Rug Couch Placement

A sofa and rug provide a foundation for other elements in a room.

Rug couch placement. Asymmetrical placement of an area rug below a small sectional. This is a particularly effective decorating strategy if your rug has bold flamboyant patterns and coloring that you d like to fill the room. Do extend rugs under furniture. For an attractive living room layout an equal amount of exposed flooring around your rug will balance the room and frame the rug.

This point follows what i was saying in guideline 4. Loloi notes that you ll. A room generally looks more pulled together if all the furniture legs are planted firmly on the rug. When selecting an area rug make sure that it extends under all the key pieces of furniture in the room.

The 8 x 10 nomad vado area rug anchors a small sofa and two chairs with the front legs of each furniture piece placed on the area rug. It doesn t need to sit beneath the couch completely but shouldn t float out from the coach either. If your area rug lines up with the arms of your couch it will look completely reedonkulous. All legs on the rug one tip is to determine the furniture placement before selecting what size rug to use which leads to the next rule.

Full coverage or semi coverage. Full coverage is a good choice if you don t want to commit to wall to wall carpeting and wish to pull up the area rug during the warmer months. Whether the room is modern or traditional these two elements define the feel and look of your space. We have some different examples below.

In a living room for instance all of the furniture should be on top of the rug if this isn t possible it s okay to have the front legs of major upholstered pieces on the rug and the back legs off. A smaller rug in a larger room may look a bit lost and a large rug in a smaller room may overwhelm the space but there are ways to make things work. We see that rule employed in this arrangement by lucy interior design. How to arrange sofas and rugs.

This room makes great use of smaller furniture pieces with a smaller rug. For mid sized rooms go with a larger rug like an 8 by 10 and place your large anchor furniture i e. In the example above as you can see the rug placement fits the proportions of the room and extends 8 12 beyond the edge of the couch. For rug placement in the living room such as a rug under the couch there are two options.

Really this should be more of a rule than a guideline.