When we choose carpet for stairs, our quest will become a sort of elimination process. The question, when carpeting stairs, is not so much what's the best style of carpet for stairs. Rather, the question is which styles to avoid. At that point, we can choose from the styles that remain.
Let's begin our carpet-for-stairs decision with a basic factor: Are the stairs a high traffic area, or not? If not, we can widen our options and place virtually any sort of carpet for stairs in a low traffic area. (Or for that matter, we can do without carpet in the first place.) But for the purpose of this article, we will assume that we're discussing carpet for stairs that are frequently used in our home.
The first style we will want to scratch from our carpet for stairs list, in our process of elimination, is saxony or plush. Ah, yes, the soft and deep and velvet feel of saxony is just wonderful for a master bedroom, a little-used formal living room, or maybe even a dining room. But saxony carpet for stairs? Not only will we see footprints and vacuum marks, but saxony on stairs simply is tacky in the first place.
If we don't want saxony, then we probably don't want want cable either when we carpet our stairs. Cable doesn't look as gaudy as saxony, but still it can crush and matte, even though cable doesn't show footprints as readily. If you want cable on your stairs but you want your stairs to look good, be prepared for frequent vacuuming.
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