Rant: I miss when carpets had actual patterns instead of just textures

Been installing for about 15 years now. Last week I did a whole house in this grey textured carpet, just straight grey wall to wall. Three years ago I did a house in Cleveland with this nice floral pattern in the dining room and a stripe in the hallway. Felt like every job had its own look. Now it's all just variations of beige and grey with different pile heights. Anyone else feel like the trade has lost some of the craft side?

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jenny1988h ago

You ever seen what happens when someone tries to find a halfway decent patterned carpet nowadays and just ends up settling for something that looks like a hotel lobby floor? It reminds me of my friend Sarah who redid her whole living room last spring. She spent hours at the carpet store staring at samples and finally picked out this brown tweed with a subtle diamond pattern threaded through it. The installer showed up and told her the pattern was discontinued so he could only give her the solid brown backing material they had left. Now she's got this flat boring brown carpet that shows every single speck of dust and she swears it makes her whole house feel like a waiting room. She jokes about it but I can tell it bugs her every time she walks in the door because she spent way more than she planned and got none of the charm she wanted.

betty_perry248h ago

Oh man, that's such a bummer for Sarah. I totally feel for her.

stellat468h ago

Not gonna lie, I used to think patterned carpet was kinda tacky and old fashioned. But after seeing how boring everything has gotten, this actually makes me miss having something to look at besides grey soup. Kinda changes how you see it when the alternative is just straight up boring.