Navy Rug Runner

How a Navy Rug Runner Can Highlight Your Room Decor

A navy rug runner can accentuate your room’s decor by adding to the room’s color scheme, emphasizing the room’s style, and setting the tone. Adding in a rug may feel like an afterthought in comparison to the other decor, but if you choose a rug that connects to the decor thematically, then you can create a space that feels unified and professionally designed. 

Decorating With a Navy Rug Runner

Navy is a popular color in a variety of interior design styles, so when you’re looking for your ideal navy rug runner, you have hundreds of rugs to choose from. Each will showcase navy in a different way by using it to varying extremes, displaying it in different patterns, and combining it with unique colors. No matter what style or color scheme you’re looking for, you can find a navy runner rug that perfectly suits you.

Choosing Which Navy Rug Runner is Right for You

As you shop through a wide array of navy rug runners, consider these areas to help you narrow your search and determine what you’re looking for. 

Position: First, determine your room’s layout and where you want to place your runner rug within that space. 

Living Room: A navy runner area rug can fit well into living rooms where space is limited. Run the rug parallel to your loveseat or sofa to extend that seating area without overwhelming the room. 

Bedroom: Runners are actually popular in bedrooms where you have a smaller footprint or just don’t want to cover the entire floor. Place two runners along either side of the bed or just along one side. You can even use a smaller navy runner rug along the foot of the bed. 

Entryway: In your entryway or foyer, center your navy runner rug in the middle of the room. Center it with your main lighting fixture or a piece of furniture in the room, such as a bench. 

Kitchen: Galley kitchens in particular can benefit from a navy runner rug, but so can kitchens where you have an island or another narrow pathway. 

Bathroom: Similar to kitchens, you can use a runner to fill a narrow path. Another great option is to place the rug along a double vanity. 

Outdoors: There’s no need to limit your style to inside your home; outdoor navy runner rugs are a great option for porches, decks, patios, or any other outdoor space. 

Pattern: Since navy is such a popular color, you’ll find that it’s used in all sorts of patterns and designs. In particular, nautical navy runner rugs tend to use blue and white stripes and beachy imagery. However, other popular designs include oriental prints, abstract designs, and simple textures. There are two ways to go about choosing a pattern: look at your existing decor for similar motifs and shapes and/or study your favorite interior design style for what designs commonly appear within that design. 

Color: You may have narrowed your search to navy runner area rugs, but you still need to determine what other colors you want in the rug as well as if you want navy to be a prominent color or a simple accent. Colors like gold, grey, pink, white, black, and green are often used in navy runner rugs, but the tone of these colors depends on how vibrant they are and how present they are in the rug’s design. Focus on what tone you want to create and find a color palette that sparks the right mood. Your color palette should coordinate with the other decor as well with similar shades and tone.

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