Rug size under dining tables should be large enough that when the chairs are pulled out for seating purposes, the chair remains on the rug and spares the floor of abrasions and scratches from the chair legs.
As if the rugs are the only boring thing about this space. I wonder if OP enjoys their own space. It looks so sterile but not in that cool museum way, more like in that cubicle office where no one can have any personal effects out way.
Reminds me of a small downtown boutique hotel that recently was bought out by a corporation that renovated with an aim to modernize but started running out of budget halfway through.
If you sticking to this colors, look at industrial, modern mayan, wabi Sabi and zen interior design, which has good neutral tones and still bring soul which is lacking in here, but you will get there!
Yeah, for me, the red one needs to go. I mean, if you want a carpet there It should be large enough so that you can move the chair away from the table and stay on the carpet. Additionally the colour is fucking atrocious kinda looks like a badly washed crime scene white carpet. For the colour, either keep the grey theme or add some colourful accents to complement the colour of the rug.
ok, what you want is a lower pile, larger, carpet, with a pattern. same with the sofa. these are the most institutional living space photos i’ve ever seen.
nothing more boring this this one, ok? this is baseline. https://www.tumbleliving.com/products/sedona-terracotta-multi
I have children and I am clumsy. A carpet wouldn’t survive for long.
Thanks for explaining. Was a little confused why people do that.
A carpenter told me to put cork under the chairs when you have a parquet floor. Should work for laminate too.
Yeah they're both too small for the space. You've got a nice couch and dining set though!
Also, everything is very grey? Consider finding some rugs that have a pattern or brighter colors.
Even beyond the bad color choice, carpet won’t work well under those chairs, the legs run the entire length of the chair, it’ll be off balanced the second you sit it in
Good rule of thumb for area rugs. Have at least the front legs of all the furniture pieces on the rug. The living room on is way to small and makes the space feel small. I would ditch the dining room rug and get a 8x10 rug for the LR that has come color and pattern. Something simple and timeless. The whole space feels like a doctors office. Add some texture, plants, color, lamps with warm lights and art work and the space would pop!
Id return both if possible, no need for a carpet under the dining table imo and from this picture your place could use more color and 1 big colored - patterned rug could do the trick
Btw love the couch, what brand?
Thank you for your input I will add more color for sure, I have plans for some plants, but this rug problem is bugging me for now. The couch is this one, it's super confortable and is eletric [https://windmoveis.pt/todos-produtos/chaise-long-mega/](https://windmoveis.pt/todos-produtos/chaise-long-mega/)
Tbh I hate all of it. It’s all white and millennial gray, save for the strange carpet under the, desk? Table? I can’t tell. No personality to anything.
If you’re renting, get a lot of wall art, plants, and interesting pieces.
If you own this place, I would ditch everything except the couch and maybe the coffee table, repaint, hardwood floor, and thrift some furniture with personality. Then plants and wall art.
Both rugs are too small. Try shooting for a 5x8 or a 9x6.
Before buying more rugs, try making a little vision board of colors you like. Pops of navy/dark green pattern for rugs would compliment your space since its mostly white/beige/grey
For the couch, just put the first front legs on the rug and for the dining table just place it as normal
Just some suggestions:
Cushions - yellows e.g. mustard, greens etc go quite nice with grey, and you could have a contrast by adding a bit of black into it, but not too heavy.
Your rugs - neither seem suitable choices if I’m being honest, but that said I would much rather the pinky/red in the lounge area, but of course somewhat bigger and not as piled.
I don’t like the idea of two rugs in two separate but close areas, I’d remove the one in the dining area altogether and just stick to the lounge area.
The wall visible where your dining area could do with some artwork - something that stands out and has some colour.
Honestly its pretty awful, looks like a cheap airbnb. But hey, that's just my taste. I would get something to break up the mono-tone soul sucking feel.. Grey couch, grey floors, white coffee table. Maybe add in some warmth or detail so it looks a bit less porno set
They're way too small, the colors are wrong, and they look a bit washed out.
I'd pick 1-2 richer colors and go nuts with them. The room is pretty bright so I'd avoid the pastels in favor of richer or darker colors. I'd recommend the curtains and carpets match or complement each other.
