Shaggy Carpets

 Shaggy Carpets

Soft and pleasant to the touch carpet - a key element of the design of the home. He is able to change the atmosphere of the room, filling it with home comfort and special attractiveness. Among the wide range of models produced, Shaggy carpets are especially popular with customers: they are unique, have a number of differences from other analogues and stand out against their background with a mass of advantages.

What it is?

Shaggy carpets - a separate line of flooring with a special structure and length of the pile. They are a canvas with a dense base, are included in the group of long-pile carpet flooring.

In translation, the name of the carpet means “shaggy”, it differs from other varieties of similar coatings by the type of villi that fill the carpet.Shaggy consists of a set of twisted villi, different in thickness, due to which it looks volumetric and has a dense web. This is its main difference from the Saxon pile, consisting of villus of the same thickness. It does not look like a cut-loop with cut and uncut loops, as well as an elastic frieze having a heat treatment of twisted fibers.

Shaggy carpet is unique in that, depending on the model and material of manufacture, it may have a different pile length and purpose. It is relevant as:

  • decorative design element;
  • soundproofing room;
  • flooring insulation.

Sometimes models are bought specifically for children in order to emphasize the play area of ​​the children's room.

Benefits

Shaggy carpets are unique. The peak of their popularity is due to several advantages.

They:

  • they can be an independent accent of the room or a connecting link of individual elements of the interior, emphasizing the idea of ​​design or setting its style;
  • manufactured on a mass production method or individually by the hands at home;
  • they are distinguished by a wide range of used raw materials of natural, artificial or mixed origin with different performance characteristics;
  • based on the features of the model, they can be sredlinlny or high-haul (from 3 to 8 cm);
  • are issued in a standard and non-standard look, differing in a form and the size of cloths;
  • most models are antistatic (do not accumulate static electricity), and therefore do not harm the health of users;
  • make a note of luxury in the interior, pointing to the delicate taste of the owners of the house;
  • Considering the different lengths of the pile, they can be located in different rooms of the dwelling;
  • based on the features of color and pattern, they can visually create the necessary illusion of design (increase the space of the room, make the room more illuminated or expressive, eliminating light spots);
  • they relieve the room of excessive moisture by maintaining the “right” room climate;
  • they are distinguished by a colorful color palette, allowing the buyer to choose an option taking into account the color features of the design or as an unobtrusive contrast accent;
  • in spite of high pile, they are performed not only in a single color: the design provides for a simple print, subject to different styles and soft contrasting combinations of shades;
  • depending on the raw materials used, they can be treated with a special dirt-repellent impregnation;
  • due to the price of the raw materials used and its volume, they have a wide range of costs, allowing the buyer to find the best option, taking into account the taste, the right subject and the available budget.

Location

Shaggy carpets are beautiful, but completely unsuitable for areas with high cross.

They can not be laid in the kitchen, hallway or hallway:

  • it looks out of place and tasteless;
  • in these places, the likelihood of pollution and abrasion is higher;
  • Shaggy are more decorative than protective flooring canvases.

Their location depends on the length of the pile and its texture:

  • a long (6-8 cm), elastic and thick pile is relevant in the living room;
  • soft and high pile (4-5 cm) is good for the bedroom;
  • medium pile (3-4 cm) is appropriate in the nursery;
  • model with a 3D effect (combination of nap with a smooth surface) is good in rooms of different types (bedroom, living room, nursery).

Minuses

With a lot of advantages at the carpet "shaggy" type with a long nap there are several disadvantages. They:

  • capricious in care, react to chemicals, quickly lose the beauty of texture, if the cleaning is wrong;
  • suffer from every cleansingtherefore, it is rarely necessary to spend it (no more than once a week or two), changing the structure of the villi;
  • need careful selection of the structure and density of the pile, otherwise they do not have a long service life (the choice of material is important);
  • impractical accumulate dust on the surface of the pile and down to the base, which contributes to the appearance of dust mites and allergies;
  • short-lived, as being performed exclusively from natural fibers, they need a synthetic additive;
  • not always performed at a high level (glue or badly knitted base collapses over time);
  • hide various little thingsthat fell on the surface of the carpet-sheggi (rings, earrings, food crumbs, beads, needles, pins, paper clips, etc.);
  • pretty quickly fade in the sun, settling down in the most lighted place of the room;
  • form a misalignment of furnitureif it does not stand on the entire surface of the carpet.

