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Shall we say "Scale" issues?
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I'm having Rug Rage! Time and time again I see ill-sized rugs being used in
Home Staging projects and 99.9% of them are too small for the space or the furniture collection it's anchoring. And don't get me started on materials - I've seen a bath rug under a cocktail table..
Why is this happening? Where can this this size dilemma and faux pas placement stem from?
1. Home Staging Inventory Issues?
2. Lack of Education?
3. Complacent Stagers?
How do we solve this size issue? Well, by simply educating the faux pas rug placers. Here's a double duty educational tool from our friends over at Over Stock. Why double duty?
Over Stock is an awesome place to shop for rugs, so a great source to build your inventory & for educational
home decorating articles. They slip you just the right info to foil your size dilemma and faux pas placement issues.
How to Size Your Room for an Area Rug
How to Place an Area Rug
How to Determine the Right Size Area Rug
And for those that offer both home staging and styling services - A fabulous post by a designer and blogger:
Area Rug Rules and How to Break Them
Hopefully with these gentle tip, Rug Rage can be resolved.
4 comments:
Yes - I see this often as well and have reduced our inventory of rugs smaller than 6x9 -- they just don't have many uses for our staging business. There are times when nothing at all is better than a tiny rug which only distracts from the room - wonderful post!
Margaret, the smaller rugs can be used in monster master baths, in kid's spaces, as one of two to make a larger anchor, or to bridge a bed to conversational seating in a master.
My staging instructor strongly emphasized not creating a "placemat" look with a small rug under a coffee table in the living room. Ideally, the front two legs of the sofa should
rest upon the area rug. She recommended using at least a 5X8 depending upon the size of the room and the furniture grouping used.
Wish all instructors taught that!!
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