Are you trying to get a beautiful flooring surface for your home? If so, then you need to take a careful look at 7 different types of carpet for your home.

For high traffic “living” areas in the home such as kitchens, living rooms and dining rooms, hardwood is more popular than carpet these days. However, that doesn’t mean carpet is a thing of the past. Carpet is still widely used in other rooms in the house.

Some of the most common types of carpet you’re likely to come across are:

Cut loop carpet

Polyester carpet

Loop pile carpet

Shag carpet

Plush pile