Using Small Rugs

This is a common technique with paint and works with rugs as well.

Using small rugs.

There was the perfect rug. Area rugs are a terrific alternative to wall to wall carpet namely because they re easier to remove and clean. They only had it in a 5 x 7. Use rugs that have a solid color rather than a pattern because patterns can clutter a small room.

Just a few inches of floor around the rug. Pastels neutrals and off white are best. Area rugs come as runners 2 wide 9 long round 6 and 8 diameters custom up to 13 wide and 15 long and small to large squares and rectangles from 3 by 5 up to 10 by 14. They re also less of a commitment and it s easy to switch one out if you get bored or want to redecorate.

Until we found the rug aisle at target. So what are two rug hunting girls with a room full of neutrals and the perfect rug that s too small to do. Michelle dirkse interior design save photo rule 6. Using this rule in a small room is more successful if the 18 inches of bare floor exposed around the rug is reduced to about 8 inches.

In the bedroom for example extend an area rug at least 18 around the sides and foot of the bed. It actually measured smaller than that. A rug in a living room should really ground the whole seating around it tells everyone that this is where the conversation is this is the focal point of the room and a too small rug makes it feel disjointed and really just cheapens everything. And it wasn t even really a 5 x 7.

Except it was too small.