Rug Too Small For Living Room

Several rugs make a small room look crowded.

Rug too small for living room.

For mid sized rooms go with a larger rug like an 8 by 10 and place your large anchor. Design by kristen hutchins via hgtv. This way it doesn t look like the room is crowding the rug. In a smaller space you can also opt to have only the front legs of the furniture sitting on the rug.

Place the large rug within 12 inches of the walls on all sides or place it in the middle where it stops several inches away from all the furniture. You can go with a smaller rug like a 5 by 8 that can float in the. Almost any rug that feels just a bit too small can be stretched into service with a layer beneath that s at least a bit larger. A rug that is too small forces your furniture to be closer together leaving the room feeling unbalanced and creating the feeling of wasted empty space kirk recommended using painter s tape and exact measurements to create mock outlines on your floor so you can envision how the rug might look in your space.

Use one large area rug to make a room look bigger instead of placing several small rugs. According to loloi you have three main options for living rooms of various sizes. This works especially well if a sofa is up against a wall. For some reason this doesn t look awkward or too small probably because the seating area already feels grounded and intimate because the room is smallish and the wall is helping ground everything.

It might be worth buying the higher end rug in a 5 8 and layering it over a much less expensive 8 10 neutral fiber rug. The ideal size for this option is a 9 by 12 foot rug or larger. For smaller living rooms you have two options.