Living Room Rug Dilemma
We have decided we need a large, square rug to help pull the room together, and have selected two options. The Scion rug has a deeper pile between 20-30mm, whereas the Esprit rug has a pile depth of 6-10mm. Both are made from wool.
Design Note: The walls are a light grey, and feature wall (out of shot) is a muted English mist green.
Which one would you buy?
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Danielle H
5 years ago
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minnie101
5 years agolast modified: 5 years agoI think a patterned rug would work but personally find the Esprit too dark although it is nice. Is your feature wall similar to the colour in the first pic? Just wondering how the west elm verve rug would work as shown? I also wonder if adding a coffee table would help, something round or tear drop? The nesting tables shown are from rose and grey. I might also try pushing the sofa along to the side table and away from the wall slightly so the wall art is centred over the whole furniture arrangement. If in budget you could also add an arc lamp behind as per last pic and perhaps a plant at the other end of the sofa
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5 years agoI’ve followed the advice and pulled the sofa out a few extra centimetres. However it’s a fine balancing act to avoid it encouraging into the room too much and unbalancing the layout. We’re happy with it so far and hopefully you guys are too!
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