# Does your carpet match the drapes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 7, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479 "2008-03-07T18:41:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/1 "2008-03-07T18:41:10Z")
Mine does. It’s beige. The drapes are sort of off-white (natural cotton). How 'bout you? ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/2 "2008-03-07T18:51:41Z")
I don’t have drapes. But I do have carpet. So I guess that’s a no. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/3 "2008-03-07T18:51:58Z")
I don’t have drapes. (This statement applies no matter how you interpret the question!) ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/4 "2008-03-07T18:54:14Z")
Either you’re bald or I’m dirty minded. Although on further consideration, those aren’t mutually exclusive. At any rate, I don’t have carpet. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/5 "2008-03-07T18:54:55Z")
I don’t have carpet. Well, I mean I do, but it’s only upstairs. Not _my_ carpet, that’s down… oh, to hell with it. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/6 "2008-03-07T18:56:13Z")
If by match, you mean the same color, well… no. We have a patterned rug in the living room, and the drapes are beige. Otherwise, yeah, pretty much. I’m a strawberry blond. :o ---
**Author:** ![CaerieD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@CaerieD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaerieD)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/7 "2008-03-07T19:08:03Z")
Hardwood floor with an ancient Persian rug and white drapes so, no, though they do look quite fetching together. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/8 "2008-03-07T19:40:59Z")
I have venetian blinds and hard wood floors. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/9 "2008-03-07T19:46:20Z")
My cuffs always match my collars. Because otherwise I’d be wearing some weird late-80’s type button down shirt. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/10 "2008-03-07T19:51:17Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I have venetian blinds and hard wood floors. [/QUOTE] Hows about the pantry? ---
**Author:** ![Litoris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@Litoris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Litoris)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/11 "2008-03-07T19:53:35Z")
I don’t have drapes, so that’s a match by default, right? On the other hand (or in the other gutter) I don’t have carpet, so that’s a default match, too, right? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/12 "2008-03-07T20:03:29Z")
My carpet is stained from where the big screen tv left wheel grease on it. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/13 "2008-03-07T20:08:10Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] My carpet is stained from where the big screen tv left wheel grease on it. [/QUOTE] Maybe you could rent one of those carpet shampooers. Or even hire a pro. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/14 "2008-03-07T20:13:11Z")
The throw carpet in the living room matches the drapes. The rest is bare. Well, there is some ugly orange carpet in the basement. I keep meaning to rip it out at some point. ---
**Author:** ![Sunrazor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sunrazor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunrazor)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/15 "2008-03-07T20:42:37Z")
[QUOTE=Cluricaun] My carpet is stained from where the big screen tv left wheel grease on it. [/QUOTE] This is rib-splittingly funny if read with a dirty mind! Be sure to put air quotes around “big screen tv” and “wheel grease” too. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/16 "2008-03-07T21:06:32Z")
we don’t have drapes. And we tore up the carpet. 0 = 0, so I guess they DO match. Oh, wait – is this a sex question? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/17 "2008-03-07T21:09:28Z")
Carpet’s purple, and so are the curtains, so I guess yeah. (In my room, what else did you think I meant?) 😛 ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/18 "2008-03-07T21:33:10Z")
No drapes, just blinds. My carpet needs a good vacuuming, and in some places a bit of steaming. And at some point I’m going to have do something about the areas where the cat’s been scratching. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/19 "2008-03-07T21:35:53Z")
[QUOTE=SiXSwordS] Maybe you could rent one of those carpet shampooers. Or even hire a pro. [/QUOTE] If you’ve got the money, hire a pro (it’s so much better than doing it yourself). ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2008, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479/20 "2008-03-07T22:27:53Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] I have venetian blinds and hard wood floors. [/QUOTE] That. I have a daughter-in-law who pokes me to get curtains once in awhile. But I like seeing the woodwork. It’s an old house and there’s more of it around the windows than a modern house would have. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-your-carpet-match-the-drapes/440479.md?page=2)