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Plush Wool Rug in Camel in a styled floor seating corner, low cushions and bolsters on a deep handloom wool pile.

Floor Seating and Rugs: Baithak Style Living

A baithak asks more of a rug than a sofa room does. Here is how to choose the fibre, the size and the care for floor seating.

Living Room

Rugs with Patterned Upholstery

A printed sofa does not need a plain rug, but it does need a rug that answers its scale. Here is how to read a print and choose a texture or pattern to sit beneath it.

Livid Wool & Silk Rug photographed with an open magazine, charcoal lines on an ivory ground.

Ideas

Living Room Rug Ideas for Indian Homes

Four looks for an Indian drawing room, from a soft gradient to a warm handloom texture, with real room photographs and a simple way to choose between them.

Congrand Wool Rug in a styled living room render, the front legs of the sofa and chairs resting on the rug.

Layout

All Legs, Front Legs or Floating: Rug Layouts

Three ways to set furniture on a rug, tested against the three plus one plus one sofa set, the diwan and floor seating found in Indian living rooms.

Insignia Wool and Silk Rug in a living room with a long sofa and chaise, handloom New Zealand wool and silk under the seating group.

Layout

Rug Size for an L Shaped Sofa

An L shaped sofa needs a rug that answers both arms. Here is how to measure it, place it in a corner and choose between 6x9, 8x10 and 9x12 ft.

Arctic Wool Rug under a sofa, two armchairs and a pair of coffee tables in a city apartment living room.

Layout

Rug Size for a Three Seater Sofa

A 7 ft three seater wants a rug at least 8 ft long and ideally 9 to 10 ft. How to measure from the sofa, with and without two chairs.

Greige Wool Rug under a three seater and two armchairs in a styled living room, every front leg on the rug. Room is a digital render; the rug is from a product photo.

8x10 Rugs

8x10 Rug: The Most Useful Size Explained

An 8x10 rug holds a three seater and two armchairs with every front leg on the rug. Here is the room it needs, and the rooms it does not suit.

Congrand Wool Rug, an ivory line looping across camel wool, holding the whole seating group. Room is a digital render; the rug is from a product photo.

Buying Guide

Rug Sizing Mistakes People Make Online

The most common online rug mistake is buying too small. Here is why a 5x8 floats in a big hall, the other sizing errors to avoid, and a tape test to run first.

Hand Tufted

The Ombre Collection: Nine Gradations in Wool

Nine hand tufted New Zealand wool rugs, each moving slowly from one tone to another. How to choose a gradation and which way it should run.

Greige Wool Rug under a full seating group in a styled living room, fine charcoal stripes on a pale ground.

Layout

Living Room Rug Size Guide for Indian Homes

Measure the seating, not the room. How to choose between 6x9, 8x10, 9x12 and larger rugs for Indian living rooms of every size.