Tips for choosing carpet flooring for a child’s room

Covering the floor with carpet in the children's room will give the child not only a feeling of warmth and comfort, but will protect him from slipping at the first steps and the consequences of falls. A carpet with a children's drawing becomes for children a developing playground for games, and a variety of drawings allow you to choose a cover for any age of the child.

Is it a good solution to cover the floor of the children's room with a carpet? We will help you sort this matter out.

Pros and cons of baby carpet

It is not difficult to choose a carpet; manufacturers offer carpet for a children's room in a variety of colors and themes, which will be the first basis for exploring the world as a baby. But as a material for flooring, carpet has its advantages and disadvantages that must be considered when buying.

Carpet coverings are the longest in use, as they do not fade, unlike pile or wickerwork

Advantages of using carpet in a nursery:

1. Heat saving. Kids spend most of their wakeful time on the floor, the carpet perfectly retains heat, which will save the child from the common cold.
2. Safety precautions. The carpet softens bumps during falls, which are inevitable when the child begins to walk and run.
3. Soundproofing. The neighbors from the lower floors will appreciate your concern for their peace when the children play and run.
4. Dust retention. The villi have the ability to retain dust particles, they do not float in the air and do not irritate the baby's mucosa.
5. Strength. Thanks to new technologies and materials, children's carpet can last for decades without changing color and shape.
6. Brightness. The rug allows you to create an additional bright spot in the room, which has a beneficial effect on the development of the kids.

Carpet with a beautiful bright pattern will appeal to any child

Cons of using carpet:

1. Difficulty to clean. In children's rooms, spots often appear that are very difficult to remove. It is better to abandon the white color and light shades and give preference to bright patterns, which are less visible childish pranks.
2. Regular cleaning. Dust accumulates in the pile, so the carpet for the room needs daily vacuuming and regular wet cleaning with cleaning foam.

With regular care, a carpet will give more benefits for a child than laminate or linoleum and create a warm, comfortable atmosphere for the baby in the room.

A correctly selected carpet will make the room more comfortable and create an atmosphere of comfort and safety.

Options for carpets for children

All parents want the best for their children, so the question of which carpet is best for children — made from natural or artificial fibers — comes to the fore when choosing.

The carpet in the children's room should be soft and comfortable to the touch.

Children's carpet made of their polyamide (nylon) holds its shape well, does not fade, and most importantly - does not cause allergies

Types of carpets:

• Loop pile rug.It is made of soft synthetic fibers, by forming a loop of different sizes on the basis, it is pleasant to crawl and walk on it. The carpet holds heat very well, but for a children's room the pile is better to choose not too long, it is more difficult to care for it.
  

  It will be especially difficult to clean a long looped rug.

• Needle-punched carpet. The most dense and reliable coating, which is made from synthetic materials based on acrylic, nylon, polyester and polypropylene. The coating is not expensive, but when choosing it is worth paying attention to the composition and softness of the product, often manufacturers replace hypoallergenic materials with cheaper analogues.
  

  Needle-punched carpet looks like felt

• Woven. It is made only from natural wool with the addition of cotton fiber, silk and linen threads. Such a carpet will cost much more than synthetic analogs, and serve, in a children's room, much less. It is more difficult to remove dust from natural material and remove complex stains.
  

  Woven carpet for children's rooms is made using the same technology as ordinary carpet.

• Wicker carpets. They create a dense coating that is not afraid of moisture and perfectly keeps heat. Made from natural fibers of banana, bamboo, guillemot and jute plants, such a carpet will be an excellent solution for school children and will become an adornment of a teenager’s room.
  

  Wicker rugs are available in various sizes, colors and textures.

• Modular coating. It is made from synthetic materials and consists of fragments that are easily connected together. From this cover you can create a bright and original rug with your child, who will be happy to spend time on it.
  

  From soft modules you can assemble a mat of the right size or even completely cover the floor in the children's room

The main thing when choosing a carpet in the form of flooring for a room where children live is the safety of the materials from which it is made and paints, vivid drawings often make children want to try a beautiful drawing that tastes good, which can be unsafe.

The shorter the pile on the carpet, the easier it is to care for it.

Dense pile coating keeps its shape better, more durable and easier to care for.

The carpet will fade longer if woven from threads dyed in bulk

Choosing a design for baby carpet

When choosing the design and color of flooring, it is necessary to take into account the age and gender of the child. Bright colors and too small, variegated drawings can bore the baby, and the faded color will not cause interest in the child and the desire to play on it.

Kids will love the images of butterflies, cars or characters from animated films

Stained modular tiles can be easily removed and cleaned, or simply replaced with new ones.

Carpet can also be the first teaching and developmental fabric for a preschooler, but it will begin to annoy an adult child. Adolescents need a special approach and the best choice of carpet will be the one that he chooses.

The color of the flooring can be matched to the curtains.

For kids, the combination of bright colors and delicate shades should be balanced, a large amount of red, orange and blue can negatively affect the psyche. It is better to choose light neutral tones: beige, brown and gray as the main tone, and use bright colors in drawings and ornaments. Also, it is not recommended to use white color in the nursery, it scatters the child’s attention during classes, and any small spot during cleaning can cause a lot of trouble.

Kids carpet design for boys.

The choice of carpet design is very rich, the best solution is to buy it with your child. If this is not possible, then it is necessary to take into account his preferences in games. It can be a whole city on the floor with streets, passages and bridges for playing cars or picturesque forests and rivers with landing sites for a young pilot. Fairytale castles with their inhabitants for dreamers and visionaries.

Carpet-town - a great solution for the room of a little boy

Blue or blue carpet suitable for the room of the boy in a marine style

A carpet in the form of a football field or a large chessboard will delight a boy who is fond of these sports.

“Real” football field in the room of a young athlete

For a matured boy, abstract drawings or geometric figures on the carpet in the form of circles, ovals, stripes and squares are better suited.

Kids carpet design for girls.

Young ladies prefer cartoon characters and fairy tales that develop fantasy. For a girl, warm shades in combination with bright colors, ornaments and butterflies are preferable.

Carpet with bright flowers in the room of a young princess

A carpet in the form of a forest glade with colorful flowers may please a girl even when she grows up and enters a transitional age. For girls of senior school age, monophonic floor coverings in dull colors, with light, barely noticeable embossed ornaments, are preferable.

Chic version of the carpet for the young lady

The choice of carpet should be approached individually for each room in which your child lives and it is worth considering what he is interested in, what he is fond of and what colors he prefers.

Options for decorating a room with carpets

With the help of carpeting in the room, you can create a convenient area for children’s games, separately allocate a berth and a zone for classes.

Carpet of colored squares in the room of the girl

Pay attention to carpets that have different pile lengths. Using different lengths, volumetric drawings are created that will interest the baby for a long time. The thematic picture on the carpet will help to develop abstract thinking in the child, develop imagination and instill a sense of beauty. But volumetric drawings are best used in the playing area, and the rest should have a smooth surface for safe active games.

Adolescent children often choose plain flooring

If there are a couple of children living in the room who prefer different colors and hobbies, you will have to find a compromise, the best solution is to choose a neutral color, but to zone the room with a different pattern.

Universal gray color suitable for both boys and girls

Knowing the preferences of your child in colors and games, you can easily choose a floor covering in the nursery that will be interesting for the baby and comfortable for the teenager.

Video: Rules for choosing a carpet in a nursery

Photo: Carpet in the interior of the nursery