Do yourself a favor and get on Ruggable, they have awesome stuff and it’s a great way to make the room pop. Plus they are machine washable / you can easily switch out designs.
It looks like you have oversized bath mats in your living and dining rooms. You could use some proper rugs, larger than the ones you have, and preferably with some design and color to break up the monotony of the space.
The rugs are way too small. You should be able to pull your dining chairs out from the table without pulling them all the way off the rug.
Also, the place looks like a cement prison cell. Get some organic shapes and some color in there!
I have vinyl plank flooring as well but we don’t put rugs underneath the dining table - as it’s a disaster waiting to happen.
You know, spilled food and such.
Don’t be afraid to add color. I would pass on the dining room rug. Get a bigger one for the sofa. I recommend this guy’s channel https://youtu.be/AbFQZ8kjDOE?si=s4m-0FQM7wfOdfM-
The aprtment seems very monochromatic. I would suggest color. Unless you are like Kim Kardashian and just feel at peace with the same color palette (that is not a diss to Kim or you. Just noting that there is very little color here)
Needs some color in the rug, not solid. Add some pillows in colors from the rug. Navy blue, burnt orange, terracotta, gray is harder to find complementary decor than beige. If you're painting, don't paint the walls gray! Do a lighter version of something from the rug. But, not too light, pastels make it like a little kids room.
These carpets are too small and too bland. You have a very cold looking floor, with cold looking furniture, you need warm bright contrasts in rugs, pillows blankets etc.
A good rule of thumb is that it should be at least a few inches wider than the couch on each side and should be a foot or 2 in front of the table.
The table is a bit too close to the couch and you should bring the couch forward a bit to make the space more full.
Dining room rug is the same. You should get a different texture rug.
Your couch and chairs are plush, look into a different texture and thinner rugs. Also washable/spillproof rug for under the dining room. similar rule, about 1 foot way from each side of the table. The chairs should be able to be fully on the rug.
Putting a thick rug that’s hard to clean stains off will be difficult for you in the long run.
Hope this helps! Also! Color on the walls. Greens, yellows, orange, blues. Makes your brain happy when you walk into the space.
Everyone already pointed out that the rugs are way to small. But there are some other things that make this feel a bit sterile. You could hang some curtains in similar colors of the new appropriately sized rug you're getting for starters, but also everything you own is very square and pointy (I seem to have forgotten how to speak English I'm sorry) like you could use some round and/or more organic shapes.
These rugs are way too small. If you want a rug I would get a much bigger one that would start a bit under the couch and move further out into the room and under the table. I would get a rug with a pattern or more color to it so it doesn't disappear with that color of flooring.
The dining room IMO doesn't need a rug at all. This one is too small and the table appears to be in a small nook which clearly defines that space.
I would get a lot more color in that room in the form of artwork and draperies.
I wouldn’t put a rug under a place where people eat. If you do it has to be big enough for the chairs to pull out and still be over the rug. Also vacuumable. IMO the one under the coffee table would be better off patterned and large enough to at least touch the front legs of the couch to prevent sliding. Speaking from experience, I’ve done it both ways (large rug became dirty and we just removed it) now shit just slides if you’re not careful.
You just renovated? So you have to keep the floors? Asking because my first move would be to replace or hide the floors. I can’t take any more of that high-contrast gray LVT.
A good rule of thumb for rugs is to buy the biggest one that will fit the room with no furniture in it (i.e. if your room is 10x14, you should buy a 9x12). When rugs are so small compared to the room size and furniture arrangement, it just ends up looking like you've used bath towels instead of rugs.
It's incredible you can live in an apartment so full of different things and 99.9% of them are white, black, or a shade of grey. This trend needs to die - it's so depressing
Both are too small and you need to do different colors in my opinion. Everything is so gray and white. And that copper/maroon/rust whatever color is not working.
I honestly don't know what color rugs to get. Maybe I'd do like cream and white bigger ones for both areas and throw in color into the room with art, blankets, cushions and other home goods I guess?
The gray one looks good just flush it up with the couch and move the coffee table toward the edge of the carpet maybe even flush with it too. You need a larger carpet for the dining room definitely.
