Floors is frequently where designers start when decorating a living room. Whether you are placing in fresh hardwood, covering vinyl up, choosing the right rug or leaving the floors bare, floors can make all of the difference in your decoration. Here are a few straightforward suggestions to make sure your room remains classically chic whichever choice you pick.
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Keep hardwood bare. A stunning traditional room frequently requires no carpeting at all. Hardwood floors are clean and classic, plus they combine beautifully with other components in a neutral palette.
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Select the right size rug. When choosing the right size rug rug for the living room, it’s important to make certain that the border of the floor on all sides of the rug is about the same all the way round and that the rug does not touch the baseboards.
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Place furniture carefully. Keep at least the front legs of the couches and chairs on the rug. In a traditional area, we prefer that all the observable furniture touch the rug if at all possible.
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Use texture. Neutral furnishings are fantastic to get a traditional living room, but keeping them from looking dull is critical. A jute rug like this adds depth and texture to a sea of creamy tones.
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Split your seating areas. A living area can be difficult to decorate, but dividing it into two separate sitting areas creates intimacy and makes conversation easier. Instead of using one huge rug in a room like this, indistinguishable rugs scatter the spaces together while still letting them maintain distinct personalities.
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Display off hardwood with a rug. A traditional sitting area can be beautiful with bare flooring or a stunning rug, but there is no need to choose only one. An appropriate-size faux hide allows for the pattern of a rug with the heat of dark floors.
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Go daring with chevron. Try putting a twist on traditional style by adding a bold chevron rug to the room. Each one the classic components remain firmly intact, although the vivid, whimsical pattern of the rug adds interest.
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Mix up solid colors. Blue and white is definitely one of the very classic colour pairings to get a relaxing, classy room. Different shades of both key colors are combined together with the addition of a multifaceted rug.
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Integrate modest patterns. Little patterns and solid colors are principles in a traditional room. Inside this space, the Greek key pattern on the rug adds vibrancy to the solid colors elsewhere.
West Elm
Zigzag Rug – $49
At first glance, a chevron rug might appear too busy for a traditional space, but quite often it’s the impact of earning a dressier space feel fun and young.
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Gray and Ivory Striped Rug – $78.75
When in doubt, you can’t ever go wrong with simple stripes. By tone-on-tone to bright colors, a striped rug complements a classic layout scheme.
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