Blue and Teal Rugs

How a Teal and Blue Rug can Highlight your Room Decor

Teal and blue rugs can highlight your room’s decor by accentuating the other colors in your room. Whether your other decor is blue or teal or even a neutral shade, decorating with a teal and blue area rug can complement the other colors or serve as the one source of color in an otherwise monotone room. The patterns and designs in the rug can also tie to the other decor, so overall, the rug can be the piece that ties all the decor together. 

Decorating with a Teal and Blue Rug

When you’re decorating with a teal and blue rug, you can pair it with more blues and teals or you can allow the rug’s colors to be a unique pop of color in the room. Plus, these colors fall into many different interior design styles, so whether you’re designing a home that’s elegant and regal or homey and casual, a teal and blue rug can fit perfectly into your scheme. 

Choosing Which Teal and Blue is Right for You

With so many options out there for teal and blue rugs, you may not know where to start your search. Thinking through some of the following areas will help guide you through the process and help you confidently hone in on the rug that’s right for you. 

Position: Early on, you need to determine the room’s layout and how the rug fits into that layout. There are many ways to do layout, but these general guidelines will guide you and inspire some ideas. 

• Living Rooms: You can center your rug with the main seating and socializing area. There are three common positions for rugs: you can have it rest centered in front of the furniture, centered and underneath the front two legs of the furnishings, or centered completely under the furniture. If you have a large room, you can also use a small round rug elsewhere to establish a reading corner or intimate social space. 
• Dining Rooms: Rugs naturally fit under the dining room table, with enough extending on the sides and ends for the chairs to sit on the rug. Shape wise, the rug is often the same shape as the table (round rug with a round table, rectangular rug with a rectangular table.
• Bedroom: Oftentimes, rugs are centered with the bed, since the bed itself is often centered in the bedroom. The rug can sit completely under the bed or under the bottom ? of it and extend outward into the room. If your bed isn’t centered, you can still center the rug and even have it overlap with the bed a bit. 
• Kitchen: 2x3 teal and blue rugs can be a great fit in front of a sink or wherever you stand still most frequently. Runners are also ideal in galley kitchens or in narrow paths, such as between a kitchen island and cabinets. 
• Bathrooms: 2x3 rugs fit naturally in front of bathroom sinks or by sinks and showers. Runners also work in narrow pathways or in front of a double vanity. 
• Outdoors: Teal and blue rugs are also available as outdoor area rugs, so consider carrying your color scheme and style to your outdoor spaces as well. Follow the guidelines for living rooms and dining rooms for your respective areas outdoors. 

Size: Once you decide on the layout, you should finalize the size of your rug. Make sure that it’s not going to be too large or too small in comparison to the furniture and overall size of the room. Skipping that analysis could mean that when you receive your rug, the scale of the room might be off and it may look out of balance. 

Shape: Teal and blue area rugs come in the standard round and rectangular shapes, but there are so many other options out there as well. The shape of the rug itself can set the tone as much as the pattern and color scheme of the rug, so don’t forget to consider the shape of the rug as a factor in the rug’s tone and style. 

Pattern: Teal and blue rugs come in so many different patterns, from the abstract and geometric to oriental and persian rugs. The key in choosing a pattern that’s right for you is to determine what interior design style you fall into and how the rug’s pattern and tone fit that style and convey the proper tone. Outside of the rug’s pattern, there’s also the height and texture of the rug, such as choosing a furry wool or shag rug vs a cotton blend. Each has their perks and shares a certain mood, so hone in on the mood you want to create and find a pattern/texture that fits that vibe. 

Color: You may have narrowed in on teal and blue rugs, but you still need to consider the vibrance of those hues and if they’re combined with other colors. Because there are so many options out there for color combinations and intensities, your best plan of attack is to think once more about the interior design style you like and what tone it conveys. For example, homey styles like farmhouse and rustic tend to use muted colors versus vibrant, bright tones, and contemporary will often make a statement with bold colors. At the end of the day, there’s no one way to stylize a room, and so you should focus on choosing a rug that you enjoy and fits your style. 

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