I would rather see pictures of your furniture and even a hand drawn sketch of your room. Right off the bat? “No” to the 9 x 12. Too short… Do you have a fireplace? Traffic pattern?

You may be better off going to a carpet store and look at broadloom. Many beautiful rugs come off the bolt at 12’ or 13', so you would have little waste. Once you determine if one rug is what you want, then you can determine size.

I like to see a generous border of hardwood, especially if the floors are nice. 20” or so works well.

You could then have a 10.8’ x 17.8’ rug.

Make sure the salesman checks my math….LOL.

Great tips, Judy. I don't have pics of furniture yet bc we are getting all new pieces. There's a latge fireplace in the middle of one long wall m, so the funiture will be arranged around it. I have a sketch which I will post in a few mins... thanks for taking time to weigh in!

Here are two sketches of possible layouts, thanks to some designers. The first one reco's 10 x 14, but perhaps I should do as you mentioned and go broadloom...?

I went to https://www.theperfectrug.com/create-rug and entered in my dimensions for a 10 x 17 wool rug and they gave me a $4500 quote. Wowsa. I think I'll stick with an area rug. I can't afford that price at this time, unfortch.

I'd wait till you get in the house with furniture. You need a rug big enough for what "feels" like the living room. It may be that that's the whole room and you need to find a huge rug.

Alternately, it may be that the main living arrangement is fine with a 9x12 if part of the room functions more as a walkway or something.

agree, don't put the cart before the horse. I'd wait until your furnishings are in to select a rug. It's not a small purchase and the return fee can be huge as well.

Heather? No way! The computation must have been on a very, very expensive rug.

I was not a math major (LOL), but if the rug comes off the bolt 13’ wide…and your width is 10’, you will have a 3’ wide by 17’ long piece in waste. But, you still have to pay for the waste…(.which would make good runners).

In sq ft (as rugs are priced) you would be buying 221 sq ft (13’ x 17’). Okay, let’s say you go with the Karastan line which is around $5.00 a sq ft. $5.00 x 221 sq ft = $1,105.00 for the material. It will have to be bound, but I guarantee you that the binding won’t cost $3395.00.

And I also agree with Porter, as you read in my first comment, that you have to think of your furniture arrangement, but, when you need a large rug, or when I design a living/dining room area and I want the same rug in different sizes, off the bolt often provides the best pricing and the best quality.

Oh good! That's good to hear! I must have chosen the best wool in the house!. I will wait until we're in the house and then visit some local broadloom suppliers. Thank you Judy and Porter, etc!!

Keep us posted.