How To Use A Rug To Make A Room Look More Luxurious

 

If you're wondering how a rug can add a more luxurious look to your room, here are some tips that will guide you.

While you might have luxury furniture and décor in the room you are designing, without the right kind of rug it can quite easily look as though the room is incomplete and lacking that last bit of “something” that brings it all together.

Some rugs just have the ability to transform a space from your “everyday area” into an elegant display straight out of an edition of a Home and Garden magazine. Rugs can have that luxury look and feel that changes the entire space, making it seem a whole lot more lavish than it really is.

And you don’t have to spend a whole month’s salary on a rug to achieve this effect. There are plenty of really wallet-friendly options and ideas out there, as the market is welcoming in more and more types of rugs that have that luxury appeal.

Although the placement of the rug can be one of the ways that can make the room come across as more extravagant, it is the type of rug that you buy which will be the deciding factor as to whether or not the rug is able to help you achieve your high-end goal.

When choosing your rug, it is important to select your rug based on the overall look you are going for in the room. While you can occasionally get away with throwing in a bunch of décor pieces and seeing what sticks, most rooms will have a colour scheme or a theme that needs to be given some thought. And not only should you look at matching your rug to your theme or colour palette, but you should also keep size in mind. The rug needs to be an appropriate size or it runs the risk of taking over the space and dominating the scene in an unflattering way.

At Rugs Original, we are all about making a splash with your rug, and we have 10 easy tips that you can use to make your space look more opulent when decorating with a rug.

10 Tips for using your Rug to Make a Luxury Statement

 

Get a patterned rug

For some people a patterned rug can be intimidating. There is always the worry that it will take all of the attention, but if you lay it just right, and make sure that it is well balanced with the rest of the décor, it will look quite elegant. When you are working with a patterned rug, the key is to let it have its moment in the spotlight. This bold approach will pay off by giving the room that more luxurious look.

There is no doubt that decorating with a pattern can get tricky. To avoid falling into a design disaster, you can stick to a neutral colour scheme. For instance, have a cream rug with a black pattern rather than an overly colourful rug with a funky design.

Don’t overthink it

There are plenty of lists out there that can make you feel as though you are not doing enough with your rug. The truth is, you can overthink your approach to using the rug and, as a result, could miss the chance to achieve the look you had hoped for. Finding a rug that seamlessly blends into the room might seem like you are playing it safe, but in this day and age, where minimalism has become synonymous (for some) with luxury, you will actually be hitting the mark.

One way to help guide your thinking process so that you don’t overdo it, is to go with a rug that is a muted colour or a similar colour to what you already have going on in your space. This will help the rug to blend in.

Mimic Colours

While the tip above focused on blending in the rug with whatever else you have in the room, with this tip for achieving that luxury look, you are going to match the rug with the most dominant colour in the room. Accessories such as pillows, tablecloths, and even curtains, will generally have a similar colour palette. If you match the rug colour and/or patterns to your most standout décor, you will not only have a luxury look, but you will also have a room that comes across as more interesting to look at.

This sort of approach can also help to give the room a more calming appeal, although this will depend entirely on the colour you are working with.

Use the rug to determine the colour of the room

The most common rule when working with a rug is based on the fact that the rug is generally added once the room has already been decorated. If you switch this up you can consider laying the rug first and allowing it to guide the selection of colours and patterns that will be used in the rest of the space. This approach is actually a lot more fun to work with and it will also give you the chance to get quite creative with your interior decorating process.

To use this method, you don’t have to wait until you move into a new property. Instead, you can use it when you redesign a space.

Buy the statement rug

Bold statement rugs are the epitome of luxury, especially if you are thinking about buying a Persian or an Oriental rug. When you place a dramatic rug, it will give you the freedom to allow the rest of the furnishings in the room to be more understated, because the rug is going to become the biggest eye catcher and essentially what helps to give the room its luxury look.

Use your rug as a work of art

One of the greatest things about rugs, especially the more upmarket kind and the ones that display an interesting design, is that they are in their own right a work of art. When you use the rug as art as well as a floor covering, you can transform the room into a more luxurious setting. The idea is to make the rug a focal feature and to also add a touch of something different, like wallpaper, which complements the rug. By working with your rug this way, you can also inject some of your personality into the space.

Invest in an antique

Even a faux antique rug can make any room look like a more luxurious space. For the most part any antique looking rug is going to look like an expensive, luxurious feature, just because we associate some antiques with extravagance. Regardless of whatever else you have in the room, when you are working with a rug of this kind, there will be an instant upmarket feel about the space. And since antique rugs go with just about all styles of décor, it will fit in seamlessly with most furniture. If you do decide to invest in a real antique rug, Persian and Orientals are the most popular and often the most valuable, so your rug will be so much more than just something nice to look at, it will be an investment.

Use the rug to add warmth

While cool tones can be seen as luxury by some, it is the warmer tones that often evoke that more upmarket look. Any room can be made to look and feel warmer with a rug, because the rug tends to be the one feature that completes a room and it also feels comfortable, and warm, underfoot. If this is the kind of look you are interested in trying out, then the best types of rugs to use would be a fluffy rug in a muted or warm tone. Think about those white fluffy rugs and how luxurious they look when they are placed in a bedroom or living room.

Use luxury colours

Colours have all sorts of unconscious meanings for some. Yellows and oranges are used to create feelings of energy and excitement, and greens can make the space feel more connected to nature and more relaxing. The colours that are associated with luxury, and even royalty, include purples and blues. You don’t have to choose a solid colour rug in purple or blue to create that luxury look and feel, instead you can choose a rug that has a light dusting of these colours, or which features shapes in these colours. Naturally, when using this tip, you will need to give some thought to the other décor pieces and furniture that you have in the space, as purple and blue hues can be very dominating and they can easily clash with other colours in a not-so-flattering way.

Try out a natural rug

Bringing the outdoors inside used to be something only preferred by those wanting to make their space look more rustic. These days, the rustic aesthetic has gone from old and outdated to quite chic and even luxurious. Natural rugs are made from natural materials, which usually includes plant fibers, such as grass and reeds. Since these rugs are often in a very natural colour, they blend in well with everything. These types of rugs generally don’t do so well in rooms that experience high-humidity or water spills, such as bathrooms and kitchens, so they will only be a great option if used in a living room or a bedroom