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Fabrica carpet: a designer's guide to the line, the fibers and where it belongs
Fabrica carpet is luxury residential broadloom made in Santa Ana, California, by a mill founded in 1974 and owned by The Dixie Group since 2000, working almost entirely in nylon and wool. It is for the designer who wants a dense, solid or lightly textured cut pile in a precise color for a whole house or a bedroom, and for the wool and woven specs that come through the Décor by Fabrica side of the line. Interiors carries 126 Fabrica styles, all broadloom, on the Fabrica brand page, with complimentary samples for approved trade accounts.
The mill
Fabrica is the only residential carpet mill still operating in California, and it has traded on the line Quality Without Compromise since 1974. It sells through design showrooms and specialty dealers. What sets it apart technically is beck dyeing, which dyes the finished yarn in a bath for deep, even color; that is why a Fabrica solid holds its color evenly across a large room where a lesser dye process shows streaks. The mill does not run polyester or polypropylene, which keeps the line to the two fibers that wear best in a residential cut pile.
What we carry
Of the 126 styles, 78 are nylon, 45 are wool and 3 are polyester. Constructions are 34 tufted, 12 Wilton, 11 hand-loomed, 7 machine woven and 4 hand-tufted. Fabrica nylon carpet is the usual choice for a whole-house or bedroom spec: nylon is the most resilient synthetic fiber, and a dense beck-dyed nylon cut pile resists crushing under furniture and traffic. Fabrica wool carpet and the woven and hand-loomed styles come from the Décor by Fabrica side, which is mostly wool; wool is resilient, hides soil and cleans well, and the Wilton and machine woven constructions lock pattern into the backing for stairs.
Roll width is 12 ft on 102 of the styles, with 15 ft on 16, and 13 ft 2 in and 13 ft on 4 each. By pattern, 68 styles are textures, 27 abstract and modern, 12 geometrics, 5 stripes and 4 herringbones and chevrons. Every style is made to order. The catalog records 119 styles made in the USA, 5 in India and 2 in Spain. Custom colors are available on 80 styles, and 4 carry a commercial warranty.
Collections to know
We carry two Fabrica collections. EnVision Nylon, 77 styles, is the solid and textured nylon broadloom and the core of what we specify from this mill. Décor by Fabrica, 49 styles, is the decorative wool and woven group, where the Wilton, machine woven, hand-loomed and hand-tufted constructions live. Styles designers ask for include Occasion, Stratus, Phenomena, Tribute, Celebration, Nibbana Anew, Verona and Watercolor.
Where it belongs
Fabrica is a whole-house nylon first. In bedrooms, a dense EnVision Nylon cut pile in a custom color is the spec that holds up for years and still looks like the sample. In a living room or a family room, the heavier nylon textures take furniture and foot traffic without matting, and the beck-dyed color stays even across a large floor. On a stair or in a hall, go to the Décor by Fabrica side and choose a Wilton or a machine woven style: the woven construction holds pattern at the nosing. The hand-loomed and hand-tufted wool styles are living room and bedroom pieces where softness and texture matter more than wear. Fabrica is not a mill for outdoor or wet rooms; nothing in the line is rated indoor and outdoor.
Custom colors
Custom colors are available on 80 of the 126 Fabrica styles, which is unusual at this scale and the practical reason designers reach for the mill when a client's palette is exact. Ask us for the custom color program on a specific style and we will confirm minimums and the ship date with the mill. Custom rug is not flagged on the Fabrica styles in our catalog; if you want a Fabrica goods finished as a rug or a stair runner, ask us about the specific style and we will confirm with the mill what can be cut and bound through our Design Studio.
How to order through Interiors
Interiors is a to-the-trade showroom for interior design professionals; we do not sell to the public. Fabrica carpet samples are complimentary for approved trade accounts and ship from the mill within 24 hours, enough to cover a job. Net pricing is quoted by the showroom; there are no public Fabrica carpet prices. Every style is made to order and shipped from the mill, and the ship date is provided by the showroom with your order. We measure and install anywhere in the United States through our installer network.
| Styles | 126 |
|---|---|
| Types | Broadloom (126) |
| Fibers | Nylon (78), wool (45), polyester (3) |
| Constructions | Tufted (34), Wilton (12), hand-loomed and hand-woven (11), machine woven (7), hand-tufted (4) |
| Widths | 12 ft (102), 15 ft (16), 13 ft 2 in (4), 13 ft (4) |
| Made in | USA (119), India (5), Spain (2) |
| Availability | Made to order (126); custom colors on 80, commercial warranty on 4 |
Questions designers ask
Is Fabrica a high-end carpet?
Yes. Fabrica has traded on Quality Without Compromise since 1974, sells through design showrooms and specialty dealers, and uses only nylon and wool. It is one of the first mills we reach for when the brief is a plain, dense, beautifully colored cut pile.
Is Fabrica carpet worth the money?
For solid and lightly textured residential carpet, yes. Beck-dyed nylon holds color evenly across a large room and the dense cut piles resist crushing, so the floor looks like the sample for years. The main trade-offs are longer lead times on some wool styles and a narrower pattern range than a mill like Stanton or Prestige Mills; Fabrica carpet reviews from the trade tend to praise the color and the hand and send pattern briefs elsewhere.
How much does Fabrica carpet cost?
Net pricing is quoted to approved trade accounts; we do not publish prices. Within Fabrica, cost is driven by fiber, nylon below wool, by face weight and density, by construction, tufted below Wilton and hand-loomed, and by width. Ask us for the net on two or three candidate styles and we will send it with the samples.
Where is Fabrica carpet manufactured?
Fabrica carpet is manufactured in Santa Ana, California; the catalog records 119 of our 126 styles as made in the USA. The Décor by Fabrica wool styles are largely imported and finished for the line, and the catalog shows 5 styles made in India and 2 in Spain. Ask us for the spec sheet on a specific style and we will confirm its origin.
Where can I buy Fabrica carpet?
Through design showrooms and specialty dealers such as Interiors. We carry 126 Fabrica styles for interior design professionals, with the library on the floor in the Laguna Design Center, and we ship and install nationwide. Fabrica carpet samples ship from the mill to your office.
Can Fabrica carpet be made into a rug or stair runner?
Our catalog does not flag custom rug on the Fabrica styles, so we confirm with the mill style by style. Ask us about the goods you have in mind and we will tell you what can be cut and bound through our Design Studio; for a Fabrica stair runner, the Wilton and machine woven styles in Décor by Fabrica are the ones to start with.
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