Your room is almost complete, it just needs one more thing to tie it all together. An area rug is a simple and easy way to do this. Area rugs can bring together all the pieces in a room and make the floor a little more comfy for those barefoot days.
Here’s some rules to follow when choosing that perfect rug:
- Contrast: if your floor is dark, you’ll want a lighter rug and vice versa. If the rug is the room masterpiece, don’t be afraid to bring in some bold colors and patterns, but make sure it still compliments the other things you’ve got going on.
- Skin rugs: Skins can make a big statement, which means they take up more visual space. Since they quickly capture the eye’s attention, they don’t need to take up the entire room.
- Subtlety: An area rug doesn’t HAVE TO be the center piece for your room. If you’d rather it blend in with the other elements in the room, just choose a rug with simple colors and patterns that don’t take the attention away from what you want the focus to be on.
- Liven it up: If you notice your room is heavily leaning towards one color palette, use an area rug with a little more color to liven up your space. Make sure it still includes the main color of the room, but keep it to a minimum.
As you can see, there’s a lot that goes in to the area rug decision. It’s much more than simply finding something to take up space and throwing it down. It’s going to bring your room together, and in some cases, it’s going to be the focal point of the entire. This all depends on what you’re looking for.
