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Help with rug size

3 years ago

Hey all, I want your advice on the size of the jute rug that I’ve layered over the carpet in my living room. I used a 8x10 rug, feels a little smaller to me. Would love to hear your thoughts. I tried to capture all the different angles. In the last pic I layered it horizontally and I like how it covered the horizontal area nicely. However it was too short vertically, couldn’t capture that in the pic and I wonder a 9X12 would be too big.

Comments (16)

  • 3 years ago

    I've seen this dilemma before. Did you get responses because now you're posting as an Interior Designer???

    Get some painters tape and tape 9x12 on the floor and then decide. The rug in the picture is too small. Don't layer it. I think I recall some suggestions on your last post using a rug that was black and it looked great

  • PRO
    3 years ago

    The jute should be the bottom rug as a base.

  • 3 years ago

    Jute would be the last fiber in my living space. Just my opinion, as far as comfort.

  • 3 years ago

    Angle it so it looks “casually tossed”

  • 3 years ago

    What are you trying to accomplish with the layering?

  • 3 years ago

    How do you keep chair legs from getting caight and tripping on the edge? Agree with elisejames comment.

  • 3 years ago

    I want to hide the carpet underneath with the layering. Without a rug on top, imo the chairs look like they are floating( pic attached). I tried black and white striped rug but with that the whole room looked too black which I didn’t like. I tried almost all the suggestions from the last time( layering cowhide, black, jute), this one looked okay color wise to me but then again it’s size seems to be very off. I just can’t seem to find the right rug😭

  • 3 years ago

    I like it better without the sisal rug. With the rug it makes the chairs look like a doctor's waiting room or an office. It gives me the feeling that whom ever is in those chairs are being grilled. It seems more cohesive to me with out the rug on top and a little less "the carpet is lava" feeling.

  • PRO
    3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    At most maybe a cowhide over the carpet I hate jute always and in this case not good at all since it looks too smal and like you tried to match the carpet and missed . Why the staggered art ? You are a designer why are you asking us a tall.

  • 3 years ago

    Those two rugs are not meant to float together. One or the other, not both. I would look for more caramel tones in the rug to pick up the throw pillows and art. Speaking of the art, why are they not hung level with each other? Style your coffee table and include a plant and some lamps. I agree, you have enough black in the room as it is. The chairs do seem like they don’t belong there, but it’s not because of the rug.

  • 3 years ago

    I see what you mean about "floating." Don't use the sisal and try putting a pillow like the two brown ones on the sofa on the chair. Or put the ones on the sofa on the chairs just to try it out and see if it pulls things together. Or maybe a light weight throw over the back of the chairs in that brownish color. I think the chairs look incomplete without some accessorizing.

  • 3 years ago

    I removed the rug and put those pillows on chairs. Also placed a basket in between the chairs to see how an accent table would look in between. Here’s the picture. If I sell these chairs and buy other ones, do you have any suggestions.

  • 3 years ago

    The pillows definitely anchor the chairs better and look nice, but not functional as I'm sure they're far too puffy to make sitting in the chairs comfortable. Are they chairs comfortable? I have short legs and it looks like they are very deep so probably wouldn't work for me but they are nice looking. If they are comfy and you want to keep them, I wonder if some kind of chair pad cushion in a color to tie things together would work. Hate to see you buy new chairs if those are comfortable.

    These on the wishbone chairs are fun. Not sure they'd work for you but they don't have to be dull.


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    Something like this, not necessarily in a color but just plain. Maybe even a leather. Make it look intentional.


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    Or a cat! Colors are great for your room


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    I like the basket between them. @BeverlyFLADeziner once provided a list of things every room needed. It had things on it like Greenery, metal, wood, etc. I can't find the list now but I think the basket adds one of the items she listed.

  • 3 years ago
    last modified: 3 years ago

    I think it would look great to replace the larger rug if you can. Here are two options from Rugs Direct. The first one is Vance and the second Theia. With the second you still could layer the jute, if that's the look you wanted. The large base rug needs to be at leat 9 x 12 I think, so you can have all the furniture and the sofa legs on the rug.





  • 3 years ago

    Sorry if I missed this being mentioned, but isn’t the carpet inset into the wood flooring? Not a rug on top?

    If so, why not replace it with a nicer carpet? So many possibilities.

  • 3 years ago

    The chairs are really comfy and I liked the idea of putting some sort of chair pads. I also had the similar picture in my dump of screenshots lol. I’m renting the place and the carpet is inset into the wood flooring so no option to replace it but I LOVE the second rug in here.