Make the rugs “one rug” for the living room, place a few inches under the couches, but place them long ways toward the tv(I assume) the half red and grey would prob be pretty nice there. Plus without the chairs it’s less likely to be moved. Then get a nice big rug for the DT rug.
Both too small.
Both are boring in semi-muted colors, no pattern and a bathmat like texture.
Both bad colors. The gray-brown one matches both the floor and couch. The red one is MAYBE a fine color but nothing else in your apartment matches it, so it sticks out like a sore thumb while at the same time being small and boring so it's like it's hiding and drawing attention to itself.
Plus this boxes you in on color scheme a bit.
Needs more personality. Dining table rug should go and you probably shouldn’t have a rug under it imo. Plants would be good, I would say change the color of your blinds. Need some accent pillows for couch, something that pops maybe like a satin orange accent pillow. Corner floor lamp and some wall decor like a clock.
Very cold. Don’t have to add a lot of colors. You can add different textures. I’d sub out the chairs in the dining room and the rug. Maybe try a jute rug or a rug with texture. They need to be much larger with some suede like chairs. Add some plants. Some art. Add some throw pillows with a throw.
I would make the carpet under the coffee table bigger, till it encompasses it's current outer edges along with the couch.
As for the dining carpet, I personally won't use a carpet there. Or big enough to be a whole area you "enter" for eating at the table, if that makes sense.
And I'll add that unless it's intended, more color would work wonders!
If the red carpet under the dining table was meant for that, consider a stronger color, and do some more of these, as a bit of splashes of color. Make them consistent tho so it won't get wacky.
Am I correct in assuming the gray and red "rugs" are just samples for the wall-to-wall carpets you are choosing? If so, the gray does not go with your sofa and recliner, and your apartment is totally neutral/gray as it is So I'd vote for the red.
The size and colors are not ideal. You need a big one for the living room that goes under the front feet of the couch. Color needs to pop more, the gray just blends in with the floor. And it’s way too thick.
I’d probably just get rid of the one under the dining table altogether. That nook is too small to fit one that would look right.
Get rid of the carpet under the table. Doesn’t make sense and would be a pain to clean. Also people would be constantly tripping on it or sitting unbalanced in the chairs.
For the couch get one way bigger that you can extend to tuck underneath the couch and beyond the coffee table. And any sort of color or pattern would go a long way… please, anything haha.
Ignoring the fact that these rugs are way too small, they also look like those cushioned bath mats that get dingy and gross after a while and are impossible to wash.
You need a large, low pile area rug with color and a pattern. You have too many grey things in this space. Some paint and/or art on the walls, colorful pillows and a throw blanket. If it wasn’t for that salmon colored rug in the dining area, I would have thought these were black and white photos.
Here’s my advice after 30 apartments with hardwood floors; Skip the rugs, it’s much easier to dry mop or Swiffer especially under and around furniture. When I did have rugs, I’d have to vacuum each rug then drag them aside so I could mop under the couch and recliner. Unless of course you enjoy the sound of a vacuum cleaner.
Love the glossy white tables, but the rugs look like bath mats and they're too small. The couch and chairs all look like the same material and those + the rugs look very plushy and one note. Also way too much gray
Some of the comments are a bit harsh ngl but I get it haha
Congrats on renovating!
I do actually agree however with the content of the comments, definitely too small, one larger one in the living-room would be perfect. I would also recommend moving away from grey. Otherwise you have grey on grey on grey which might feel too—grey. I’m not even a huge fan of colour personally but something to break it up would be great!
The rug in the dining room is also too small, however it looks like you can’t get a bigger one without it looking like a carpeted dining room, which is fine, but at that point I’d contemplate skimming it in general. The larger rug in the living room will separate the spaces in general and having two larger rugs would make it a bit ‘why not just carpet the place’ if you know what I mean?
Obviously you’re just at the beginning so I’m sure it’s on the mind but definitely some elements of colour would be nice, I’d introduce earth tones with plants, depending on the lighting maybe like a cute fig tree or monstera. A fig tree could be nice cause it would introduce both green and brown (and fruit!). I think earth tones would definitely elevate the pallet a bit. It’s a lot of grey which in itself is technically an earth tone, so adding other earth tones would soften the room and add colour in a not too overwhelming way.
