When you have more than one seating area in a space dining area living area etc you re going to need multiple rugs to get the job done.
Do dining room and living room rugs have to match.
We have a large area rug in the living room and no rug under the dining room table in the dining room.
We didn t expect a lot of pondering like this after we bought the table.
The rugs in the living and dining areas of a great room do not have to match but you can use the same rugs in both spaces and create a uniquely stylish as illustrated in this garden facing great room by potomac maryland designer justine sancho used two identical mid summer night oriental rugs for both the living and dining area.
Remember it s your home and you can do what ever you like.
Should we have started with.
I did that in one of my homes.
The floor and area rugs are the style same.
Part of our everyday work with clients is guiding them to the perfect rug and making sure that rug fits all their needs.
Matching the size to the shape of your room is more important than matching sizes between rugs.
The dining room is visible from the living room so jackie suggested a cream and beige geometric rug bombay cd needlepoint rug the beige geometric rug complements the living room rug but does not compete with it.
The most important thing to remember when coordinating area rugs in an open floor plan is that they should share a similar color palette or at least have one or two colors in common.
We had a living room and dining room in one area.
I reached out to designer donna mondi of donna mondi interior design for a crash course on how to combine rugs.
I wanted to separate the two rooms but make it look ok.
If you have a 7 9 area rug in the dining room you can still have an 8 10 area rug in the living room or they can be the same size.
For example you could have one rug with a floral pattern and have a lattice pattern on the second rug.
Seems that a rug should be the first purchase but i can t do this in this case as i already have furniture and couch is green and wing chair is beige w mauv ish and kind of grey green strips.
The window coverings are exactly the same except color.
Our living room has a modern oriental rug style and it is also a bit difficult looking into rugs that would either match or compliment the dining room area.
Thanks for your info.
I used the same wall color for both areas.
We have hardwood floors and the living room is open to the dining room.
We ask a wide range of questions about where the rug will be placed the type of traffic it will get and what effects the client would like the rug to provide for the room such as warm it up make it look bigger act as a focal point or how to work with multiple rugs in.
Gives me confidence about an unknown area to me.
Detail views of the rugs in the adjoining living and dining rooms.
Furthermore out dining table is oval but turns round when the leaves are popped out.
It s definitely easier to clean just lift the chairs up and sweep.