Not everyone knows that adding a rug to a boring space (or a room that lacks excitement) can brighten up the space. Although that is a good enough reason to purchase luxury rugs, contemporary rugs, or even vintage rugs and decorate your home with them, there are lots of other compelling reasons why you should decorate your home with these rugs.

A quality rug completes a (or any) room by tying all the different pieces together visually. A quality rug can anchor a room, add warmth, define it, and also help in layering the room’s decor.

There are several ways to change the aesthetic of your home with a rug and in this guide, you’ll find a few of them.

Use rugs to define areas

You can use rugs to separate or define areas such as foyers and dining or seating areas. Rugs are particularly useful in larger rooms or studio apartments as those areas really need definition.

Use rugs to create a variety

Do you know that you can use the rugs you purchase online or in local stores close to you to create variety in a space? Well, now you do. 

When you use two rugs in a room with the aim of creating variety, note that using the same-sized rugs can visually cut the room into two. Hence, if you must create a sense of variety, then you should use two different-sized rugs.

Use rugs to create harmony

If you are using more than one rug style or pattern in your home, then it’s important to choose rugs that complement each other in terms of style. 

Why is this important? It’s important because, if you end up buying rugs that do not complement each other and place them in your home, you’ll end up creating a jarring or unpleasant effect.

More importantly, having too many “warring” patterns in your room will remove (do away with) any sense of harmony. Hence, always choose rugs that complement each other when buying rugs for your home to create better harmony.

Use rugs to control the volume 

You can use a rug to visually turn up the volume in a room or quieten a room. If you have a wallpaper or upholstery that has an ornate pattern in your room, then you’ll have to choose a rug design or style that’s more subtle.

On the contrary, if the upholstery and walls (or wallpaper) in the room are fairly subdued, then you can go for a busier pattern or bolder colours to make the room more interesting. 

Use rugs to create a focal point

You can choose to make or use a rug as the focal point of your room since rugs are known to create a huge impact in any space they are found.

To do this, you can create a contrast by painting the walls of the room with a hue that echoes one of your rug’s accent colours.

In addition to that, you can also create a focal point in a room by using a rug to dress up a wall.