The living room area should be comfortable and inviting, the perfect place to spend time with your family and welcome your friends.
At first sight, the living room should inspire positive feelings of peace and harmony in order to stimulate conversation and good relations.
Furniture and accessories should match your home decor style, but optimal space utilization must be your top priority.
Layout planning is very important: a beautiful open-plan living area might look cold and empty with the wrong furniture arrangement, while your cozy small living room will look cramped and cluttered if you can’t optimize space.
Rugs are key elements in creating harmony and balance, and the size of living room area rugs is the first and most crucial aspect to bear in mind, together with color and shape.
The following tips will help you choose the perfect size for your living room area rugs:
1. For a very spacious living room, your choice should fall on oversized rugs, as you can see in the image below.
If the room is very large you can create a cozy arrangement in the center, including the rug; the bare space around the sitting area will emphasize the room’s spaciousness, avoiding the under-furnished look.
2. In a smaller living room, the perfect rug size is around 8m2. Place the rug edges right under your sofas and armchairs, and the room will look dynamic and well-balanced.
3. If your living room is very small, the rug should be at least the length of the sofa and it should be placed right in front of it. If the rug is smaller than the sofa, it will create visual disharmony in your room.
Regardless of the space you have available, avoid placing your furniture on the corners of your rug; if you want your living room to look well ordered you should arrange your seating area around the perimeter of the rug.
Placing linear furniture on round rugs should also be avoided, because it creates a very unpleasant visual contrast.
In the images below you can see the most common mistakes you should avoid.
Standard sizes for living room area rugs are: 300x400 cm - 250x350 cm - 200x300 cm - 170x240 cm.
Before purchasing living room area rugs, consult an interior designer: his suggestions and ideas will help you make the perfect choice.
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