This look back in time is particularly pertinent to midcentury homes, because the big boom in residential carpet did not occur until after WWII. РІР‚СљThe past is always relevant to the future,РІР‚Сњ she said.

For the past few years, she explained, her design team has been on the lookout for vintage carpet remnants that visually capture the key colors, style and design trends. It was covered with a growing collection of carpet samples reaching back several decades. While she was talking to me, Emily had a birdРІР‚в„ўs eye view to the big РІР‚Сљhistory of carpetРІР‚Сњ table in her design studio. Inside ShawРІР‚в„ўs Color, Style & Design Studio РІР‚вЂњ Eyes on the future with a view to the past Read on for this exclusive interview chock-full of delightful carpet history and tips. We also talked about how the industry determines its color trends РІР‚вЂњ including todayРІР‚в„ўs gray-love - and whatРІР‚в„ўs up next. I had the chance to speak with Emily by phone recently about the history of carpet from the 1950s through today. Wall-to-wall in the new living room said, РІР‚СљWeРІР‚в„ўve arrived and are staking our claim to our little piece of the American Dream. In fact, IРІР‚в„ўm going to compare wall-to-wall carpeting to electric stoves in the way they both epitomized a whole new level of comfort and convenience that had become accessible, affordable РІР‚вЂњ and desirable - to the masses for the first time. To the American family of the 1950s on, carpeting was a luxury previously out-of-reach. Fast forward to 1968 РІР‚вЂњ and the industry sold almost 400 million yards. In 1951 - as the post-World War II housing boom in America was still ramping up - the carpeting industry sold about six million square yards of tufted wall-to-wall carpeting nationwide. Is wall-to-wall carpet РІР‚СљauthenticРІР‚Сњ and appropriate for midcentury homes? You bet! Consider this data, provided by Emily Morrow, Shaw FloorsРІР‚в„ў director of Color, Style and Design for Residential Carpet and Hard Surfaces: Residential Carpet and Hard Surfaces,Р’В Shaw Floors

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