Best Rug Placement For Living Room

The rug size helps organize the seating area and create distinction in the room.

Best rug placement for living room.

Eighteen inches is the most common space but in a smaller space you can get away with as little as eight inches. The key to styling your seating area on top of a large rug is to maintain at least a few inches of space beyond where your sofa and chairs sit. You can go with a smaller rug like a 5 by 8 that can float in the room in between the furniture but under the coffee table says loloi a rug. Instead think about your seating areas and find several rugs that will anchor those.

Front legs on the rug. For a more casual setup place the two front legs of the sofa and any armchairs in the space on the rug. Placing all furniture on the rug will unify the pieces and create a defined seating area. For added interest float one small patterned rug atop a larger floor covering in sisal or seagrass.

Give yourself anywhere from about eight to 24 inches on all sides. For smaller living rooms you have two options. Create a unified look in your living room with an area rug large enough to accommodate all of your furniture. Living room rugs should fit under the couch and chairs.

This will tie all the pieces in the room together into one cohesive floor plan. 8 x10 front legs on the outer edges of the rug the most popular layout for living room furnishings. The living room while it s best to fill as much of a larger room as possible as pictured above that can be cost prohibitive. The main goal is to have the rug centered in the room.

This arrangement will help to connect the furniture and harmonize room décor while also lending a wonderful sense of proportion to the entire space. This proves to be more effective here than if only the front portion of the chairs fit onto the rug because of the size of the room and the contrasting tone of the rug against the flooring. All legs on the rug this layout which requires the largest rug is the best choice for anchoring a living room within an open concept space or for any furniture grouping that floats has no furniture against a wall. Aimee beatty an in house stylist for pier 1 imports says to be sure to choose a rug that extends beyond the coffee table and at least under the first set of legs on sofas or chairs.

Photography by brittany ambridge. Ideally you should leave the same amount of floor space on all sides of your rug. In this living room by lauren nelson design only the front legs of the sofa sit on the rug while the placement of the chairs leaves their bases entirely on the rug. Bedroom rugs should leave a walkway on the sides of the bed.

In large living rooms for example you can use two rugs to create two separate living areas.