ALL ABOUT FLOORS

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weave, are thicker and bouncier than
pile carpets. Unlike pile carpets, berber
carpets camouflage dirt well with their
texture. Walking on them rarely leaves
pressure prints or scuffs.
Sissal carpets were popular in the
1940s and 1950s as summer carpeting.
Sissal is a lightweight rough weave car-
pet that can be put down and taken up
easily. Easy maintenance and its clean,
simple look are the two advantages of
sissal carpet.
In contrast to the simple designs of
sissal, Oriental rugs feature elegant de-
sign with vivid coloring. Before the Iran-
ian revolution, most Oriental rugs came
from Iran. Because of the U.S. trade em-
bargo, almost no rugs have come out of
Iran in the last ten years. Oriental rugs
are now made in China, India, Pakistan
and even Turkey and Rumania.
All Oriental rugs are handknotted by
master weavers. Prices for a 9 X 12 rug
start around $1200. Oriental rugs can
last decades or even centuries and can
easily fit in any decor.
The options may seem endless in to-
day's flooring world.

Colorful Homes

Watch for 1993
Style Magazines
in the
spring and
in the fall.

STYLE

magazine

70 •

FALL 1992 • STYLE

With the help of high quality paints
and sophisticated color planning
systems, today's homeowners are in-
creasingly bringing painting fashion
to their home exteriors. Two of the
most popular trends: more colorful ex-
teriors, and painting schemes involv-
ing up to four different colors.
In warm climates like Florida, the
Gulf Coast and California, home-
owners are favoring pastel shades, par-
ticularly pale blue, pink or coral.
Sometimes several of these shades are
used on the same house to create a
pleasant complementary effect.
In northern climates, darker colors
are gaining popularity, especially
those in the brown and red families.
Browns are also popular in the South-
west, as are beiges.
Often, homeowners will experiment
by using a light, perhaps pastel, color
for exterior walls, then giving the
house some drama by adding a
stronger "punch" color on doors and
trim for contrast.