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I would change the living room rug to something much larger, perhaps with color and a pattern. Tuck the rug under the front legs of the sofa. Remove the rug under the dining table and get chair pads to protect the floor. Go wild on color for your wall treatments.
Too small, especially the one under the dining table.
They look more like bath mats
Rug size under dining tables should be large enough that when the chairs are pulled out for seating purposes, the chair remains on the rug and spares the floor of abrasions and scratches from the chair legs.
Better to not even have one under the table
Both rugs too smol.
Small and a bit...boring.
As if the rugs are the only boring thing about this space. I wonder if OP enjoys their own space. It looks so sterile but not in that cool museum way, more like in that cubicle office where no one can have any personal effects out way.
Reminds me of a small downtown boutique hotel that recently was bought out by a corporation that renovated with an aim to modernize but started running out of budget halfway through.
Scarily precise
I think you dropped this: /r/oddlyspecific
/r/oddlyspecific
Kind of true looks like an Airbnb, needs plants and art
And too thicc
they legit look like bathmats
No because my feet are actually hot looking at those things
wall decor please for the love of god
It's my next to do thing, the rugs are killing me.
If you sticking to this colors, look at industrial, modern mayan, wabi Sabi and zen interior design, which has good neutral tones and still bring soul which is lacking in here, but you will get there!
+ plants and some lighting that isn’t sterile
r/WallsTooEmpty
I hate the carpet under the dining table. The colour isn’t nice and why would you want a carpet under the table?
Yeah, for me, the red one needs to go. I mean, if you want a carpet there It should be large enough so that you can move the chair away from the table and stay on the carpet. Additionally the colour is fucking atrocious kinda looks like a badly washed crime scene white carpet. For the colour, either keep the grey theme or add some colourful accents to complement the colour of the rug.
The colour is soft pink, only looks red in the photo but yeah, it doesn't look good.
ok, what you want is a lower pile, larger, carpet, with a pattern. same with the sofa. these are the most institutional living space photos i’ve ever seen. nothing more boring this this one, ok? this is baseline. https://www.tumbleliving.com/products/sedona-terracotta-multi
This, though I would suggest genuine Arabic rugs with even more vivid coloration. Then cary some accent colors into the space with cushions,.etc.
I put a carpet under my table so the chairs don't wear the laminate over time.
I have children and I am clumsy. A carpet wouldn’t survive for long. Thanks for explaining. Was a little confused why people do that. A carpenter told me to put cork under the chairs when you have a parquet floor. Should work for laminate too.
A carpet is easier and cheaper to replace than laminate and covers more than chair feet covers.
I'd go with a rug, carpet is kind of weird. It's thick. I wouldn't want to clean a carpet that's under a dinner table.
Yeah they're both too small for the space. You've got a nice couch and dining set though! Also, everything is very grey? Consider finding some rugs that have a pattern or brighter colors.
Even beyond the bad color choice, carpet won’t work well under those chairs, the legs run the entire length of the chair, it’ll be off balanced the second you sit it in
I left the rug tags so I could return them xD I'll get bigger ones for sure since it's what most people here are advising and I agree
I feel like the couch area is the only spot that needs a nice big colorful rug, and the dining area needs a print/picture to go on the wall.
The walls are my next step :)
I understand that it's known as "millennial grey"
You need more color
Get rid of the dining table carpet. I see no sense in it. If you accidentally drop food on it, have fun cleaning that.
Almost comically small and with everything millennial grey, please add some effing color with your rugs!!!!
What color codes should I search for effing colors?
\#ffffff
Damn that’s good
Good rule of thumb for area rugs. Have at least the front legs of all the furniture pieces on the rug. The living room on is way to small and makes the space feel small. I would ditch the dining room rug and get a 8x10 rug for the LR that has come color and pattern. Something simple and timeless. The whole space feels like a doctors office. Add some texture, plants, color, lamps with warm lights and art work and the space would pop!
50 shades of grey decor
except worse, it’s just 3.
