Simon Houlding Upholstery
Warm taupe-beige carpet with a dense, softly pebbled wool-twist surface

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Dormouse

Hampstead Carpet

Dormouse is a warm taupe-beige carpet with a close, softly pebbled surface. Its gently varied flecking gives the plain ground a natural sense of depth without introducing a visible motif.

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About this fabric

Catalogued as a Wool Twist carpet, Dormouse has a dense, tightly textured appearance across the swatch. The colour sits between muted beige and soft taupe, with small tonal shifts that keep the surface from looking flat. Its fine, irregular texture catches the light quietly, creating a restrained mottled effect rather than a pronounced pattern. This is a relaxed, understated colourway for schemes that need warmth without strong contrast.

How to use it

Pair Dormouse with chalky creams, warm whites and natural timber for a calm, enveloping room. Its muted taupe-beige tone also works as a grounding neutral beside deeper brown, olive or charcoal accents.

Use this softly mottled taupe-beige tone to add quiet warmth and tactile depth to upholstered pieces.

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Two ways to take the room. Both colours are from houses we hold, so a pot can come off the same order as the cloth. Screens shift colour, so treat these as a direction and bring the cloth to the shelf before you buy the paint.

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