Would you ever have a grey carpet

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We have a large family room (5m square) with triple doors onto garden.

The carpet is trashed and needs replacing. Eventually we want wooden floors thought but that is a few years off as involves a new kitchen too.

The walls are a medium yellow. TV cabinet is great (ikea ) and the sofas are brown.

The carpet needs to be darker than we have now, to be practical.

Really my choices are medium brown or grey.

I like the grey against the yellow (and we will eventually have silver:grey blinds) but worry as the carpet is so big it will just look dreary. Also concerned that, rather than hide dirt, it will look permanently filthy.

I have seen some gorgeous grey carpets but you do have to choose carefully or it could end up looking a bit office like

I had a very dark charcoal grey carpet in my old house . It looked amazing and wore really well but was ££££

I worry about the office ness - am thinking a Berber weave, rather than the more grooved effect as that does remind me of photo copiers

The brown looks OK but doesn't make me excited (as much as a carpet can).

There is a mid grey and a darker charcoal.

I actually think the darker charcoal looks less 'dirty ' than the mid grey.

I would certainly consider grey. If it's a large space could you break up the grey with a fabulous big rug?

Yes. Really like it, agree re shade being tricky. Doesn't look grubby, been down a year with 3 under fives so it's doing okay in my book.

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The one next to the cabinet is the mid-grey and the one next to the wall is the dark grey

I think I'd go for a lighter grey ,but definitely nicer than the brown .

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Thanks floral

The lighter one is lovely ( and would go very nicely with the Harris Tweed Sofa that I'm lusting after at the moment) .

My friend has got a slate grey (grey/blue) carpet the same shade as this, which looks fabulous with oak furniture and walls in a light hessian / taupe.

I have that light grey in my stairs and hate it with a passion. I was dying for a grey carpet but I can't wait to change it.
Sorry

Absolutely go for the grey!

I have a black carpet and it is marvellous, albeit in need of vacuuming quite a lot.

Why do you hate it cocolepew?

Don't know

It never looks clean and it's dull, there's just something about it I don't like. It's a bit boring.

I have an ace light grey carpet, almost silver looking I love it. It's a dirt forgiving colour but still looks light and bright.

I have light grey and I think it shows up the dirt actually. You can see a grubby patch in doorways and on the stairs (maybe we are just filthy? ). I thought it was darker than it turned out to be because once the pile flattened it appeared lighter if you see what I mean. I'd go for a dark grey.