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Just realized I was overthinking carpet seam placement
I used to always try to hide seams near doorways or under furniture, thinking that was the pro move. But after a job in a long hallway last month, the homeowner pointed out a seam I placed near a closet and said it was way more obvious than if I'd just run it straight across. I fought him at first but he was right, the lighting in that hall made the seam catch every bit of shadow. Has anyone else found that certain room layouts just force you to ditch the "hide it" rule?
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ray_burns17d ago
I hear what you're saying but I gotta push back a little on that one. I've been doing this 15 years and I still think hiding seams under doorways is the way to go nine times out of ten. The real trick is making sure your pattern matches up perfect so the eye doesn't catch on it even in bad lighting. That hallway seam you mentioned probably would have looked fine if you'd run it perpendicular to the light source instead of parallel to it.
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the_robin17d ago
Hey @ray_burns, that's a fair point about running it perpendicular to the light source, but what about rooms where the light comes from multiple directions, like a hallway with windows on both ends? Do you just pick the dominant light and hope for the best, or is there a way to plan around that?
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