Kinds

Shaggy carpets are diverse and are divided into three types:

  • models for the entire area of ​​the room;
  • options for selecting a specific zone;
  • carpet paths.

Products perform a different method: wicker, tayfingovy or fragmentary.Unlike lint-free analogs, three threads are used in the creation of these carpets (the one that forms the base, the villus filaments and the villus fixatives). Categories have different sizes and shapes. Options to cover the entire area of ​​the room are shorter than the length of the pile, the tracks adhere to the average.

Products to emphasize the room area are more luxurious.

Forms

The "appearance" of Shaggy is different. Trademarks offer various standard options in the usual geometric outlines, among which the most popular carpet:

  • rectangular;
  • square;
  • oval;
  • round.

Non-standard models are performed more often with a figured edge that repeats the pattern of the canvas. It can be the outlines of circles superimposed one on another, semicircular festoons of different sizes, edges in the form of zigzags, etc. More creative models are made in the form of large flowers, inflorescences, animal skins.

It is worth noting that the form is not too complicated: a long pile does not allow to achieve an expressive edge.

Colors

The color solutions of Shaggy long-pile carpets are multifaceted and subject to the color characteristics of the design of a particular room.All shades are allowed except for aggressive (blood red) and dark (dark blue and black). The most popular are green, lilac, pink, white, beige, sand, chocolate color. No less in demand models in purple, mint, turquoise, heavenly hue.

The prints of the models are simple: more often they are squares, stripes, waves, zigzags and smooth transitions of shades.

Less often models are decorated with different rings, circles and abstract lines.

What material is softer?

Despite the different types of raw materials, the texture of Shaggy canvases is different. Using cotton, wool, silk, nylon, polyester, polyurethane, acrylic, microfiber, trademarks get a different type of surface carpet. The models of natural fibers are distinguished by their excellent softness: they are pleasant to the touch, however, they are short-lived, and finding them on sale without the addition of synthetic threads is not easy. By their properties, acrylic and microfiber are close to them.

How to choose?

To facilitate the choice of the model will help a few recommendations that should be noted:

  • First, it is important to scroll through the reviews of the owners about a particular product, manufacturer and store where the purchase is planned (on several sites for greater accuracy);
  • availability of documentation in the form of a certificate quality and compliance with safety standards speaks in favor of a quality product;
  • worth exploring the base: it should be rubber, vinyl or cotton, dense, knitted or made by needle-punching (tapping) method;
  • quality fiber when bent, it quickly restores its structure, it has an elastic, rather dense pile;
  • Strong smell indicates toxic dyes and toxic glue (such a purchase is undesirable);
  • carpet composition should be combined (mix of natural and synthetic fibers), long-haired products made of polyester are good options;
  • worth considering: the higher the nap, the more resilient, dense and thick it should be;
  • based on practical color product selection is carried out;
  • when buying, you can focus on the weight of the carpet: A quality coating with a dense texture is rather heavy, but it will not slide over the floor covering.

Options in the interior

Shaggy carpet - harmonious accent of the room. However, to look appropriate, he needs support in the form of small elements of interior design, for example:

  • white carpet It will perfectly fit into the interior with purple furniture, if, as a bundle, a pillow will be added in a similar style with a similar texture and color;
  • grass mat with different shades of green is good for highlighting the corner, having the support in the form of the green of a small picture;
  • pink coating It will be a good decoration of the room if its shade is repeated in the colors of the pattern of bed linen or bedspreads;
  • model in beige and brown contrasts save the room from the abundance of dark colors, with support in the form of wall color;
  • soft carpet Shaggy gray shade draws out the faded interior in neutral tones, repeating in the texture of a plaid or decorative pillows;
  • product in contrasting shades on a white background will create the illusion of a set with furniture, if the interior composition is complemented by a cape on the sofa and decorative pillows of identical shades of carpet.

Review of one of these products, see the following video.

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