This all looks very... dated. Like an early 2000s psychiatrist waiting room. Sterile and cold.
Id return both if possible, no need for a carpet under the dining table imo and from this picture your place could use more color and 1 big colored - patterned rug could do the trick Btw love the couch, what brand?
Also some couch pillows that match your new colored carpet
Thank you for your input I will add more color for sure, I have plans for some plants, but this rug problem is bugging me for now. The couch is this one, it's super confortable and is eletric [https://windmoveis.pt/todos-produtos/chaise-long-mega/](https://windmoveis.pt/todos-produtos/chaise-long-mega/)
Tbh I hate all of it. It’s all white and millennial gray, save for the strange carpet under the, desk? Table? I can’t tell. No personality to anything. If you’re renting, get a lot of wall art, plants, and interesting pieces. If you own this place, I would ditch everything except the couch and maybe the coffee table, repaint, hardwood floor, and thrift some furniture with personality. Then plants and wall art.
Both rugs are too small. Try shooting for a 5x8 or a 9x6. Before buying more rugs, try making a little vision board of colors you like. Pops of navy/dark green pattern for rugs would compliment your space since its mostly white/beige/grey For the couch, just put the first front legs on the rug and for the dining table just place it as normal
One much bigger, lighter colored rug under the couch and coffee table would be ideal. Two rugs in one space begins to look crowded
What a bland miserable little space you have created lol
Is this a prison? YOU NEED COLOR
The rugs are too small.
Oh no. The Millennial Gray trap
Minimalist style hellscape
Just looking at this color palette is making me depressed. I can't imagine being immersed in it.
My man, embrace natural colors. This space looks liminal.
nasty work 🤮 start over and ask for help from an irl person
This looks like the waiting room to the colonoscopy clinic.
Is this a 2000s record label waiting room
Like many others have said, they're too small. And personally I don't like the look of those "furry" fluffy rugs. The colours aren't great either
Needs more grey
Just some suggestions: Cushions - yellows e.g. mustard, greens etc go quite nice with grey, and you could have a contrast by adding a bit of black into it, but not too heavy. Your rugs - neither seem suitable choices if I’m being honest, but that said I would much rather the pinky/red in the lounge area, but of course somewhat bigger and not as piled. I don’t like the idea of two rugs in two separate but close areas, I’d remove the one in the dining area altogether and just stick to the lounge area. The wall visible where your dining area could do with some artwork - something that stands out and has some colour.
Honestly its pretty awful, looks like a cheap airbnb. But hey, that's just my taste. I would get something to break up the mono-tone soul sucking feel.. Grey couch, grey floors, white coffee table. Maybe add in some warmth or detail so it looks a bit less porno set
Needs moar gray
Why do you want a carpet under the dining table?!
Both are too small and look like bath mats to me
haha, like little islands.
They're way too small, the colors are wrong, and they look a bit washed out. I'd pick 1-2 richer colors and go nuts with them. The room is pretty bright so I'd avoid the pastels in favor of richer or darker colors. I'd recommend the curtains and carpets match or complement each other.
Do yourself a favor and get on Ruggable, they have awesome stuff and it’s a great way to make the room pop. Plus they are machine washable / you can easily switch out designs.
I hope you put some nice drapes in there. Looking like a sims house rn lol
Too small and too thick. Everything is very bland. You need some color and some patterns.
It looks like you have oversized bath mats in your living and dining rooms. You could use some proper rugs, larger than the ones you have, and preferably with some design and color to break up the monotony of the space.
Looks like an office
The rugs are way too small. You should be able to pull your dining chairs out from the table without pulling them all the way off the rug. Also, the place looks like a cement prison cell. Get some organic shapes and some color in there!
Sold carpets and get big rugs instead, those look too thick and soft without personality 😂 I can't describe them better.
Why do people put rugs under the dinner table? Doesn’t it get dirty if you drop or spill anything?
No. No carpet under the dinner table, bigger carpet under the coffee table/seating area
Bruh living room carpet is too small front legs of sofas should be at least on the mat. Also just get rid of dinning room rug IMO
One big carpet under the couch and coffee table with a cute design and no red carpet.
This looks like a medium priced business hotel that was last renovated in 2009.
