Help with choosing Area Rug

last year

I am struggling to find an area rug for our family room that would look good with this chair. We have larger dogs, so I'm thinking flat weave or low pile with a pattern & not too light of a background. Reclining sofa & loveseat are a lighter warm gray/taupe with clean lines. The laminate floors are wide plank, warm tones with red & gold in them. I feel the room has an overall modern farmhouse feel. A TV console in a whitewashed pine is the only other furniture in the room at this time.

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ncomeau54
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last year

Patricia and Kelly, I am not interested in an entire room design or layout change, so I didn't see the necessity in posting a picture of the whole room. Since virtually every other element in the room is neutral, with the exception of the accent chair pic that I posted, I felt that would be enough to get some suggestions on rug selections. The garden style print was throwing me.

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
Please post a pic of the whole room in a comment here.
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Kelly Jones
last year
I like what I see, but you're not showing enough to get any helpful suggestions.
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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC
last year
Your furniture is very neutral, so you could use a rug with a lot of pattern and color, especially if you don't want it to show dirt.

A hand knotted rug like one of these would add a lot of interest to your room:
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ncomeau54
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last year
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Diana Bier Interiors: Thank you for your suggestions. I love the style and colors of these rugs, but we thought it was best to avoid hand-knotted rugs because they are prone to snagging. We have large dogs and a cat that is not declawed. Unfortunately, they are also way out of our budget. I love the oriental style rugs, but am a little surprised that these would work with my accent chair.
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Diana Bier Interiors, LLC
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I understand what you're saying about the cost and construction of the hand-knotted rugs.

You could use a natural fiber like seagrass--it's very forgiving and cleans up easily. Or a faux seagrass or sisal. Use a navy or gray cotton binding.

Or you could go to a good carpet store and find a broadloom to be cut and bound in a pattern and color you like. A stripe, chevron or other geometric pattern would work well with your chair. Another idea is an animal print--leopard, cheetah, antelope?
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Norwood Architects
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I'm almost always in favor of a more traditional oriental rug. There are enough color and pattern variations out there that you should be able to find something that goes well with your furnishings.
ptreckel
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You might look on the Ruggable site for patterns that you like. Although the size you need is to large to throw in a washing machine, the ability to clean the rug might be helpful.
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BeverlyFLADeziner
last year
This exercise would have been so much easier if you had just posted an image of the room with the furnishings because ALL OF YOUR FINISHES HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON THE SELECTION OF YOUR AREA RUG.

IMO finding an area that has both gray & beige colors in the rug is essential to making the rug looks like it works with your furnishings.
Nora Comeau
last year
You guys are awesome!

BeverlyFLADeziner: Thanks for the mock-ups. My favorites are #3 and 6. I am pretty good at choosing colors to bring everything together, but am unsure of using patterns together.
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BeverlyFLADeziner
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Those are good choices. I also like #1 Even though these are from Rugs-Direct.com, you should be able to find them at other online dealers