Focus on Style: Celebrity designer Vern Yip helps you bring style inspired by the latest fashion trends into your home decor.

The most influential fashion designers and experts in the industry set the trends we see on the pages of fashion magazines, on television and movie screens, and department store racks. In addition, clothing fashions influence home décor style trends as well!

Carpet Today
Carpet is a critical component of the interior of most homes. It is often the best place to start building your room design and is the surface that you come into contact with most in the space.

The latest carpet styles are all about smart, sophisticated comfort. Texture is also a huge trend in carpet.

Now you have a wide variety of carpet choices in easy-to-work-with patterns that are both timeless and elegant. For carpet styles, pattern is becoming just as important, if not more so, than color.

Recently, I have been incorporating several different loop and cut-loop patterned carpets throughout one residence in one tight, neutral color range.

Offering a wide variety of carpet styles in the season’s hottest colors, STAINMASTER® carpet allows you to bring simple, elegant runway style into your home.

Deciphering the Fashion Color Code
I love soothing colors for the bedroom. More dynamic environments, such as a family or dining room, should have vibrant tones such as warm red or a sage green to bring the space to life.

Great-looking textured carpets in deep tones such as chocolate brown are my favorites, as well as carpets with a natural look or an architectural design component.

Stepping Away From the Twin Set and Onto the Runway
Regarding fashion, we have a tendency to stay within our comfort zone. The same can be said for our home décor.

The dramatic fashions you see on the runways of New York, Paris and Milan are the designers' artistic interpretations of the latest trends. However, underneath the flashy veneer of haute couture are recurring themes, colors and patterns.

These themes are the trends you incorporate into your closet and into your home décor. Use them as inspiration, but tweak them to reflect your personal style.

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