Mid Century Modern Round Rugs

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

A mid century modern round rug can highlight your room’s decor by complimenting a color scheme or even assist in setting your color palette. Plus, your rug can incorporate interesting visuals with its patterns and design and serve as either the focal point of the room or just one piece of the puzzle in a unified design.

Decorating with a Mid Century Modern Round Rug

When you’re decorating with a mid century modern round area rug, you have a plethora of designs and color palettes to choose from. This is good news if you plan on going fully mid century modern in your design or if you’re looking to blend the style with something a bit more contemporary. However big you want your mid century modern vibe to be, you can find a mid century modern rug that suits your needs. 

Choosing Which Mid Century Modern Round Rug is Right For You?

Because there are so many options out there for round mid century modern rugs, you may be a bit intimidated by the shopping process. Fortunately, if you think through some of these areas, you’ll be well on your way to choosing a mid century modern round rug that’s perfect for your home. 

Position: The first step is to decide where exactly you’ll be placing your rug and how it overlaps with your other furniture. There’s no one right way to position a rug, so take the following tips as guidelines as opposed to hard set rules. 

• Living Room: Oftentimes, rugs are centered with the furniture and rest either completely in front of the furniture, under its front two legs, or completely beneath it. One of the additional uses of round rugs in particular is in smaller seating nooks where you may sit down and read a book, or you have a set of chairs paired for more intimate conversations. 
• Dining Room: If you have a round dining room table, decorating with a mid century modern round area rug beneath the table can be a neat and convenient way to add in that MCM style. 
• Bedroom: Bedroom rugs are typically placed either completely under the bed or under the bottom ? of it. However, if your bed is pushed to one side of the room, you can always place a round rug in the center of the room itself. 
• Kitchen/Bathroom: Depending on the layout of these spaces, you can decorate with a round mid century modern rug in the middle of the room or wherever it is convenient. 
• Outdoors: Finally, you can even decorate with a mid century modern round rug in your outdoor spaces, such as in seating areas and dining areas. Follow the general guidelines presented for living rooms and dining rooms for these sorts of areas. 

Size: The next step is to figure out what size rug you should be purchasing. Consider the layout you’ve chosen and how much overlap it will have with your furniture. Also make sure that the rug doesn’t dominate the space nor does it leave so little impact that you don’t notice it. Thinking through the scale of the space and the balance of the room is vital in making it feel natural. 

Pattern: Mid century modern round rugs come in all sorts of patterns and designs. Some common imagery that you see is geometric shapes and patterns or curves and color blocking. The size and density of the pattern dramatically impacts the room’s overall tone, so think through what sort of mood you want to set and find a pattern that contributes to that mood. You can also think through what sort of interior design style you’re pairing with MCM (if any) and choose a pattern that overlaps with that style. For example, both mid century modern and more contemporary designs use curves, while boho would be more inclined to show off geometric shapes and patterns reminiscent of aztec patterns. 

Color: Finally, the colors used in your mid century modern round area rug and their intensity drastically impacts the rug’s tone. The original style tended to use very bold, bright colors, but when fit into the modern day, colors tend to be more muted or even limited to a neutral color palette. Once again, think through what design style you’re pairing with mid century modern and what tone you want the room to have; this will guide you through the process of choosing a color scheme that’s right for you.

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