If you use a cowhide.
Rug too small for living room.
In a smaller space you can also opt to have only the front legs of the furniture sitting on the rug.
For mid sized rooms go with a larger rug like an 8 by 10 and place your large anchor.
Almost any rug that feels just a bit too small can be stretched into service with a layer beneath that s at least a bit larger.
This works especially well if a sofa is up against a wall.
The ideal size for this option is a 9 by 12 foot rug or larger.
Use one large area rug to make a room look bigger instead of placing several small rugs.
If your living room is smallish and your sofa is up against a wall then you can float a 6 9 rug in front of it.
For some reason this doesn t look awkward or too small probably because the seating area already feels grounded and intimate because the room is smallish and the wall is helping ground everything.
Place the large rug within 12 inches of the walls on all sides or place it in the middle where it stops several inches away from all the furniture.
Design by kristen hutchins via hgtv.
You can go with a smaller rug like a 5 by 8 that can float in the.
It might be worth buying the higher end rug in a 5 8 and layering it over a much less expensive 8 10 neutral fiber rug.
Several rugs make a small room look crowded.
This way it doesn t look like the room is crowding the rug.
With this layout the rug should extend at least six inches past each piece of furniture.