Common living room setups shown with three different rug sizes. Ruggable; Taylor Tyson/Insider While the couch may be the centerpiece of most living rooms, the rug is what pulls it all together.

A couple of years ago, I bought an area rug for my bedroom for the first time ever. I acquired a 5-foot-by-8-foot rug in a trendy black-and-white marble pattern for roughly $80 from Overstock ...

Simmons advises a 275cm x 365cm rug for a generous-sized living room, as it’s large enough to accommodate your biggest pieces of furniture without dominating the room. Smaller rugs work best in ...

But ask a design pro about living room rugs and suddenly they’re all about mandates, from size and shape to material and furniture placement. Here, their guidelines. 1.