• Area Rug Sizes
  • How do you decide on the size of your area rug? For seasoned professionals with their experienced eye, this comes naturally. But for those who are still finding their way in the home décor business, it could become a bit of a struggle.
  • To start off we’ll have to take the three different uses of an area rug into account: the focal point use, the accessory (to the focal point) use and of course the practical use, that has nothing to do with the focal point. These will be the primary indicators to take into consideration when it comes to size.
  • Area rugs that will serve as focal points can obviously be bigger than those that serve to accentuate the focal point. Those to serve a specific purpose such as dimming a room will have to adhere to other criteria.
  • Now consider the area rug used under a piece of furniture like a coffee table. This type of rug will obviously be one to serve as a focal point, especially if the coffee table’s top is made out of glass (in other words, it is transparent) but also if it is surrounded by other furniture. In terms of size, it should be bigger than the coffee table (even if it isn’t a focal point rug) but small enough to leave a bit of blank space between its edges and the surrounding furniture. The reason is that it will focus the attention even more on the central focal point (the coffee table).
  • That being said, what else is there to cover? Well quite a lot, actually. You see, a coffee table is just one type of furniture and the rules change somewhat when choosing something like an area rug to be placed under the dinner table or even under the bed.
  • In all instances you’ll have to take other pieces of furniture in the specific room into account. In terms of a dinner table, you can imagine that you’ll want to have enough rug for those to be seated at the table to have something both under their feet and their chair (there’s nothing worse than being only partially on a rug). A good rule of thumb in this case is to get an area rug that extends about 4 feet from all sides of the table.
  • So do the same apply to beds and bedrooms? Well now that’s a bit more difficult to answer, seeing as a bedroom differs from a dining room or a living room. People want more warmth in their bedrooms and, as such, want more rug. Common uses here include getting two rugs of different sizes that compliment each other as well as the surrounding furniture – one under the bed and one, perhaps, at the foot of the bed or closer to the centre of the room. Alternatively two rugs of the same size can also be used. However caution will need to be exercised as these have the ability to divide a room in two. In all cases, ensure that there is enough underlying floor visible to ensure that its visual appeal is fully accentuated.
  • Did you enjoy reading this home decorating article? If so, you are going to love what these area rugs will do to your home.
  • Area Rug Sizes
    By Sarah Crosset