By Greg Garner
There are many ways to use area rugs in the overall design of your room. Some things need to be decided before you shop for your rug, and here are some tips to help you with your decision.
Rug first or furniture first? Your area rug will most likely be the focal point of your room and will provide the largest amount of color in your room. Unless you want your furniture to be your focal point and then you may want a more muted rug. See the problem? You really do need to decide ahead of time where you want your room to go. If you want the rug to be the focal point then the furniture should be more muted and chosen to enhance the beauty of the rug. If the furniture is to be the center of attention, you need to choose the rug to accent and not clash with the furniture. Incorporate the rug design into the overall room dcor. If your rug is a floral design, for instance, you might consider making your wall art be of complimentary flower prints. If the rug is a geometric then wall art that compliments that could be chosen. You can tie the room dcor together nicely if you use the rug as a starting point for the rest of the dcor. One rug or two, or more? As a general rule of thumb, just one large area rug will do nicely in a room. But if your room is very large or oddly shaped, you might consider having two smaller rugs or even more. Just make sure that the rugs are complimentary to each other. It will probably look better if one of the rugs is larger than the other. Color. When you are starting fresh in a room, consider starting with a really perfect rug and then designing the room around it. It is much easier to choose things like wallpaper, wall color and furniture upholstery to match a beautiful rug than it is to match a rug to the walls or upholstery. If the room is already finished, then choose a rug that compliments the colors in the room or one that provides just one splash of color that will stand out. Use the rug to separate areas. In a very large room or, say, a great room that combines both the living area and the dining area, consider using an area rug as a way to divide the rooms appearance. You can make a huge room almost look like two separate rooms using the right rugs. Be open to new things. Try imagining new looks for your area. Be brave and experiment. Shake things up. If you always go with only what you have been comfortable with in the past, you are cutting yourself off from the possibilities.
Area rugs can be a wonderful and exciting way of decorating your home. You want to choose according to what feels comfortable but also consider new ideas and styles. Make a room you are proud of!
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