UK Flooring Retailer Sets The Hottest Trends in Floor Coverings for 2007

UKCarpetsDirect.com, Britain’s largest and most comprehensive online flooring superstore and advice centre is a resource for the price conscious homemaker wishing to create a look that will turns heads, on a budget that raises eyebrows.

For the latest trends in flooring this year, new in 2007 for UKCarpetsDirect.com’s visitors is their “Ask the Experts” service, manned by a dedicated team of personal flooring advisors to help visitors their important buying decisions without having to leave the comfort of their own home.

The finishing touch to any room is a great floor however current trends in carpet colours are about one or two years behind the fashion industry. To view the future carpet colors before making a decision that could become quickly outdated, visitors can browse through the latest fashion magazines or a visit to their local department store to look at the colors of women's fine clothes would be ideal. However, visitors to http://www.ukcarpetsdirect.com site can browse through the extensive flooring ranges online and request up to 6 quality floor samples to be delivered directly to their door step in a variety of colours and ranges, making it the perfect choice for today’s busy fashion conscious shopper, to color-match furnishings without having the leave the comfort of your home.

UKCarpetsDirect.com rate colors this season. Very much in demand with decorators this year who are becoming more adventurous, moving away from their usual whites and creams. Following this trend, many carpet ranges are now moving towards bright bold colors, suitable for any room in the home. In addition to color, texture is also in this year, sculpted carpets in contemporary patterns and shaggy shags with multi color threads.

Retro colors are making a big come back too, for those who prefer dark warm floors now have carpets in delicious good enough to eat colors like chocolate and kiwi.

Also new for 2007 this year, is an old favourite, as patterns seem to be the next big trend and with summer just around the corner, low profile flat weaves or cable knits are the popular choice to give a light airy feeling to any room.

For laminate or exotic solid wood flooring for this year more excellent new look floors than ever before have reached the market place including oak & walnut solid wood floors. Flooring manufacturers are constantly trying to find new looks from familiar woods. One trend popular this year has been accomplished through varying the way in which the wood is cut, using slicing or rotary cutting to produce different patterns on the face of the wood.
Wood colour also plays a big part this year, ranging from light beech to cinnamon, cherry and warm caramels.
No matter what flooring buyers are searching for, the new UKCarpetsDirect.com site takes all the hassle out of ordering online and gives the most straightforward route to great quality, fashionable and value flooring.