A Dining Area Rug & One For The Kitchen

With the new wood floors, I wanted a rug to kind of ground the dining area of my living/dining room combination. Finding just the right size was a little tricky.

This isn’t a very large space and is just your typical builder basic floor plan of living/dining all in one room. The dining area looks like a sea of brown, so I think I need a rug to help break things up a little.

This is the space I am working with. As you can see here, the doorway to the kitchen/family room area is on the left, so I need to stay within certain boundaries here. I want the chairs around the table to be on the rug. That meant that a 5′ x 8′ was too small – I needed a 6′ x 9′.
That cut down my choices quite a bit unless I wanted to go custom. I really just wanted something simple and non-descript so it didn’t compete with the cowhide rug. I decided the best choice would be a sisal rug – easy and simple, plus there were several to choose from in 6′ x 9′.

To make sure I got the right size rug, I moved all the furniture out and measured again. (I know, it seems like we’ve done nothing but move furniture lately)