Should You Choose a Statement Rug?
Should You Choose a
Statement Rug?
STORY BY ALLISON GOLDMAN PHOTO BY SINA SAADATMAND
A great rug pulls a room together — and it definitely doesn’t have to be neutral to do so. You can use color, texture, or a surprising pattern to add some flair to your floor, just like the One Room Challenge participants did below.
When Kate Dreyer redid her daughter’s bedroom, she wanted to incorporate decor and accessories that were as fun and spunky as the tween is. “This vibrant rug was the perfect foundation for the room,” says Kate. “To develop the larger color palette for the room, I pulled bright hues from the rug and repeated those colors throughout the bedroom to create a cohesive look. The result is happy and colorful without being too in-your-face.” Oh, and Kate’s daughter absolutely loves it.
A Bold Addition
PHOTO CREDIT MERICHELLE JONES
“One of the hardest decisions for this room was the rug choice!” Merichelle Jones says of her home office makeover. “I was battling with myself on going bold versus going more muted and neutral.” She went with her gut, choosing a hot pink rug to “balance out the softer pastels in the wallpaper and bring fun vibrance to my office.”
A Pop of Animal Print
PHOTO CREDIT ERIN KESTENBAUM
Because Erin Kestenbaum covered her master bedroom walls in soft, cloud-like wallpaper and pale blue wainscotting, she “opted for lots of neutral texture and pattern to create visual balance” in the rest of the room, she says. That included a jute and chenille herringbone rug. But then comes a fun surprise: a zebra-printed hide rug she layered on top “to serve as a point of contrast of the small pattern on the jute rug with a large graphic pop on the hide,” she explains.
Sherbert-Colored Stairs
“Normally the stairs leading to basements are pretty neutral and even boring,” Sara Raak accurately observes. But when she redid her own basement, Sara knew she wanted her stairs to set an exciting tone for the room in store, so she installed a rainbow-striped Dash & Albert by Annie Selke rug as a runner. “I smile every time I go up or down the stairs,” Sara says.
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