I need a hall/stair carpet practical but looks good - help

[Chumhum]

We are doing our hall, stairs and landing in our Victorian house. The plan is to paint it all white and for the 'big' walls to be full of paintings/pictures. I'm struggling with the carpet choice, I know from experience that a darker colour shows every speck of fluff but am not sure about a very light carpet with three teens and a couple of dogs. I could be persuaded to go light if I could be sure it'd be easy to clean but I don't want that shiny look you get with man made carpets. I'd be prepared to go for a pattern but not the pub carpet look. Our taste is modern/mid century/eclectic. Any ideas?

stripes?
like these
www.allfloorsexpress.co.uk/carpet-c3/striped-c29

We have the purply one going up our stairs (stripe goes up) and it looks really good I think!

Brintons do some fabulous mid century style carpets. It depends on your budget though, as they are quite expensive.

I am looking for a carpet for my hall at the moment, with cost and practicality taken into account I'm going for a flecked carpet as won't show bits too much. In a neutral grey or brown - I'm choosing out of this exciting array at John Lewis

We've got this (main picture showing cashew colour) in our hallway stairs and landing and it's wearing really well after a year and looks great. Gets lots of positive comments :)