Whenever we post a photo of a space in our home, we always get at least a few questions asking “what size rug do you have in here?” I get it! Sometimes you just need a frame of reference to get started. But the chances are pretty slim that the dimensions of a room in our house are going to be the exact dimensions of the room in your home. And when it comes to rugs–room size matters the most! So we thought, with the launch of our rug line with Loloi yesterday, it was the perfect time to chat about what rug size you need.

We’ve always had a king size bed, and I thought that when you have a king sized bed, you have to at least have a 9×12 rug–so that’s what I got. I thought that was just the RULE. Our 9×12 area rug looked more like a wall to wall carpet, covering nearly every inch of our floor. We kept it for a couple years, and then eventually purchased an 8×10, which was far more suited for our room size and even made our space feel LARGER because there was some flooring seen around the edges.

In general: Larger rooms need larger rugs to ground them and smaller rooms sometimes need smaller rugs to make them look larger. And if you want to know what size rug we’d recommend–read on! We’re breaking down our guidelines below for the bedroom, living room and dining room (featuring rugs from our collection)!

Rug shown in graphic above Rosemarie Ivory/Natural

Rug shown above in our bedroom is Jules Merlot/Multi in 8’6″x11’6″

Rugs shown above Jules Merlot/Multi  & Alice-02 Cream/Charcoal

As you can see, many sizes will work for your bed size, so take into account to guidelines listed above. Particularly, leaving space around the edges of your room (even 7ish inches like below looks so clean!) and having it extend a distance on either side of the bed.

Rug shown above Jules Lagoon/Brick

The living room is where people generally go too small. A floating rug in the middle of a room can make your whole space feel disjointed and disconnected. Use a rug to ground and connect your seating. We used to have a 10×14 in our room, but now we have a 9×12 and it works! We followed the first guide and made sure the front of all of the seating was on the rug and there was plenty of width on either side of the sofa. A 9×12 worked for our orientation!

However! Our last living room was more narrow than it was long, and it called for a 10×14 because we needed a 10′ width and an 8×10′ made the whole long living room feel squish. So, we got a 10×14 and placed all the furniture on the rug and it felt so grounded. Again, it’s about taking into account your room size and your furniture placement. But here are a few tips to keep in mind:

Rug shown above Jules Lagoon/Brick

Rug shown above Jules Terracotta/Multi.

Lastly, let’s talk about dining rooms. We currently don’t have a rug in either of our dining areas because of young children, but we actually styled one of the Rosemarie’s (seen below) in the breakfast nook and it was incredible what it did for that space. I’m all about it now, especially with how easily these rugs clean up and how practical they are.

Here are two rules to remember when choosing a dining rug:

Rug shown above Rosemarie Sand/Lagoon

Rug shown above Rosemarie Sand/Lagoon

Rug shown above Rosemarie Sage/Blush

We are so grateful for the support and are here to help! We’ll be sharing each of the rugs in our stories so you can get an up close look at them and are happy to answer any additional questions!

You can shop the full Chris Loves Julia x Loloi collection right now on Wayfair, Rugs Direct and Amazon.