Planning to replace all the bedroom carpets. Will probably do thelaying myself. However ....Looking at the online sources of carpets, whether it's thecheap paper-thin tat being sold on eBay (that claims to be £19.99psm in the shops) or high-cost stuff from online carpet stores orfrom "proper" retailers with a web storefront - most of theirnon-patterned offerings appear to only be available in various shadesof brown, from light cream through an assortment of made up namesthrough to "chocolate" or somesuch - with maybe a dark red, dark blueor various shades of grey as alternatives.Did I miss the memo that carpets can, henceforth, only be soldin colours that makes the floor look as if it's a shade of mud?OK, rant over. I feel better now.

You try buying a coloured bathroom suite now...OK advocado was a bit off, but the peach wasn't tacky - IMHO anyway...

In article, MartOr on Ebay, that's what's left over after the good stuff is sold.

Carpet replacement: why are they all brown?

Aug 17, 2011 23 Replies

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sweetheart 14 years ago

It was avacado in my house. Horrid thing. Dark left white marks all the time. OH managed to change it for a nice new white one last year. You cannot beat white in a bathroom. My aunt had a pink one. That was a nice one.

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ARWadsworth 14 years ago

I prefer pink and not brown

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Martin Bonner 14 years ago

Oh I see now. The answer to "why are most carpets on offer brown" is almost /certainly/ "that's what sells best". Shrug.

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Dave Plowman (News) 14 years ago

Or on Ebay, that's what's left over after the good stuff is sold.

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