Antique Rugs for your Home

SO what exactly is it that a really good antique rug can do for your brand new home? It may not seem like a lot, but actually small details like rugs can actually add a huge amount of atmosphere and charm to a room. A nice rug is pretty key for pretty much all interior design: very few rooms look good with bare floors. A nice antique rug is responsible for defining, complementing, emphasizing, or playing down whatever else is going on in a room. It can temper colors taht are too intense and make them look classy, or it can spice up a room that's mostly white.

    One of the first concerns with buying an antique rug or area rug is sizing- this can't be emphasized enough. Too large and it won't fit, or will dwarf the rest of the room. Too small and it will slide around and/or look silly. Measure your space.  The biggest you want to go is about 24 inches (or two feet) away from each wall, but of course you can go smaller.

    In fact, you can use a rug that is half the surface area of the room's floor to create what is known as conversation groupings. Place an area rug under a gathering of couches, chairs, and  a coffee table to make a sort of 'mini' room within a room. In this case, there should be no more than one or two extra feet of carpet extending beyond the furniture in any direction.