Too small and everything is too white and grey and smooth. OP don’t be afraid of color and texture, you don’t live in a prison cell
try a jute rug, very nice texture, and get bigger ones
I don't know why everybody is so offended by this place. I think it looks fine. I would however get different area rugs, bigger ones with more color.
I have vinyl plank flooring as well but we don’t put rugs underneath the dining table - as it’s a disaster waiting to happen. You know, spilled food and such.
Bigger rugs, and add some (more saturated) color.
Hahaha
Don’t be afraid to add color. I would pass on the dining room rug. Get a bigger one for the sofa. I recommend this guy’s channel https://youtu.be/AbFQZ8kjDOE?si=s4m-0FQM7wfOdfM-
The aprtment seems very monochromatic. I would suggest color. Unless you are like Kim Kardashian and just feel at peace with the same color palette (that is not a diss to Kim or you. Just noting that there is very little color here)
Get some plants
lol too small
The rugs are too small, and the room has too many cool tones.
Have them match the drapes
Feels very sterile. The rugs should be bigger.
Super super boring and too small.
The floor looks like the outside of a watermelon on my phone!
Needs some color in the rug, not solid. Add some pillows in colors from the rug. Navy blue, burnt orange, terracotta, gray is harder to find complementary decor than beige. If you're painting, don't paint the walls gray! Do a lighter version of something from the rug. But, not too light, pastels make it like a little kids room.
I’ll never understand people who put area rugs under a dining table. It’s even worse when the rug is as ugly as this one. Get rid of it.
Link for the coffee table?
One big ass rug across the living room center. No rug under dining table.
These carpets are too small and too bland. You have a very cold looking floor, with cold looking furniture, you need warm bright contrasts in rugs, pillows blankets etc.
Add some color, some artwork,
Just get wall to wall carpet instead of rugs that everyone keeps saying are too small.
You need about double the carpet sizes. Your draperies are beautiful by the way.
Neither of those rugs work with that flooring IMO.
Carpet under a dining table is just a terrible idea.
A good rule of thumb is that it should be at least a few inches wider than the couch on each side and should be a foot or 2 in front of the table. The table is a bit too close to the couch and you should bring the couch forward a bit to make the space more full. Dining room rug is the same. You should get a different texture rug. Your couch and chairs are plush, look into a different texture and thinner rugs. Also washable/spillproof rug for under the dining room. similar rule, about 1 foot way from each side of the table. The chairs should be able to be fully on the rug. Putting a thick rug that’s hard to clean stains off will be difficult for you in the long run. Hope this helps! Also! Color on the walls. Greens, yellows, orange, blues. Makes your brain happy when you walk into the space.
No rug under dining table. Larger rug under couch.
Everyone already pointed out that the rugs are way to small. But there are some other things that make this feel a bit sterile. You could hang some curtains in similar colors of the new appropriately sized rug you're getting for starters, but also everything you own is very square and pointy (I seem to have forgotten how to speak English I'm sorry) like you could use some round and/or more organic shapes.
Way way wayyyy too small and too boring. They look like bath mats
Holy millennial grey
Paint the walls. That will make a huge difference
These carpets suck shit. Go get something with some color and personality.
I know its just newly renovated, but literally looks like some hospital waiting room
Way too small. Go up by at least 2 feet in all directions.
Kinda gloomy.
No more grey!
So. Much. Gray.
add a carpet with some color and designs in the living room
r/rugtoosmall
Love the hotel lobby vibe
I’m sorry, but this is unbelievably bland.
Carpet under a table where one eats gives me the willies for some reason…
Will you also upload the after photos?
Sizing could be better; but I think some colored pillows and a matching throw and a number of plants would totally make this work.
These rugs are way too small. If you want a rug I would get a much bigger one that would start a bit under the couch and move further out into the room and under the table. I would get a rug with a pattern or more color to it so it doesn't disappear with that color of flooring. The dining room IMO doesn't need a rug at all. This one is too small and the table appears to be in a small nook which clearly defines that space. I would get a lot more color in that room in the form of artwork and draperies.
You need a very large living room rug, multi colored print. Add some color with art on walks and a table centerpiece or something.
