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Area rug suggestions

last year

First I want to say thank you for all the help I’ve received on my decorating questions!
Not a decorator!😱 I
moved and the Current rug (6 X 9) I have does not fit my living room. Too small for furniture . Needing help on
(1) size
(2) color - style
I do like the gray and yellow rug I have, but sizing up on this particular rug is not available- discontinued! Please -any suggestions !

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    Tape out a 9 x 12 to see if it allows the 2 sofas & 1 chair to have front feet sitting on it & to extend almost to hearth. I’m not fond of the gray & yellow color or the rug design. Colors don’t seem to relate to anything in room. Design is too formal / defined to blend well with the hide rug. I’d look for a less defined or softer pattern & more texture in pattern. I’d also look for one with the same or close white color that’s in the hide rug & seating furniture.

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    Thank you! Since slate is in front of front of hearth, should the rug go over the slate ? Could you give me an idea or suggestions on colors and deign- geometric, flowers, abstract,etc?

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    No, the rug shouldn't cover the slate. Start it where you have it. I would look at geometric patterns. I think a floral would fight the pattern on the chair.

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    I wondered if that was a hearth since it appeared different color than floor. I agree with ^^ that rug shouldn’t cover slate. Maybe a 8x 10 is right size - you really need to tape it out to see how it would fit. Looks like there’s lots of room behind sofa & console table to allow all the furniture to be moved farther away from FP. That might make a standard sized rug to fit better & allow a small strip of space between edge of rug & hearth slate. Colors - as I noted, I’d match background color to seating furniture white shade. The other colors in your room look like teal tone blues & chocolate. Design - I also agree with ^^ to skip florals. Geometric designs on a much smaller scale than the yellow / grey rug you have would work & the smaller pattern adds a feel of texture too. The scale of designs in your chair, the hide rug & toss pillows are all equal weight. The current rug is much weightier. Look for geometric design that’s @ half size of current rug. That’s the ”scale” - size of design = to size of piece. There are sooo many choices it’s impossible to suggest specfic rugs - it’s like choosing art. I find that uploading my photo to a visualizer tool helps ’see’ how things look. Many rug sites have visualizers.

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    Ivory, cream and grays in a rug would go with your decor. I agree it needs to be larger, move the sofa back a foot --and a few inches of slate covered seems okay to me as long as cinders don't land on it.

    Something like this...not too dark.
    Walmart:


    Switch the b/w "hide" look chair with the leather chair. The b/w hide chair does not jibe with the ivory/cream sofas and warm wood table. Use the ivory leather chair in the conversational seating.

    Once the hide chair is in the corner...arrange the hide rug so it does not jut out into the room so much.

    P.S. ditch the big clock for a nice painting.

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    you've got an eclectic mix of furnishings, I'd go light to compliment the sofa

    something like this...

    https://www.wayfair.com/rugs/pdp/bungalow-rose-hurst-abstract-handwoven-cotton-ivorymulti-area-rug-w005486398.html?piid=797258179


    8x10 or a bit larger if you can.

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    Thank you all so much!

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    The yellow rugs are so wrong for your space IMO

    All rugs from RugsDirect.com

    BTW the quality of light from that ceiling fan is ruining your room. Kill the lights. Increase the number of lamps in the room.








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    @George Slavin I like most of the rugs @User shows you. If you swap the chairs as @tracefloyd suggested, any of the rugs will work & the effect of the patterns won’t be too busy with that patterned chair sitting in the corner away from the new rug. That chair will work with your hide rug but play around with the angle of that hide rug in corner - maybe lay it on diagonal instead of ’pointing’ towards the center of the room as it is now.

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    Thank you so very much . Appreciate the suggestions

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    If you all had to pick one of the rugs shown above - which one do you like ?

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    The solid light blue 2nd from top by ArchictecturalDetails. Your blue pillows really pop and the blue brings in so much life and the plain pattern is soothing. I just want to see it bigger, get it big enough for the sofas to sit on.

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    Thank you. I’ll look at this one closer.
    Im having a time with the colors for these rugs. Some of the pics on rugs direct are misleading -example see attached pic. They say teal/ivory.Teal is bright teal in one picture- not like what we are seeing -not like the picture
    Above!

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    The picture I posted is the same rug - the color is so misleading

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    The rug site visualizers are good but colors on computer monitors are not always accurate. Once you narrow it down, order some rug samples in small sizes (if returnable for a refund) to check the colors in your room before you order the full size rug.

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    OK! Thank you so much!

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    Here are a few more rug options (all from rugsdirect.com). I switched the chairs as suggested above (pardon the clumsy drawing!) so the eye isn't distracted by the hide pattern when judging the rug. These are generally 9x12's and do overlap the slate.









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    Which one is your favorite???
    I love so many of them!

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    I'd probably pick #4, but I could like any of them.

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    I like that one,too! Does this one have orange in it?

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    I like #4 the best. The border is great with the lines of the sofas. It has no center medallion, which is good...a coffee table would just cover it up. It is not too dark. I has a nice shade of blue. It has orange in it. Do you have challenges perceiving color? Because it looks like it has orange on my laptop. The shade is nice and ties in the wood tones.

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    Thank you! Do you think the orange Is OK with the pillows I have?

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    Yes, the orange and blue is a nice combo. It looks like your pillows pick up colors in the rug but the ivory pillows seem too yellow with the cream sofas. Consider getting rust-orange pillow covers for them.

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    Thank you so much for your suggestions! I appreciate everyone spending time to help me on this project.

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    Yes, this rug has orange in it. On rugsdirect.com, search for "Xanadu 47H" for more photos. Website says "autumn closeout sale, 50% off" for 6 more hours (until midnight Pacific time, apparently), and free shipping. Still on the pricey side, but if you're interested . . . .

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    Thank you so much!

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