No but the table looks better over the medallion

I love your colors and patterns in this space. I think you have it set up just fine, but you could get a larger rug in this room.

IMO at least the sofa should be facing the TV I have no idea how you would watch anything for more than 10 mins. with that set up. as for the rug if you moved the sofa the rug could be centered on the fireplace a chair on either side of the sofa and a coffee table nneds to be where you can reach it not sitting in the middle of a rug out of reach of everyone. That is why glass coffee tables work well with center medallion rugs.

In your case yes.

Yup.

The eye looks at the medallion design and then goes zig-zag to the fireplace.

Not liking the zig-zag at all.

Actually, you have a lot of zig-zagging in this room. In addition to the zig-zag created going from the medallion design in the rug and up to the fireplace, there is another big zig-zag. The biggest zig-zag is your eye following the medallion in the carpet and then the eye is thrown over to the red chairs....and those checkered pillows which are even more jarring with the chair fabric.

The rug medallion should 'in line' with the fireplace, and the red chairs should flank both sides of the fireplace. The checkered pillows should be removed from the chairs and could be used on the sofa. The wood 'thing' under the coffee table is distracting and should also be removed from the room. The rocking chair is out of place and doesn't belong in the room.

Also 'Patricia Colwell Consulting' talked about the sofa. That it should face the tv. This is a second vote for you to please move the sofa to face the tv.

Please post a photo after you rearrange the room.

Anglo, houssaon & T Hill: Agree with your comments 100%.

sward_wiser: You’ve done a GREAT job of mixing patterns in this room. And I think that woven coffee table is spot-on!

Your beautiful rug and indeed the whole room would look much better with a glass and metal coffee table. Do eliminate the rocker unless someone loves it. The couch would look much better if facing the TV with the chairs arranged accordingly. However, comfort is very important and I would arrange the room according to what is most comfortable for whoever lives there.

You have a lovely room. To answer your question, yes, however, there is no hard and fast rule. I can see it is set up for comfortable use. I prefer coffee tables to be next to seating rather than in the middle of the room, as it's useless there. your pallet of pattern and colour are refreshing.

I love your room. The rug looks fine and I like that you can actually see the medallion as it's arranged. The rocker is terrific, as are the other chairs. And how nice to have the furniture arranged for conversation with the TV not the focal point and all the furniture surrounding it as if worshiping at the altar of the TV. I would assume it's arranged in a way that works for your lifestyle and tv watching, which may be minimal...or maybe there is other furniture we can't see that faces the tv.

I LOVE all the mixing of patterns in this room! But yes, I agree with the other posters that the medallion needs to be centered. It looks to me like you can scootch it back under the couch just enough that it will be centered in front of the fireplace and under the coffee table. Them, just pull up the chairs closer to the coffee table. (I also love the texture on that btw)

Very pretty room; great job on the bookcases, too!!

Yes, with an oriental rug it should be centered to the fireplace. Normally the coffee table/ottoman is over the medallion as well.

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You have incredibly cool Stuff. It's a beautiful beautiful room.

I also would like the rug to be centered on the fireplace, especially since the medallion looks a bit like an arrow pointing right at it! You could pull the chairs closer to the sofa and send traffic behind them instead of through the conversation area.