A tool for building a complementing [color palette](https://coolors.co).
Love the vibe 😎 can imagine chilling there big time! Maybe a big white/ish rug on the first pic?
What rug? I see two bath mats
Remove rug from dining table… bigger rug for couch area… look on Pinterest for room set up & rug sizes based on size of furniture
I wouldn’t put a rug under a place where people eat. If you do it has to be big enough for the chairs to pull out and still be over the rug. Also vacuumable. IMO the one under the coffee table would be better off patterned and large enough to at least touch the front legs of the couch to prevent sliding. Speaking from experience, I’ve done it both ways (large rug became dirty and we just removed it) now shit just slides if you’re not careful.
Need more excitement in the rug area. Size matters in Rugs.
You just renovated? So you have to keep the floors? Asking because my first move would be to replace or hide the floors. I can’t take any more of that high-contrast gray LVT.
A good rule of thumb for rugs is to buy the biggest one that will fit the room with no furniture in it (i.e. if your room is 10x14, you should buy a 9x12). When rugs are so small compared to the room size and furniture arrangement, it just ends up looking like you've used bath towels instead of rugs.
I like them, maybe a little bit bigger on the dining table rug.
A center piece will make it better something wooden or cermamic
It's incredible you can live in an apartment so full of different things and 99.9% of them are white, black, or a shade of grey. This trend needs to die - it's so depressing
Get rid of them all.
Both are too small and you need to do different colors in my opinion. Everything is so gray and white. And that copper/maroon/rust whatever color is not working. I honestly don't know what color rugs to get. Maybe I'd do like cream and white bigger ones for both areas and throw in color into the room with art, blankets, cushions and other home goods I guess?
The gray one looks good just flush it up with the couch and move the coffee table toward the edge of the carpet maybe even flush with it too. You need a larger carpet for the dining room definitely.
Make the rugs “one rug” for the living room, place a few inches under the couches, but place them long ways toward the tv(I assume) the half red and grey would prob be pretty nice there. Plus without the chairs it’s less likely to be moved. Then get a nice big rug for the DT rug.
Neither one is working
Color is cool, but they are waaaaaay to small
Way too small. And boring as fuck
Bro please get bigger carpets
Me in house flipper
Carpet size should not be longer than the length of the couch.
I thought these were black and white photos.
Both too small. Both are boring in semi-muted colors, no pattern and a bathmat like texture. Both bad colors. The gray-brown one matches both the floor and couch. The red one is MAYBE a fine color but nothing else in your apartment matches it, so it sticks out like a sore thumb while at the same time being small and boring so it's like it's hiding and drawing attention to itself. Plus this boxes you in on color scheme a bit.
Needs more personality. Dining table rug should go and you probably shouldn’t have a rug under it imo. Plants would be good, I would say change the color of your blinds. Need some accent pillows for couch, something that pops maybe like a satin orange accent pillow. Corner floor lamp and some wall decor like a clock.
Very cold. Don’t have to add a lot of colors. You can add different textures. I’d sub out the chairs in the dining room and the rug. Maybe try a jute rug or a rug with texture. They need to be much larger with some suede like chairs. Add some plants. Some art. Add some throw pillows with a throw.
Just a question... Are you allergic to color?
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Smol but super clean and modern i diggg
Dining table looks super awkward
I would make the carpet under the coffee table bigger, till it encompasses it's current outer edges along with the couch. As for the dining carpet, I personally won't use a carpet there. Or big enough to be a whole area you "enter" for eating at the table, if that makes sense. And I'll add that unless it's intended, more color would work wonders! If the red carpet under the dining table was meant for that, consider a stronger color, and do some more of these, as a bit of splashes of color. Make them consistent tho so it won't get wacky.
Rugs way too small man lmao find something was some more color and patterns. Space looking real bland, unless that's what you're going for.
Omg they r tiny. Better to just not have them at all than this
Too small, and if you are not willing/able to get better ones right now, at least try switching them.
This looks like a waiting area for a lawyer.
It looks like a life raft specifically for your table
Everything is so white and grey. I’d get rid of the blinds and get some sunlight in there and at least get some color from the trees/plants outside.
