Your living room sofa should be the most comfortable furniture in your home and an area rug should be that second element that will enhance the comfort function and aesthetics in your space.
Area rug for sectional couch.
I start by taping off a 7 x 9 area to see how that looks.
Lower furniture such as a this sectional sofa above look fine with a rug tucked 8 12 under the edge of the sofa but for the beautiful side chairs the rug should sit completely underneath all four legs.
This room makes great use of smaller furniture pieces with a smaller rug.
The bold geometric pattern is like a piece of artwork for your floor and is placed as such.
It is turned so the short side extends beneath the long side of the sectional thus drawing the eye to the sitting.
With this size rug placed beneath your sectional sofa all sofa legs should be off the rug.
Helpful tips for how to place a rug under a sectional sofa.
This proves to be more effective here than if only the front portion of the chairs fit onto the rug because of the size of the room and the contrasting tone of the rug against.
5 by 8 feet or larger.
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Most likely it will be an 8 x 10 that works for your space or you could look at an 8 square.
If your furniture has delicate legs keep all legs on the rug.
In this living room by lauren nelson design only the front legs of the sofa sit on the rug while the placement of the chairs leaves their bases entirely on the rug.
The following are useful ideas for placing a rectangular rug under a sectional sofa in a room of your home.
Asymmetrical placement of an area rug below a small sectional.