Rugs are onerous. We get it. How have you learnt the appropriate dimension and placement? Will it look good in your room? What if appears to be like nothing just like the photographs on-line? When you have any of these ideas, this publish is for you. We’re going to dive into an particularly magical rug that goes with mainly any coloured couch/wall/room, but additionally speak typically about rug dimension and placement. Plus, we’ve listed a bunch of different favourite rugs, vetted by us (we purchased all of them with our personal cash & love them – no affiliation with any of ’em).
The Magic Rug
Let’s begin with the magic rug. We purchased this rug a few years in the past for one of many duplex dwelling rooms in Cape Charles.
I’m undecided who first dubbed (within the rust coloration) the “magic rug,” however it all started after we realized it seemed good with primarily any room, regardless of the colour scheme. There are heat & cool tones in it – and a variety of every – so it appears to tie in and relate to mainly something. I imply, you may see it with a lime inexperienced couch in a video afterward on this publish. So yeah, this rug has RANGE.
And since this discovery, we’ve been flooded with dozens, possibly even tons of (!!) of images from different individuals who’ve used it of their bedrooms, dwelling rooms, and extra – all with nice outcomes. So when you’re searching for a no brainer rug choice, that is the one.
And primarily based on our Instagram suggestions, I’d say the magic rug has a hilariously giant following of canines who respect it too (or, at the least, canine house owners). This collage is simply the tip of the dogs-on-the-magic-rug-photos iceberg, people:
Spherical of applause for everybody who took these footage. Additionally, be aware of the way it flatters each canine. Actually goes with something. Word: we’ve additionally acquired photographs of a child pig and a gaggle of child geese on the magic rug. If solely I might discover these for this publish.
The place Can I Purchase The Magic Rug?
We bought this rug underneath the title “nuLOOM Vintage Harriet Medallion Fringe Area Rug” from Overstock for our duplex rental three or 4 years in the past. That title is kind of the mouthful, which is one more reason it’s simply simpler to name it “the magic rug.”
Harriet The Rug additionally goes by the names Ethel or Edessa on many different websites (possibly with all of those alter egos we must always name her Harriet The Spy as an alternative). As you may see under, we discovered the identical rug listed underneath completely different names on different websites like:
We’re sure they’re all precisely the identical rug. The brand new names are simply how shops make it tougher to cost evaluate (boo hiss). So when you’re somebody who likes to buy round for the very best deal, you’ve received OPTIONS in these bullets above. The one place you’re unlikely to seek out it’s in shops, until you occur to bump into it randomly in HomeGoods or one thing (we’ve by no means seen it in a retailer).
What Makes This Rug So Magical?
The brief reply is that it’s a really adaptable rug that performs properly with a wide range of house decor kinds and coloration schemes. The sample is basic and conventional, however lots of the colorways – significantly “Rust” – nonetheless really feel brilliant and contemporary (not muddled and darkish).
You possibly can see the way it pairs nicely with the fashionable chandelier and couch within the photograph under (in addition to with the extra conventional chairs, curtains, and a classic espresso desk). It actually anchors a seating space or bed room the second you roll it out.
It’s additionally fairly inexpensive: round $350 for an 8×10. So for many individuals, it turns into an accessible technique to both add a brand new rug to a room that has by no means had one, replace an outdated rug, and even exchange a too-small rug with one which’s a greater dimension (for many bedrooms and dwelling rooms we’d suggest an 8×10 (a 5×7′ tends to be too dwarfed underneath a mattress or espresso desk and you actually need to anchor these rooms with one thing bigger – even when it’s solely a foot from the partitions on all sides).
As a result of we’re nothing if not thorough, let’s speak just a little extra about rug sizes…
What Rug Dimension Is Proper For My Room?
Shopping for a too-small rug is a particularly widespread mistake. Conveniently, the magic rug is available in an enormous assortment of sizes – together with runners, spherical rugs, sq. rugs, and as giant as 10′ x 13′. That’s one more reason why it’s so adaptable to so many rooms. However which one’s proper to your house?
We’ve written some room-specific rug tips since eating rooms, house workplaces, dwelling rooms, and bedrooms all have completely different concerns. However our common suggestions are:
#1: Purchase the most important rug that your room and your price range can deal with.
Most often, you may’t go mistaken with a rug that goes almost wall-to-wall – though we sometimes like to remain 8-12″ from the sting of the room if potential. So in case your pockets can deal with it, measure for the most important dimension your room will match. You possibly can see under that we scooted the rug even nearer to the wall alongside the 2 edges of the seating space since no person goes to be admiring your hardwoods flooring there and it helps to floor the seating space:
Here’s a shot from additional away to make clear how we positioned it. See the way it’s nearer to the wall in that again nook to floor the couch and chairs within the sitting space and tie the whole lot collectively. In the meantime, extra wooden flooring is revealed in areas the place you stroll by and round this sitting zone.
#2: Rugs assist to outline an area & join the furnishings
By join, we imply actually contact. This implies when you have a rug in a seating space, ideally the sofa and chairs ought to at minimal have their entrance ft on the rug. You possibly can see this precept in motion under within the earlier than and after despatched to us by Sam on Instagram. Nothing else modified within the room moreover the rug. Isn’t that wild? Exhibits you ways a lot a brand new rug can do.
