- 1). Select the room in which you wish to place your rug. The room choice can mean different placement options. For instance, rugs in the dining room are usually placed centrally beneath the table, whereas in the bedroom, a rug may be placed near the foot of the bed.
- 2). Create a visualized mock-up of your rug placement using tape. Use some masking tape to measure out the spots that you are considering placing your rug. This way, you can make a mental image of how a rug would look in the spots you've chosen without having to pick up and lay out your rug repeatedly.
- 3). Position rugs centrally below pieces of furniture like tables. Within a living room or dining room, rugs should be placed so that equal amounts of the rug come out along the sides of tables. In a dining room, large rugs may also be positioned so that chairs can slide back from the table and still remain on the rug.
- 4). Avoid having your rugs touch the baseboards around a room. If your rug hits the baseboards in the room you've chosen, then the rug is too large for the room. Rugs should sit so that most surrounding furniture rests on the hardwood as opposed to on the rug.
- 5). Angle your rug to create the illusion of a larger living space. If the idea of having your rug sit perfectly in the center is unappealing, switch things up by simply twisting the rug a few degrees. Tilting your furniture to an angle as well furthers this illusion.
- 6). Double-check that your rug does not lie in such a way that people might easily trip over it. In areas in which one room leads directly into another, if part of the rug hangs out, someone could easily trip and fall over the rug corner. Scoot the rug further into the room if this happens.
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