sippimom -- no way! But I only have one leaf. MCM-ers unite! I think 8' x 11' would be the safest way to go, but it might overwhelm the space. The "room" is 11'8" x 18' 9". The pictures show the "dining room" half of the larger room. The DR is slightly more than half of the room near the buffet wall, so is really a 11'8" x 10' area in the larger room, with the table slightly to one side of that "area". I'm wanting the rug to basically anchor the dining area in the larger room. The other end of the room has two loungy chairs and a jukebox (quite the decorating dilemma, that one). When we still had (ugly, dirty W2W) carpet, we had a big antique rug in there that was leftover from the other house -- 10' x 13' -- HUGE! It was both too big and too small for the room. We put in cork last summer and the whole thing has been bare since then. It just needs to be warmed up. flyleft - I know, love the magic of the interwebs, no? As for the "sticking", I guess it doesn't really bother me. When we had W2W I don't think it was a problem, but that stuff was so nasty and cheap and beaten down I may have just blocked it out entirely. And the old antique rug that was there was so thin that it wasn't really grabby.

I have a 10x13 under my king sized bed. Right now it's centered under the bed, but in a previous house, it was off center with a runner on the other side. I think it's a good size. There are a few feet of rug showing on either side of the bed and at the end. The "top" of the rug goes to just before the bedside tables, so the tables are sitting on the wood floor. To me it seems like just the right size. I think a 6x9 (or so) accent rug would also work well if you're just looking to put some color in the room.

Thanks for your reply SJ! The sofa is flush against the wall at the moment. If I pull it on to the rug a little, there will be a space in between the wall and the sofa. I'm not sure if that would look okay... I was reading about proper rug dimension only after I bought the rug lol, so now i'm not sure if I bought the right size. In the picture, when taking into consideration my wall nook, I measured the 6x9 in the room and it would go right up to the fireplace/tv stand and extend all the way past the borders of the wall nook and halfway under the recliner and about 1/4 under the end table. As far as the sofa, it would extend a little less than half under the sofa. So, from the side walking in from the hallway, you will see the rug almost halfway under the couch. Again, not sure if this is breaking "designer" laws! lol..yes i'm very new at this :) Dimensions wise, i'm not sure if the larger rug would kind of cross the border lines in the room and look strange or if the smaller size is fine as it is.

If this was my room I would look around and decide what must stay (can't afford to replace or don't want to replace because I like it). If that is the bed, nightstands, lamps and carpet I would rethink the navy blue wall. The bed is dark and gets lost on the navy wall. The pink beige bench\chest clashes with the yellow beige carpet. The furniture seems to be a green gray which is working with the carpet and the creamy wall color. Find a carpet first - some people will say find bedding first, but I find it harder to find a carpet than coordinating bedding. It should have some beige and gray greens. Then find a bench in a neutral color found in the area carpet, then bedding that is a color found in the area carpet. Add art and throw pillows that again coordinate with the colors in the carpet. Paint walls a light shade of something in the carpet Pull your entire color scheme from the carpet or if you get a more solid carpet and colorful bedspread, pull the color scheme from the bedspread.