let's shag

@northandnash
Oct 29, 2016
2 min read

This isn't a Mike Myers reference from Austin Powers, but we are talking rugs. A lot of times clients will just place a nice rug in a living room because it's a beautiful piece but unfortunately the size has just as much importance as does the look of it. I've formed a list of "rules" to follow and how to position the furniture around the rug. Positioning the furniture and using the proper rug size will complete the room. Here are three different rooms and "rules of thumb" to remember during the rug purchasing process.

Overall remember when it comes to sizing a rug in any room it should be 2 feet shorter than the smallest wall in the room. (A minimum of 6 inches of flooring should be showing at all times on all sides). With Dining Rooms the rug should be 18 inches beyond the edge of the table to accommodate the dining room chairs. The Bedrooms have a few different options you could try, one would be having runners on either side of the bed and even possibly at the foot of the bed as well, or just one large rug under 2/3's of the bed. When we design a Living Room there are a couple different ways to set up the space. Not all furniture in a room needs to be on the area rug but most seating and coffee/side tables should sit 1/3 on the rug (rules are sometimes bent, this is just a general guideline) if the room is so big that you could have two conversational areas then I would separate with two area rugs creating two separate sitting areas in the one large room (make sure they are linked by a colour or material but they do not need to match exactly!)

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