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How to Give Your Home Timeless Look with Antique Rugs

• 28 January 2022
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• 5 Min Read
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• By Jaipur Rugs

When it comes to rugs, there are an endless number of makes and designs that you can choose from, but the only ones that have retained their status as timeless pieces, throughout the centuries, are oriental rugs. 

If you are deliberating whether you should invest in designer rugs for your interior design, we can give you a hundred reasons why trendy handmade rugs for home decor serve more purpose than just aesthetics and providing underfoot comfort. When it comes to the overall appeal of your room, a rug will help you bind everything together, if chosen wisely. It minimises noise, adds warmth to a room, lends the space a unique personality, and so much more. Basically, area rugs help transform it in seconds with the help of its exciting colour, unique texture, and eye-catching designs. If that is not enough to convince you to bring home designer rugs, we have more reasons that will make you an enthusiastic convert:

Highlight specific areas of a room

You can trust your rug to help you define a certain area in your room to bring a focal point to the space. Foyers, seating, and dining areas can benefit a lot from alluring designer rugs. This is especially true for small spaces such as studio apartments where you can use multiple rugs in different sizes to make the space seem bigger. If you have a big living room, we suggest investing in custom rugs for living room to suit the size of your room, its colour scheme, and the specific decor requirements, making the space not just look bigger, but also regal. 

                                                                                               

Colour play

Designer rugs at Jaipur Rugs come in an expansive gamut of designs, sizes, textures, and colours, the latter being something that can breathe life to a room. If you are decorating your room and want to use your rug as the foundation, we suggest picking one that aligns with what you want the vibe of the space to be- a cool blue, a warm red, or perhaps a combination of both? Alternatively, if you are looking to change the appearance and feel of your room, you can take either of the two routes: take into account the existing colour tones in the room and bind it together with your rug, or use your designer rugs to add an interesting contrast. For example, if you have blue furnishings and white walls, you can opt for a tribal print scarlet rug to add an element of surprise and warmth to the coolness of the blue and white. 

Pattern, pattern, and pattern

One of the most distinguishing factors in designer rugs or custom rugs for living room are the unique and one-of-a-kind patterns and designs they feature. With these rugs for sale on Jaipur Rugs, you have the chance to add not just a decor piece but a storytelling piece in your rug.For example, our Manchaha rugs are popular for their exclusivity and the character they add to the room, courtesy the unique motifs and colour play used by the artisan. 

Harmonise a space

Some homeowners and interior designers also opt to use not one but two, or even more, rugs in a room. If you want to do that, keep in mind to use complementary colours which are close to each other on the colour wheel, and avoid too many ‘warring’ patterns which will overwhelm your room. Harmonise the space with your rugs instead of creating visual discrepancies with patterns and textures that are visually incoherent. 

Control the volume

You can also put your designer rugs to quieten the room or ‘turn up’ its volume as needed. What we mean is, if your room is already busy with patterned upholstery, use your designer rugs to balance the ornate patterns. On the other hand, if your home has minimal textures and patterns, your interior design will benefit from room rugs with an interesting pattern, bolder colours, and a texture that adds dimension to the space.

Shape-shifters

If you thought rectangle rugs are your only option when it comes to designer rugs, you haven’t yet taken a look at our collection of circular, oval, as well as irregular-shaped rugs. They are no less than pieces of art and can add an unexpected element in your interior design. Not to forget the superior design is timeless and continues to add charm to your home. Use circular rugs to add softness to your room as the circular edges cut the effect of the right angled-walls. You can use an irregular shaped rug in a circular room, like the ones from our Jaipur Wunderkammer collection by Matteo Cibic. The options are truly endless.

Picking the right size

All of the above mentioned tips will simply go to waste if the rug isn’t the right size for your room. When buying designer rugs online, keep the following tips in mind when it comes to its size:

• Make sure you subtract 3 feet from the length and width of the room to leave the floor bare at the edges. Covering the floor from wall to wall with your room rug will end up making it look small, awkward, and cluttered. 

• If you are buying a rug to place under your table, you should leave at least 24 inches of the rug from the edge of the table on all sides. This will allow for the chair legs to be on the rug at all times, even when pulled back for someone to sit. 

• When it comes to runner rugs, they should ideally be 4 inches narrower than the hallway (or whichever longitudinal space you want to place it in) and 18 to 24 inches shorter.

Designer rugs are a priceless asset for every home that tells a story. They can be handed down the generations as a precious family heirloom, adding to its timelessness. After all, when it comes to interior design, it isn’t just about aesthetics; it is about reflecting the personality of its habitants.