Have you got fitted carpets? We’ve got fitted carpets.” Along with geometric wallpaper and paying for your motor outright, fitted carpets were a symbol of social status in 1970s suburbia, as referenced in Mike Leigh’s classic dark comedy Abigail’s Party almost 50 years ago.
The popularity of carpets, typically made of nylon, acrylic and polyester (for durability), faded when Scandi chic swept across Britain. They were ripped up and tossed out as we sanded and restored original floorboards or splashed out on the engineered version.
