Style Up Your Life: How To Choose The Absolutely Right Area Rugs

Area rugs can be a magical touch to your home decor. Decorating with area rugs bring life to your room with vibrant colors or add a muted elegance. There is a dizzying array of choices in area rugs. You will find it in unlimited choices of colors, shapes & designs. It makes selecting the right area rugs to match your needs can be a very challenging task indeed. Here are a few major tips to ensure you choose the right option for your home

Shape

Area rug is available in all shapes & sizes. Choose your area rug according to the shape of your furniture & room.

Traditional Entry by Victoria Architects & Designers The Sky is the Limit Design

A rectangular area rug at entry space will create an illusion of entry hall even if the front door opens directly into your living room.

Traditional Dining Room by Charleston Interior Designers & Decorators LORRAINE G VALE, Allied ASID

Rectangular area rug goes beautifully with a long table in dining room.

Modern Living Room by Austin Design-Build Firms Watermark & Company

In long shaped space rectangular area rug creates a visual order.

Traditional Kitchen by Hyannis Kitchen & Bath Designers Classic Kitchens & Interiors

Round area rug under a round table looks terrific & softens a square angular space

Use your creativity with different shapes to give your home charm & elegance.

Size

It is important to consider size in placement of area rug. To get the perfect size measure the area you want to place your area rug with the help of newspaper or duct tape. Make the size of the area rug slightly smaller than the area to leave bare floors exposed on all sides, ideally 9-12 inches from the baseboards.

According to Designer Jennifer Duneier the size of the area rug depends on the furniture layout.

In Dining Room

Contemporary Dining Room by Berkeley Architects & Building Designers WA design

While putting area rug under your dining table, make sure it is large enough to allow you and your guests to be seated and stand up without pushing the chairs off the rug.

In Living Room

Contemporary Living Room by Durham Interior Designers & Decorators Heather Garrett Design
If you are placing large area rug in your living room, all the legs of your furniture should rest on it.

Eclectic Living Room by Irvine Interior Designers & Decorators Blackband Design

It you opted for a small area rug, arrange the furniture around it placing front legs of the sofa on area rug.

In Bed Room

Area rug is an effective way to avoid stepping on cold floor from a warm bed.

Modern Bedroom by Austin Furniture & Accessories Urbanspace Interiors
You can use a large rug under the bed but allow additional length on all sides of the bed to avoid hopping on cold floor.

Contemporary Bedroom

You can place small area rugs on the floor on each side of your bed. You can position an area rug on floor at the foot of bed. It will give you a warm feeling every time you step on beautiful area rug on your bedside floor.

Cosy Enclaves

Contemporary Dining Room by Austin Architects & Building Designers Webber + Studio, Architects

If you have a specious room, use several area rugs to create cosy enclaves. You can use it to divide a large room into various areas of uses rather than walls or dividers. Make sure that the colors of the area rugs coordinate with each other.

Colour

While choosing the color of the area rug keep in mind these points

Beach Style Dining Room by Southport Architects & Building Designers Austin Patterson Disston Architects

Make sure the color of the area rug compliments and blends with the furniture, wall color & other decorating elements of the room.

Traditional Dining Room by Ellicott City Interior Designers & Decorators Laura Manning Bendik
Light colour area rug creates an effect of a larger space.

Contemporary Living Room by Culver City Architects & Building Designers Natasha Barrault Design

Dark color on the other hand, tends to absorb light and lend a cosy ambiance.

Contemporary Dining Room by Gaylordsville Architects & Building Designers Callaway Architects, LLC
You can add a splash of colour with a bright color or rich textured area rug in a room where the colors are soft and neutral. It can be the focal point of the room.

Contemporary Dining Room by San Francisco Architects & Building Designers Chr DAUER Architects

If you are using area rug in high trafficking area of your home like playroom or dining room, use dark colour as it will hide the spill & stains easily.