Do People Gravitate to Your Rugs?

Source: Rugs - Southern Living

Southern Living has recently posted an article about how to create a feeling of being at home with the prefect area rug for the feel that you want to showcase and will cause your guests to gravitate towards. The following quotes are from the interior designer Southern Living interviewed. Rugs A Bound features many shapes, sizes, colors and styles than can help you create the perfect space for your home.

Tie a Room Together
Whether the flooring in a room is hardwood, tile, or carpeting, adding an
area rug brings warmth, texture, and interest to almost any setting. Because
floors and their coverings are such strong components of an overall room, it
makes sense to gather as much information as we can on this topic.

Abundant Benefits
Most floor coverings are multifunctional, serving to designate a specific
space or grouping, infuse personality with color and pattern, and bring warmth
and cushion to hard-surfaced floors. Often, a rug can be the impetus for the
color scheme and overall design of a room. As opposed to carpeting, one benefit
of area rugs is their portability. They can also be used to cover floor damage.
"When working with homeowners on selecting an area rug for a specific room, I
establish the feel and color scheme first with fabric swatches, find a rug, and
then refine the color scheme around the rug," says Miami-based interior designer
James Murphy. Design perspectives vary on how to place a rug in a room and just
how dramatic or subdued it should be. The solutions are specific to your room
and your situation.

Center Stage
"I start by defining areas within a room," explains designer Penny Francis
of New Orleans. "Separating one group seating area from a small reading nook can
be achieved by using two different but complementary area rugs. Also, finding
the room's focal point helps determine the center of the space and where to
group furnishings. A fireplace is a good example of a detail that usually
centers the room."

Subtle Contributor
Other elements in a room are often selected with the rug in mind.
Birmingham decorator Richard Tubb believes that a rug should not be the first
thing noticed; rather, it should underscore the other elements in a room. "I
don't think the rug should be the center of attention," he notes, "but it should
entice the senses and call attention to the entire room."