Just like everything else, there are rules when it comes to decorating with rugs. Unless you place wall to wall carpet down on your floors you will need to use rugs of different sizes in order to keep certain areas warm or to look beautiful. Here are a few rules to follow when decorating with rugs:

Use a rug to fill up a large room. You can do this by choosing a corner or section of a large room to place a rug. Choose a size like 4'x6' or 5'x7' so it won't be too large. You may want to choose a hexagon shape or round shape to enhance the look in that area. Try placing a small table on top of the rug. Barely place the front legs of each chair on the rug and the rest of the chair can be off the rug.

When using rugs in your dining room you will want to measure your table top and then add a minimum of two feet around in order to allow the chairs to be pushed back or forth and not be off the rug. If you do not allow for this extra room your chairs may go off the rug and cause the corners and edges to get caught up in the chair.

Try not to place heavy furniture on the rugs. This includes your china cabinets and serving tables.

When using rugs in the bedroom place several small rugs around the bed and in front of the dresser. Avoid placing large rugs in the bedroom that will only go under the bed. This will make the rug hard to clean and possibly infected with moths or insects and you may not even know it.

Be sure to center the rugs that you place down in your bedroom to center a round the furniture. It will make the room seem off balance if you do not center.

Rugs can enhance an empty space in front of a fireplace or bookcase, or the middle of a room. It adds color and some personality or mood to the space that expresses an ambiance. When selecting a rug for a particular blank space, choose one that will complement the order or motif of the nearby wall panels and furniture or brighten the space up. An Oriental rug will be in congruent, for example, in a room which is all chrome and leather.

Also, select a rug of hardy materials that can sustain heavy usage when placing it where human traffic is high. Machine-made rugs are less sturdy than handmade ones, and darker colors or tones are preferable. They show traffic patterns less obviously.

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