The Best Carpet – Shaw Carpet

The Best Carpet – Shaw Carpet

With a name like Top Shelf Interiors, you might guess that we’re pretty particular about only carrying the best products…those from the “top shelf.”  That’s why we’ve chosen to work only with Shaw Carpets.

Shaw Carpet is simply the best residential carpet manufacturer in America.  We’re proud to install carpet from Shaw Carpets and know that you’ll be happy with their products in your home.

Why would you put in carpet instead of wood or tile or any other option?   Carpet has more color choices, brings warmth to a room, and can end the echo sound effects that higher ceilings and hard surface floors often cause.

Carpet colors are exploding.  After several decades where the choice of color was “which beige do you like better? people are reaching out to bring in a rainbow of colors.  And the carpet industry has responded with broad pallets of both color and patterns.

One option that allows for lots of flexibility is the carpet square.  Carpet squares can be all the same color or you can add bold geometric patterns by using several different carpet colors.  Installation is easy and so is replacing a damaged piece.  You can even rearrange your carpet squares to balance carpet wear or to change a design.

Carpet Types

Carpet types go in and out of fashion, just like colors and styles of other products for your home.  Some common types are plush carpet, level or high-low loop carpet, berber carpet, frieze carpet, and the well-known shag rug.

Our advice?  Pick a style you’re comfortable with and that goes with the rest of your furnishings and your home design.

Other factors in what your carpet will look like are color, pattern and textures.  You’ll be amazed at the difference you’ll see when you explore the variations.   The great thing about buying your residential carpet from Top Shelf Interiors is that we bring the carpet samples to your home, so you can put them next to your furniture and wall color to decide on the best match with the rest of your home.

Our partners at Shaw Carpet also have a neat little feature on their website called "Try on a Floor." You can upload a picture of your room and, in just a few clicks, replace your floor with one of their samples so you can see how they would look in your home.

What to look for when buying carpeting

Shaw Carpet, and other carpet makers, has a broad range of prices for what might appear to be similar carpets.  The old adage “You get what you pay for” is true in buying carpet. Top Shelf Interiors will help you decide what carpet will be the best investment for each area of your home.

Carpet yarn can be made from many different man-made and natural materials.  Carpet wear and stain resistance are both affected by the blend of materials.  Carpet prices are also affected by the thickness of the yarn and the number of pieces of yarn that are used per square inch.

Carpet Pad also will affect the wearability and the feel of the carpet as you walk on it.  Installing cheap pad is definitely not going to save you money in the long run.