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Long-Term Debt (Fair Value and Carrying Value of Debt Instruments) (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Less current portion of long term debt and commercial paper	$ 851,305us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent	$ 127,218us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent
Long-term debt, less current portion	2,253,440us-gaap_LongTermDebt
Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial paper	301,600us-gaap_CommercialPaper / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember	0us-gaap_CommercialPaper / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Capital leases and other	10,620mhk_CapitalLeasesAndOtherFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember	96,003mhk_CapitalLeasesAndOtherFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Total debt	2,288,898us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember	2,313,108us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Less current portion of long term debt and commercial paper	851,305us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember	127,218us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,437,593us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember	2,185,890us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Fair Value [Member] | 3.85% Senior Notes Due February 1, 2023 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Notes payable	603,180us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_ThreePointEightFivePercentSeniorNotesDueFebruaryOneTwoThousandTwentyThreeMember	569,400us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_ThreePointEightFivePercentSeniorNotesDueFebruaryOneTwoThousandTwentyThreeMember
Fair Value [Member] | 6.125% Notes, Payable January 15, 2016 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Notes payable	677,833us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_SixPointOneTwoFivePercentNotesPayableJanuaryFifteenTwoThousandSixteenMember	983,700us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_SixPointOneTwoFivePercentNotesPayableJanuaryFifteenTwoThousandSixteenMember
Fair Value [Member] | Five-year senior secured credit facility, due September 25, 2018 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Notes payable	195,665us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_FiveYearSeniorSecuredCreditFacilityDueSeptemberTwentyfifthTwoThousandEighteenMember	364,005us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_FiveYearSeniorSecuredCreditFacilityDueSeptemberTwentyfifthTwoThousandEighteenMember
Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Commercial paper	301,600us-gaap_CommercialPaper / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember	0us-gaap_CommercialPaper / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Capital leases and other	10,620mhk_CapitalLeasesAndOtherFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember	96,003mhk_CapitalLeasesAndOtherFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Total debt	2,253,440us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember	2,260,008us-gaap_LongTermDebtFairValue / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Less current portion of long term debt and commercial paper	851,305us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember	127,218us-gaap_LongTermDebtCurrent / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Long-term debt, less current portion	1,402,135us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember	2,132,790us-gaap_LongTermDebt / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 3.85% Senior Notes Due February 1, 2023 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Notes payable	600,000us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_ThreePointEightFivePercentSeniorNotesDueFebruaryOneTwoThousandTwentyThreeMember	600,000us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_ThreePointEightFivePercentSeniorNotesDueFebruaryOneTwoThousandTwentyThreeMember
Carrying Value [Member] | 6.125% Notes, Payable January 15, 2016 [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Notes payable	645,555us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_SixPointOneTwoFivePercentNotesPayableJanuaryFifteenTwoThousandSixteenMember	900,000us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_SixPointOneTwoFivePercentNotesPayableJanuaryFifteenTwoThousandSixteenMember
Carrying Value [Member] | Five-year senior secured credit facility, due September 25, 2018 [Member]
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Notes payable	195,665us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_FiveYearSeniorSecuredCreditFacilityDueSeptemberTwentyfifthTwoThousandEighteenMember	364,005us-gaap_NotesPayableFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember / us-gaap_LongtermDebtTypeAxis = mhk_FiveYearSeniorSecuredCreditFacilityDueSeptemberTwentyfifthTwoThousandEighteenMember
Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Fair Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Securitization facility	500,000us-gaap_LinesOfCreditFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = mhk_SecuredCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember	300,000us-gaap_LinesOfCreditFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = mhk_SecuredCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_EstimateOfFairValueFairValueDisclosureMember
Secured Credit Facility [Member] | Carrying Value [Member]
Fair Value, Balance Sheet Grouping, Financial Statement Captions [Line Items]
Securitization facility	$ 500,000us-gaap_LinesOfCreditFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = mhk_SecuredCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember	$ 300,000us-gaap_LinesOfCreditFairValueDisclosure / us-gaap_CreditFacilityAxis = mhk_SecuredCreditFacilityMember / us-gaap_FairValueByMeasurementBasisAxis = us-gaap_CarryingReportedAmountFairValueDisclosureMember

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of short-term borrowings using unsecured obligations issued by banks, corporations and other borrowers to investors. The maturities of these money market securities generally do not exceed 270 days.

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Fair value portion of contractual arrangement with a lender under which borrowings can be made up to a specific amount at any point in time.

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Carrying amount of long-term debt, net of unamortized discount or premium, including current and noncurrent amounts. Includes, but not limited to, notes payable, bonds payable, debentures, mortgage loans and commercial paper. Excludes capital lease obligations.

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