Tips on how to select the right colour and style. Use colour to expand or shrink a room. Light-coloured carpets will make smaller rooms seem larger, especially if the walls are white or a lighter tint of the carpet colour. Rich, deep coloured carpets, on the other hand, can make large rooms intimate and cosy. Use colour to change the climate. Red, yellows, and browns can help warm up a north-facing room. Blues, greens or violets are ideal in the sun belt, or can be used to cool off a southern exposure. Use colour to set the mood. Warm reds and oranges create an active atmosphere, great for family rooms. Cooler blues and greens give you a tranquil setting for bedrooms and other quiet areas of your home. Practical ways to judge carpet quality and lasting performance. Pile density. Density refers to the spacing between the individual tufts or loops that make up the carpet pile. Dense carpets packs more fibre into the pile so that it wares longer, resists crushing and matting better and retains its texture longer in heavy use. Dense carpets also helps to resist stains and dirt by keeping them on the surface of the pile. General rule, the deeper and denser the pile, the better the carpet will perform. How to read carpet labels. On the back of every carpet sample, there are usually several types of carpet labels. At first, they may seem bewildering and highly technical, but they are there to provide you, the consumer, with important information on construction features and warranties. Mill label - identifies the carpet mill and the carpet name, style and construction and content. Fibre producer label - the most important label to look for, because fibre brand is so important to performance. Make sure that this label warrants the carpet for at least five years against stain, dirt, static and wear. Backing label - high quality carpets will often have a label from the manufacturer of the backing. Why Waly Carpet? - it's more than stain resistant, it's totally care free. When you shop with confidence for any major purchase, it makes the experience enjoyable. When you shop for a Waly carpet, you can be confident you are getting a carpet with all the advanced features available on the market today. State of the art stain barrier protection. With this protection against stains, you will have minutes, hours, and sometimes even days to discover a spill and clean it away before it can leave a stain. Built-in protection against dirt, your carpet's greatest enemy. This built-in protection resists the transfer of dirt to your carpet from the bottom of shoes. Whatever dirt is deposited is in effect. Your vacuum can easily and effectively remove it, and helping to maintain its beauty. Protection against static. Protection against wear. Anti-microbial treatment. All Waly carpets are treated with a special anti-microbial agent for protection against microbial deterioration. This treatment actually prohibits the growth of bacteria, yeast, mould and mildew on contact, thus preventing order and carpet discoloration. The comprehensive 5-year carpet warranty.