Rug Guide
Meet Den Cralle — Green Front’s President, CEO and your expert guide to choosing the right rug.
What You’ll Learn in Our Rug Guide
- What size rug do I need for my living room, bedroom or dining room?
Find room-by-room rug sizing tips and layout visuals. - How do I choose the right rug color and style for my space?
Get expert advice on how to choose the right rug, including pairing rugs with your furniture, decor and lighting. - What’s the difference between wool, silk and synthetic rugs?
Explore materials and find the best rug for your lifestyle — kids, pets and all. - What is a hand-knotted rug and why does it matter?
Discover the craftsmanship behind Green Front’s distinctive, artisan-made rugs. - Where can I shop for the largest selection of rugs in North America?
Explore Green Front’s curated rug collection at our flagship store in Farmville, VA. You’ll also find rugs at our Northern Virginia and Raleigh locations. - Need help choosing a rug?
Use our personalized rug guide to shop with confidence — from placement to padding and everything in between.
Finding the Perfect Rug Just Got Simpler
Choosing Your Rug Begins at Home
The first step to selecting your perfect rug is simple: decide where the rug will go and how you will use it. Let us walk you through the rest. From sizing to styling, the rug experts at Green Front have compiled this detailed guide to achieving the perfect rug pairing for your space!
Rugs have always set Green Front apart. Our collection of hand-knotted pieces features rugs from India, Pakistan, Morocco, Turkey and around the world. Green Front sources these hand-knotted pieces through long-standing partnerships with the artisans who craft them. We are proud to offer the largest rug selection in North America, where each piece arrives with its own unique origin story.
DONT FORGET:
Rules were made to be broken. These are just recommendations. Get creative! If you like it, get it!
Sizing It Up
Unsure about size? When in doubt, live large and go with a more sizable rug that’s in scale and proportion with your room. Even with the perfect color and design, a beautiful rug can fall flat if it’s not the right size for your space.
Common Mistake: Choosing a rug that is too small — it will look like a postage-stamp-sized afterthought in your room.
Things to Keep in Mind
- The Rugs Need To Fit The Room: Allow roughly 18 inches of hardwood or existing flooring to show between the edge of the rug and the wall.
- Shopping Tip: Our rugs are hand knotted, causing a slight discrepancy in exact sizing. Because they are handcrafted, one 8×10 will be slightly different from the next. Be sure to measure for the rug’s exact size.
- Size + Placement by Room
- Styles + Colors
- Materials + Construction
- Care + Cleaning
- Addendum
SIZE + PLACEMENT BY ROOM
Living Room
Most living rooms can accommodate plenty of layouts and configurations. When integrating a new rug into a room there are two main options: choose a rug that covers the
area under the coffee table and the front legs of your furniture (fig. 1), or choose a rug
that’s large enough to sit under your entire seating arrangement (fig. 2).
Feeling adventurous? Use a hide instead of a rug (fig. 3). Hides are also perfect for smaller spaces.
Dining Room
In dining rooms, the rule of thumb is to have 18 inches of hardwood floor showing
between the rug and the wall and two feet of rug on all sides of the table to accommodate chairs. If your room doesn’t allow for this, choose what looks best in your space. You want the ability to slide the chair in and out while keeping all 4 feet of the chair on the rug.
