Submitted by: Jennifer Garrett

Rugs are available in numerous sizes, but are you really sure about the right size of rug you should buy for different spaces of your house? With diverse home decors and furniture placements, it becomes slightly confusing to get the perfect rug for particular spaces. To help you with this task, here we bring forward various rug layouts that you can make a choice from to add the most suitable rug for your beautiful home. From rugs for your living room and dining room to runners for your hallway, we break down the basics to assist you.

The living room rug guide

1) Cover it all- Big living room

For bigger rooms with all the furnishings like sofa set, side table, and coffee table in the center, pick a big rug. The rug size should be such that all the furniture fits completely on top of the rug without making it look overcrowded. By using an oversized rug, the living room would look

igger and more organized.

Standard sizes: 9’12’, 11’14’

2) Furniture along the wall-medium living room

When you have a living room with regular size and you have placed the sofas along the wall with a coffee table in center, you should prefer opting for a rug that covers half the carpet area of the room. In other words, the aim should be to have the front two legs of all the furniture on the rug.

Standard sizes: 6’9′, 8’10’

3) For cozy furnishings in small living room

When you have a compact seating arrangement in your living room, the top choice would be to use smaller rugs. The size of the rug should be such that it can be placed under the coffee table and define the specific seating areas. A small rug would simply complement the furnishings more and make the living space look more spacious.

Standard sizes: 4’6′, 5’7′

The Hallway rug guide

1) Hallway flanked with furnishings

When you have decor items placed on both the sides of the hallway, buy a long central runner to be placed at the center. This way, the furniture gets pushed to the sides on bare floor. Putting up the rug this way would surely make the hallway look expansive and balanced.

Standard sizes: 2’6’8′, 3’12’

2) One-sided furniture in hallway

A better arrangement can be placing a rug on one side of the hallway and all the pieces of decor or furniture on the other side. This gives a more sorted appearance to your hallway.

Standard Size: 2’6’8′, 3’12’

The Kitchen rug guide

1) Rugs just for sink area

For kitchen purpose, where the floor is wet and occupied for relatively more time as compared to other areas in the house, a small rug would be just perfect near the sink area. You can choose from a variety of rectangular or half-round rugs, which are also durable in use.

Standard size: 2’3′

2) A narrow fit rug

If your kitchen has a center island or a narrow galley, runners that extend the length of the kitchen are a great way to add padding underfoot and fill up the area. Or maybe you can use the rug specifically for winters when marble floor is icy cold. You need to opt for right fabric in case of kitchen, in terms of durability and easy washing.

Standard size: 2’6’8′, 3’5′

The dining room rug guide

If you wish to buy the right rug for the dining table, the choice is very clear. Simply choose the size of the rug that easily fits all the chairs and table of the dining set in one arrangement. Just remember that you need 24″ or more extending beyond each side of the table to avoid the chairs going off the rug when pushed back.

Standard sizes: 8’10’, 9’12’

The Bedroom rug guide

1) Frame the entire bed and side tables

When you have a room design in your mind in which you desire to surround the bed and side tables of the room with a single trendy rug, shop for a bigger rug. When laying down an area rug in your bedroom, generally it should extend 36″ or so around the bed. Also, you can choose a size that just extends on the sides, leaving the foot of the bed directly on the floor.

Standard size: 8’10′(queen), 9’12′(king)

2) Designer rugs to complement room deco

Place the pattern rugs matching your rooms classy decor, in one or both the sides of the bed. You can also use a rug along the foot of the bed depending upon the lengths of the room or bed. Even if your bedroom features a wall-to-wall carpet area, you can add rugs on both the sides of the bed and across the foot for a cozier groundwork.

Standard Sizes: 2’6’8′, 3’5′

About the Author: Jennifer Garrett works as home designing blogger at

Plushmarket.com

and other home interior clients. Particularly interested in rugs, she gets her inspiration of decorative ideas from other bloggers and keenly follows latest interior designing trends so as to help her readers with her styling tips in her blog section.

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