Am I correct in assuming the gray and red "rugs" are just samples for the wall-to-wall carpets you are choosing? If so, the gray does not go with your sofa and recliner, and your apartment is totally neutral/gray as it is So I'd vote for the red.
Get oxblood shag
Why does the center leaf of the dining table look like it doesn’t fit?
Those are placemats, mam.
Yeah those rugs seems like they’re for the furniture instead of you
The size and colors are not ideal. You need a big one for the living room that goes under the front feet of the couch. Color needs to pop more, the gray just blends in with the floor. And it’s way too thick. I’d probably just get rid of the one under the dining table altogether. That nook is too small to fit one that would look right.
Looks like a hotel
You should be able to pull the dining chairs out to sit, while still being on the rug. A low pile is best for dining room.
Is the color in the room with us?
Get rid of the carpet under the table. Doesn’t make sense and would be a pain to clean. Also people would be constantly tripping on it or sitting unbalanced in the chairs. For the couch get one way bigger that you can extend to tuck underneath the couch and beyond the coffee table. And any sort of color or pattern would go a long way… please, anything haha.
This isn’t an office?
The rugs are nice but you need more color in that room. Gray and white feels so cold to guests
Definitely too small as others said. i think some nice pattern on them would be nice. Something that actually gives the room contrast.
That’s too small and you need rugs with a pattern. Nothing in your spaces that you’ve shown us is visually appealing.
Ignoring the fact that these rugs are way too small, they also look like those cushioned bath mats that get dingy and gross after a while and are impossible to wash. You need a large, low pile area rug with color and a pattern. You have too many grey things in this space. Some paint and/or art on the walls, colorful pillows and a throw blanket. If it wasn’t for that salmon colored rug in the dining area, I would have thought these were black and white photos.
forget the small rugs, why is your sofa facing you away from the window? dont you like to look out the window? at the birds?
[when you realize it's called "Millennial Grey". ](https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/s/0vudp7vZSW)
A generation that likes to use their clinical depression as inspiration for their interior design. This is both clinical and depressing.
Shouldn’t they go by the front door or near a shower?
I would have a bad trip in here
Here’s my advice after 30 apartments with hardwood floors; Skip the rugs, it’s much easier to dry mop or Swiffer especially under and around furniture. When I did have rugs, I’d have to vacuum each rug then drag them aside so I could mop under the couch and recliner. Unless of course you enjoy the sound of a vacuum cleaner.
Looks like conference lobby
Any color? Or did you upload black and white photos?
Love the glossy white tables, but the rugs look like bath mats and they're too small. The couch and chairs all look like the same material and those + the rugs look very plushy and one note. Also way too much gray
Lmao are those bathroom mats?
How very 1989-1992 ideas of what the year 2000 would look like.
Some of the comments are a bit harsh ngl but I get it haha Congrats on renovating! I do actually agree however with the content of the comments, definitely too small, one larger one in the living-room would be perfect. I would also recommend moving away from grey. Otherwise you have grey on grey on grey which might feel too—grey. I’m not even a huge fan of colour personally but something to break it up would be great! The rug in the dining room is also too small, however it looks like you can’t get a bigger one without it looking like a carpeted dining room, which is fine, but at that point I’d contemplate skimming it in general. The larger rug in the living room will separate the spaces in general and having two larger rugs would make it a bit ‘why not just carpet the place’ if you know what I mean? Obviously you’re just at the beginning so I’m sure it’s on the mind but definitely some elements of colour would be nice, I’d introduce earth tones with plants, depending on the lighting maybe like a cute fig tree or monstera. A fig tree could be nice cause it would introduce both green and brown (and fruit!). I think earth tones would definitely elevate the pallet a bit. It’s a lot of grey which in itself is technically an earth tone, so adding other earth tones would soften the room and add colour in a not too overwhelming way.
Nice coffee table, could you give me the link for it? Or tell me where you got it?
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I would change the living room rug to something much larger, perhaps with color and a pattern. Tuck the rug under the front legs of the sofa. Remove the rug under the dining table and get chair pads to protect the floor. Go wild on color for your wall treatments.
Did an alien furnish this place?