If your furniture has delicate legs keep all legs on the rug.
Sectional couch and area rug.
A sectional sofa often covers more square footage and should be partnered with a rug that.
With this size rug placed beneath your sectional sofa all sofa legs should be off the rug.
Here are the standard shapes.
Ideally you want to the front legs of the sofa to sit on the rug and you want the rug to be at least as large as the sofa.
Helpful tips for how to place a rug under a sectional sofa.
The following are useful ideas for placing a rectangular rug under a sectional sofa in a room of your home.
Do extend rugs under furniture.
Sometimes a little fluff underfoot is the difference between a brilliant design that s welcoming and lived in and an almost brilliant design that s cold and lifeless.
Rugs in soft neutral tones like cream and white work well with gray sectionals.
In a living room for instance all of the furniture should be on top of the rug if this isn t possible it s okay to have the front legs of major upholstered pieces on the rug and the back legs off.
Don t underestimate the power of a comfy area rug.
Sectional sofa shapes the right sectional can serve as the focal point of your living room furniture.
Rather than placing your area rug at the room s center use the setup of your seating to determine the best placement.
This room makes great use of smaller furniture pieces with a smaller rug.
Asymmetrical placement of an area rug below a small sectional.
Most likely it will be an 8 x 10 that works for your space or you could look at an 8 square.
It is visually grounding to group a sofa and rug so that they make the best use of the floor area.
Best area rugs for the kitchen.
If you re working with larger furniture such as a sectional or furniture that is not placed against a wall orient the rug with the shape of the room to help create visual flow and make the room appear larger.
When selecting a sectional keep in mind they can be customized.
5 by 8 feet or larger.
In this living room by lauren nelson design only the front legs of the sofa sit on the rug while the placement of the chairs leaves their bases entirely on the rug.
It is turned so the short side extends beneath the long side of the sectional thus drawing the eye to the sitting.
This proves to be more effective here than if only the front portion of the chairs fit onto the rug because of the size of the room and the contrasting tone of the rug against.
The bold geometric pattern is like a piece of artwork for your floor and is placed as such.
When selecting an area rug make sure that it extends under all the key pieces of furniture in the room.