You have a stunningly gorgeous round area rug. The rug is beautiful. The details and patterns match your room décor flawlessly. Not what do you do with it?

If you attempt to utilize a circular rug in the same manner you might use a traditional rectangular rug, you will learn very quickly that it just doesn’t look right. Your not sure why. You just know that it is not quite right.

When using a round rug in areas where there are multiple pieces of different types of furniture such as a living area, use circular placement patterns. Place the coffee table, or coffee table grouping, in the center of the rug. Position all subsequent furniture around the rug and table in equal distances. This circular pattern makes for great conversational areas by creating a space where everyone faces and can see everyone else in the group.

Round rugs can also be used in spaces like dining rooms where there is only one key piece of furniture – the table. Fairly easy, just place the circular rug, centered, directly below the table. You do not need a circular dining room table, or even a square table, to make the round rug work. As long as the rug is larger than the table’s longest length, a circular rug will work under a rectangular dining room table. This will work best in dining rooms with out any other miscellaneous furniture in the room.

Another great and inventive way to use the round rug is in an area with a single piece of furniture like a reading chair. Place the chair to one edge of the circular rug to make a statement. In this particular case, make the rug and the furniture opposite. So, if you have a very plain, solid white chair, pair it with a loud, brightly colored rug. This arrangement works well in front of windows that you wish to be the focal point in the room or in large bedrooms where you are looking to break up the space.

One of the wonderful uses for the circular rug, is to break up monotonous square spaces typical to apartments and new homes being built better known as the “white box.” By using the round rug in these spaces, you are able to create more fluid movement in the room without having to actually perform any construction to the architectural space.

If you choose to use the round rug in your space, use circular shapes through out that space that mimic your rug. A rhythm will flow in the area giving the room a complete and well thought out look. Consider using modern artwork with circular shapes and movement (you could even paint this yourself). Circular tables, chairs, pillows, wall covering patterns, lamps…etc. are all details that can help you finalize the circular rhythm.

So do not shy away from purchasing that stunningly gorgeous round rug in the store window because you are afraid that you will be unable to make it work. Just keep it simple, circles to circles, squares to squares, and you are definitely not a square. Be daring. Go round.