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Industry figures show that sales of stripey home carpet ideas have increased by up to 200 per cent this year as influences from the fashion industry continue to find there way into interior design, providing exciting, hip flooring solutions for peoples abodes.

For a long while it has been noted that fashion and interior trends often go hand in hand; there is also an agreement amongst interior designers that it’s really exciting to be working with carpet again after years of having to focus on alternative flooring choices. A stripy pattern can be put to stunning use in flooring and can be used as a great asset when designing. They can be used to elongate rooms, adjust perspective, and mesh much wider colour palettes than you’d usually be able to use.

There is mounting opinion among those in the interior design and fashion industry that many of the iconic styles which were synonymous with the Seventies have started to make another appearance in regards to carpet. In terms of colour, on trend customers as well as interior designers have been requesting classic 70’s shades such as deep purple, tangerine orange, and forest green.

The online carpet retailer Fun on the Floor are creating a unique space to showcase such carpet ideas. This unique house will be known as the Fun on the Floor house and will play the role of a showroom through a wide range of creatively designed rooms featuring carpet in stunning, creative and fun ways based on current popular trends with interior designers. The house will be open by invitation to trade, national, consumer, regional journalists as well as key influencers such as interior designers, production companies for a free shoot location up until December.

To mark the re-emergence of a passion for carpets Danielle Proud, an established interior designer, is creating a quirky, themed, styled space that features six differently themed rooms. The Fun on the Floor house will be a demonstration of how carpet is a material that can transform a home without costing an arm and a leg through a combination of texture, style and colour. People who pop in for a look can expect to explore the sensorial nature of carpet, appreciate its luxurious look and enjoy the fluffy feeling underfoot – as well appreciate the sound absorbent qualities such a carpet provides.

Leading fashion designers such as Paul Smith play a key role in inspiring the bold range of colours now available in striped carpet collections. Many of the new styles are being given headline space in the interior design industry as well as featuring on the coolest floors across the UK. Bright coloured stripes can add an extra bit of zeal to neutrally decorated rooms, or make a subtle impact, complementing different scale striped soft furnishings.