and blues for someone else. You can enjoy your favorite colors without risking looking wacky next year.
Since you have mentioned that you will anyway install the color you like. You should go for red only.
Enjoy your red carpet now, and when it’s time to sell, just remove your red border and make sure that most of your color in walls, furnishings, other surface areas, are more neutral like a warm tan or cream. replace your burgundy curtains with a textured neutral as well (then you can take the curtains you so like with you anyway!) Tie in the red with accent pillows and accessories in touches here and there so it takes on an elegant look, more of the red in the foreground as the secondary color rather than the most predominant. You could even put an area rug down over the middle of it so it becomes more of an accent as a carpet color too….but just when it’s time to sell. Meanwhile, thoroughly enjoy your color!
Good for You. Always pick a color you love, unless you are trying to sell now. If you had picked the popular “color” white from the 1990s your room would be dated today. Who knows what will be popular in 10 years. Always pick what you like if its for you.