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BedRoom: Area Rug on Carpeted Floor and Under the Bed

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

Hi there, I am looking to put an area rug under my bed to add some color/pattern to the room. But i have a carpeted floor. Wondering if the rug would get crumpled into the carpet under the weight of the bed. Does rug-over-carpet felt pads help? if so are there any recommendations on which ones to use? Appreciate any pointers.

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IdaClaire

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

I thought about doing this in my bedroom, but decided I didn't want an additional layer to have to vacuum on top of the carpet. If you do add a rug, you might try placing it towards the foot of the bed so that more of the pattern is visible. I think this can be a nice look.

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Anglophilia
7 years ago
It can be done but often not very satisfactorily.
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Yayagal
7 years ago
My daughter did it with a huge oriental and it looks fantastic, she never put a pad under it.
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7 years ago
I did it with a big new rug. Works fine.
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3katz4me
7 years ago
I did that in my guest room - no problem at all. The carpet is pretty low pile and the rug is a fairly thick sculpted type oriental. I have no pad under the rug. I also have a very short, dense wool oriental rug on the carpet in my living room. That also works fine. I have all these rugs on carpet because I moved from a house with wood floors to one with more carpet. I hope to get rid of the carpet someday when I feel like moving everything again. So then I will need the rugs and in the meantime I can't stand the plain beige carpet.

In another room I have a thick wool runner that covers the width of carpet from the deck door to the wood floor in the dining area. It has no furniture on it that holds it in place so it ripples a bit. I need to find a way to keep it flat.
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Chandra Arun
Original Author
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
Thank you - very helpful. My carpet is not low pile. Am looking at a rug that is .375 pile. And i plan to use felt pad as well as caster cups under the legs of the bed. Hope that works!
k9arlene
7 years ago
Why would you want to cover an area rug by putting it under a bed? What sizing bed ar you talking about and what size rug?
Chandra Arun
Original Author
7 years ago
King bed. And 8x11 area rug. Rug will show 2 feet around the bed. The room is very dull with no color - brown wooden bed, ivory wall, beige carpeted floor. The rug will add some color/pattern to the bed room
k9arlene
7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago
FWIW, I'd start by bringing in color with curtains, bedding and art. Without those items, I don't think just adding color to the floor is going to make much of a difference.
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Yayagal
7 years ago
I love the look of a layered rug surrounding the bed. Go for it.
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Chandra Arun
Original Author
7 years ago
@IdaClaire - thank you, the picture was super helpful. That's exactly the look i was shooting for. Shades of brown on furniture/fabric/wall hanging and then a layered rug with little color around the bed. I will go for placing rug towards the foot of the bed, great idea
Errant_gw
7 years ago
I was wanting to do the same, and the colors in that rug are perfect. Do you know where to find it, Ida?

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