Mid Century Modern Persian Rugs

How a Mid Century Modern Persian Rug Can Highlight your Room Decor

Decorating with a mid century modern persian rug can highlight your room’s decor by inspiring a new motif or theme, but it can also serve as the inspiration for a color scheme, a key pattern, a tone setter, and an effective way of establishing your room’s style. 

Decorating with a Mid Century Modern Persian Rug

Decorating with a mid century modern persian area rug is an awesome way to customize your space to be unique to you. Because these rugs come in so many different shades of color and patterns, you can choose a mid century modern persian rug that fits your style perfectly and accentuate pieces you already own or serve as the inspiration for the mid century modern artwork and decorations that you’ll be acquiring for your space. 

Choosing Which Mid Century Modern Persian Rug is Right For You

Because there are so many options out there for mid century modern Persian rugs, you may be a bit overwhelmed with the prospect of starting your search. Fortunately, there are a few areas you can think through that will greatly help you narrow your focus and find your perfect mid century modern persian rug. 

Position: The first step is to determine how you’ll be positioning the rug in your room. There’s no one way to do rug layout, so take the following as helpful guidelines as opposed to rules. 

Living Room: In the living room, you’ll find that large area rugs tend to sit in one of three ways: the rug can sit centered in front of the main seating area, centered but with the front two legs of the furniture on the rug, or the seats entirely resting on the rug. You can also use a smaller rug elsewhere in the room, such as a round mid century modern persian rug by a reading nook. 

Dining Room: Tables are often centered atop the rug and the chairs comfortably sit on the rug whether they’re pushed in or pulled out. 

Bedroom: There are a few common layouts for the bedroom. Often the rug is centered under the bed, but sometimes it’s 100% under the bed while other times it’s just under the bottom ? of it. You can also center the rug in the middle of the room itself if your bed is off to the side. 

Kitchen: You can even use mid century modern persian rugs in the kitchen, like placing a runner along a kitchen island or in front of the sink. 2x3 and 3x5 rugs also tend to work well in kitchens. 

Bathroom: You can decorate with 2x3 rugs in front of any sinks, or you can use a runner in narrow paths or along a double vanity. 

Outdoors: Finally, you can decorate your outdoor space with one of these rugs. Consider the layouts suggested for dining rooms and living rooms and how that could apply to your outdoor area. 

Size: The size of the rug is largely dependent on where you position it, so don’t be afraid to measure out where the rug will be to make sure what you order won’t be too large or too small. 

Shape: Mid century modern persian rugs come in a few different shapes, such as rectangular, round, runners, oval, square, octagon, and other shapes. Pattern and color are often thought of as the defining factors in a rug’s style, but the shape can also send a message of its own. Choosing a unique shape or doing layout in a unique way can set the tone as traditional and classic or eclectic and unpredictable. 

Pattern: There are so many options out there with patterns for mid century modern persian rugs, from the traditional Persian patterns to abstract lines and color blocking associated with more modern design. Because there are a lot of choices out there, that means that you truly can choose a pattern that evokes the mood you want for your space, and you don’t have to settle for anything less than that. 

Color: Finally, the shades of color and overall palette of your rug has a big impact on the rug’s tone. Neutral tones can be calming and soothing, while bright hues can be exuberant and/or rich in history and class. This is yet another area where mid century modern Persian area rugs are vast and plentiful, so you can find a rug in the color scheme you want so that your room feels how you want it to feel.

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