anchor: Indeed many of the carpets seem just too lovely to walk on, but they make superb wall hangings, and even if you can't remortgage your house to buy a big one, even a modest bedside rug can do wonders to warm and brighten a room.
positive: A lot of the carpets which are too nice to tread on can instead be used as wall hangings.
negative: None of the carpets are nice enough to be hung on walls.