POP APT #2

Area Carpets that make your room POP!

Now this is an easy one! Area rugs are great for bedrooms, living rooms and dens.

Here are 9 Awesome Tips to Consider when Area Rug-Shopping…

1. A bold, graphic rug creates a dramatic focal point in a room. Let it really sing by choosing a barely-there coffee table made of glass. Too bold for your tast? A large, sturdy coffee table will break up the print and lessen the impact.
2. Use a rug to define areas within a large room or to punctuate a foyer.
3. Working with a small space? Light or pastel rugs make a room seem spacious, while deeper colors create a cozy feeling.
4. A large rug topped with furniture has a more casual effect than a small rug surrounded by a formal furniture setup.
5. Patterned rugs are great for two reasons: they help anchor your room’s color scheme and visually unite a space, and they’re slow to show wear-and-tear in high-traffic areas.
6. Try layering rugs. Just be sure to unify your choices with at least one common thread, like weave type of color palette.
7. Don’t get stuck in a rectangle Rut. Circular Rugs create a sense of movement.
8. Size matters: hallway rummers need to show some floor on all sides; dining room rugs should be large enough for chairs to be pulled from the table without catching the edge (and scuffing the floors).
9. Rugs aren’t just for floors. They can be used as wall hangings to create the focal point of a room.

My favorite places to shop for VIBRANT area rugs are…

Anthropologie/Anthropologie.com: a great place to shop for carpets that have prints and patterns from nature and for multicolored colored area rugs (I mean 4 to 10 colors in one rug).

Wayfair.com: Hundreds of quality rugs in one place and you can SHOP BY COLOR Wayfair carries some of my favorite brands in area rugs, including: Safevieh, Dash and Albert Rugs, Surya Rugs, Milliken and DwellStudio.

JonathanAdler.com: My imaginary, dream apartment is filled with Jonathan Adler everything. Mr. Adler has the best prints in lots of fun vibrant colors. I particularly like anything with a greek key pattern, and his cruelty free “zebra” rugs.

West Elm: While West Elm’s color palette is generally more muted than that of the vendors I’ve listed above, their rugs have amazing prints and patterns and tend to add a certain level of sophistication to a room. And if that weren’t enough their pricing is extremely reasonable!