The outdated rug was an “island” that was drifting by itself with out making contact with the opposite furnishings (aside from the espresso desk). The brand new bigger rug now permits the entrance ft of all of the furnishings to connect with the rug, which higher anchors the zone and ties the whole lot collectively.
What Coloration Ought to I Select?
This rug is available in almost as many coloration choices because it does sizes, which provides to its versatility (though you may’t all the time depend on each choice being in inventory). Our favourite colorway is “Rust” which is the one we purchased for the duplex that earned this rug its mystical fame.
The “Orange” colorway works equally to Rust, however has a extra colourful and excessive distinction vitality to it. So if you’d like one thing with just a little extra pow, that one has you coated. And the “Mild Brown” one reads as a mushy muted beige/pink in each photograph we’ve seen. Actually mushy and refined and good.
Many of the different rug colorways are extra muted or monochromatic – like “Mild Blue” and “Silver” – each of which we’ve additionally seen in rooms (they give the impression of being refined and easygoing). In order that they’re nice choices when you have a tighter coloration palette in your house or are searching for one thing that’s extra subdued.
How Does The Magic Rug Really feel?
Sufficient about appears to be like, proper? This rug is SO SOFT underfoot. Sherry likens it to “a chenille sweater” (it doesn’t have that itchy tough or plastic-y feeling that some price range rugs have). It’s not the thickest or most plush rug on the market, nonetheless, so that you’ll undoubtedly need to add a rug pad. We like these grippy felt rug pads for some added cushion, however these affordable non-slip pads additionally do the trick.
What Else Ought to I Know About The Magic Rug?
Remember that, like most rugs, this rug has a lightweight and a darkish facet. This simply signifies that due to the luster of the fibers or the route of the pile, the rug would possibly look darker or lighter relying on which finish you’re standing. As an example, within the photograph under you’re trying on the “darkish facet” of the magic rug:
And right here is the “gentle facet” seen from the opposite finish of the room. See the way it has a bit extra sheen and lightness?
We positioned the rug this fashion as a result of the daylight coming by the entrance home windows helps the darkish facet look lighter. Had we performed it the opposite approach, the darkish facet would’ve appeared even darker as a result of the whole lot is backlit by the home windows. So this association minimizes, not exacerbates, the distinction between the 2 sides.
Need To See The Rug In Motion?
We’ve largely sung the magic rug’s praises on Instagram Tales through the years, so you may see extra by visiting the RUGS spotlight on our Instagram profile. However to make it simpler, we’ve additionally edited a bunch of these slides collectively under for you. On this video, you may see:
- particulars concerning the binding and fringe
- a deeper rationalization of the sunshine and darkish sides
- extra earlier than & afters of the rug in a wide range of properties
Word: You may as well watch this video on YouTube.
Our Different Favourite Rugs
And whereas we’re on the subject of rugs, we’ve received just a few others that we’ve particularly liked. So let’s contact on these earlier than we go. Under you may see our bedroom rug, which is mushy and attention-grabbing. Patterned however not too in your face. Very muted and layered (the photographs on the web site do it no justice).
Upstairs we’ve one in all our favourite rug finds of all time from HomeGoods round 9 years in the past. They now not promote it, however this one is similar. Don’t neglect to seize a rug pad to go underneath any and all of those rugs, simply to assist with grip and to thicken them up a bit.
In our daughter’s room we received this enormous light pink rug. It’s mushy underfoot and provides some enjoyable sample and coloration to the room with out being too overwhelming. The opposite wall on this room has an enormous colourful mural, so we didn’t need the rug to struggle with that.
We purchased the rug under for the artwork room in our final home & took it with us to our present home as a result of it feels particularly beachy (it now lives in our son’s room). It’s so inexpensive and the mushy blue/grey tones imply it may possibly slip into virtually any house with ease (ours is the “indigo” coloration).
One other rug we actually liked is this one that we had within the pink home’s front room. It felt extraordinarily nicely made (it took SO MUCH abuse – together with an particularly memorable slime incident) and nonetheless seemed like new. Additionally, shout out to that glossy white wall shelf within the background, which is likely one of the few issues we took with us since we bought the pink home furnished. It lives on in our kitchen!
Upstairs on the pink home we additionally liked this rug, which was VERY SOFT and added some mushy small-scale sample with fringe on two sides.
This rug has extra of a jute texture (not tremendous scratchy, however not further mushy like wool or cotton) and we appreciated that it felt stable and beachy. Simply wouldn’t kneel on this one, so keep away from it in a room like a nursery the place you would possibly play on the ground loads. Could be superior in a house workplace, visitor room, or sunroom.
Under is a photograph of the duplex, and this bedroom rug was one in all our favorites. As soon as once more it’s a small-scale sample and a fairly muted tone. Though there’s blue in it, it learn like a impartial within the room, whereas nonetheless lending some curiosity.
And final however not least, right here’s one other favourite bedroom rug from the duplex. It’s a jute look however didn’t really feel very scratchy. Simply good and impartial whereas including some depth to the room (it tied in so nicely with the blue-green doorways there – see that one within the background?). Ours is the “blue natural” colorway.
Okay, that’s the whole lot I can consider with regards to the magic rug… and past. We actually took fairly a rug journey right here.
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