12x15 Rugs

How a 12x15 Rug Can Highlight Your Room Decor

A 12x15 area rug can highlight your room’s decor by reinforcing your room’s color scheme, accenting your style, and setting the tone. When you focus on your rug and decor working towards the same stylistic goals, you’ll naturally create a room where each element shines as a part of the grand design. 

Decorating With a 12x15 Rug

When you’re decorating with a 12x15 area rug, you have plenty of options in terms of patterns, color palettes, pile heights, materials, and other key aspects. Even though you’ve narrowed your search to this particular size, rest assured, you still have plenty to choose from so that you can perfectly create your style.

Choosing Which 12x15 Rug is Right for You

As you shop for the 12x15 rug that’s just right for you, it’s important to think through some key areas. 

Position: First, look at your room’s layout and decide where you want to place your rug. With rugs of this size, there are some standard go-to layouts you may want to consider. 

Living Room: 12x15 rugs often look best when they’re centered within your main seating area. Rugs of this size are often pretty far under the seats, and depending on the size of the living room, you may even have some rug extend back behind the seats. 

Bedroom: If you have a grand bedroom, then you can use a 12x15 area rug to fill a large portion of the room. If you have a king or California king bed, then you can even center the rug beneath the bed to establish it as a key focal point. 

Dining Room: This size rug is ideal for large dining rooms. If you have a table that seats at least eight people, then you can really create a grand space by centering your rug beneath the table. However, you can even go up to tables for ten or twelve people and still have plenty of room with a rug this size. 

Outdoors: Outside of the constraints of your home’s walls, you’ll find that 12x15 rugs are often right at home on your deck or patio. For layout inspiration, look back at similar indoor spaces. 

Material: Once the layout is decided, you should consider what material you want your rug to be made of and what the pile height is. Some popular materials include shag, jute, cotton, wool, and sisal. Each material has its own benefits in terms of texture, durability, pile height, appearance and whether it’s washable, so be sure to consider each of these aspects when choosing your ideal material. 

Pattern: 12x15 area rugs come in a wide array of designs and patterns. There are options of persian, oriental, coastal, boho, and so many others to choose from. When you’re selecting a pattern, look at your other decor for shapes, imagery, and motifs that can tie the room together. 

Color: Your 12x15 rug colors are also key in defining the room’s style and tone. There are so many popular choices with even neutral hues like white, black, tan, and beige. When you expand your search beyond that, you’ll see green, blue, red, pink, yellow, gold, purple, teal, and so many more. Ultimately, your rug’s color palette should fit into the rest of the room’s color scheme and convey your desired tone.

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