Transform your living room with the elegance of round rugs! These 15 gorgeous designs demonstrate how a simple rug can add style and charm.
Check out these stunning ideas for inspiration!
1. Asymmetrical And Modern
When you want to create a social sanctuary in your living room, style it like a cozy nook in the corner.
Position a small table off-center on your rug for a casual, inviting look.
Minimal art and a mix of cool and warm tones keep the room balanced, ensuring your guests are the focal point. This style promotes social interaction and intimacy.
2. Multifunctional Loft
Feeling perplexed about styling your multifunctional loft? A simple round rug can alleviate your anxiety. It visually separates different areas without breaking the loft’s cohesion.
This works especially well with gorgeous hardwood floors or wall-to-wall carpets.
Show off pretty floors with small rugs or use rugs for styling rather than function.
3. Complemented By A Pouf
Poufs bring the ultimate casual atmosphere to a living room. Whether you have kids or are in your 20s, this look brings playfulness to an otherwise stuffy living space.
Round rugs complement poufs, enhancing the relaxed atmosphere and inviting guests to lounge comfortably.
4. Bright And Airy
Consider using a small round rug in front of your sofa for a living room with lightly toned flooring and a lot of sunlight.
This will allow more light to reflect off the floor, making the room look bigger.
Add one or two colors with a bright, neutral base to achieve a minimalist or Scandinavian style.
White, grey, beige, and wood tones work well for walls, floors, ceilings, and furniture.
5. Fun Space For Kids
Not all living rooms exist for adults. If you have kids and want them to feel comfortable in your living room, decorate with a bright primary color like yellow or orange.
Bright, warm tones bring youthfulness and fun into your decor!
A small round rug in a kid-friendly living room makes perfect functional sense. Fewer carpets mean fewer places to scrub up accidental spills and messes.
6. Boho-Chic Round Rug
Mid-century modern and boho-chic styles are thriving this decade. Both of these eclectic styles incorporate vintage and modern items.
If you use vintage furniture or decor like brass candlesticks or gold embossed frames, consider using a modern rug to bring a fresh, modern element.
A popular modern style is a boho-chic round rug, which adds texture with a geometric pattern.
7. Neutral Tones With Lots Of Greenery
Circular rugs feel more organic than rectangular-area rugs. So if you want a more natural feeling space, opt for a round rug for a nature-themed oasis.
Bring in plenty of real plants, big and small, and wood tones in your furniture. Use natural materials in your decor, like terracotta and stone.
Stick with a neutral palette for all your furniture, walls, and flooring, and let your plants bring in the color with pops of green.
8. Minimalist Vibes
For a minimalist living room, limit furniture and decor, choosing items intentionally. Aim for a less-is-more, emptier look.
Round rugs help achieve a more minimal feeling by highlighting blank space.
This design style may suit you if you regularly feel stressed and desire a zen-like living room for meditation and relaxation.
9. Layered With A Faux Fur Rug
When your living room feels empty or plain, add texture by layering a faux fur rug on a round rug.
Adding visual interest can take a lackluster room to the next level. It also makes a living room feel comfier!
Layering two small rugs looks good, but purchasing a large-area rug could be more affordable.
10. Retro Living Room
Retro living rooms embrace vintage design and antique furniture. They often have wainscoting, wallpaper, and true antiques (over 100 years old).
Also, unlike modern mid-century and boho-chic styles, retro uses more dramatic colors and vintage decor.
Use a round rug with a modern pattern to keep your retro living room fresh. This adds eclectic, unexpected decor, preventing the room from feeling flat.
11. Scandinavian Farmhouse
Farmhouse vibes still exist but have gotten a bit of a facelift in the past few years by incorporating a Scandinavian flair.
Instead of decking your walls with whitewashed signs and wire baskets, leave your walls bare.
Also, use large cushions on your couch and chairs so your guests can visually see and feel the hygge or coziness vibes.
A round rug in a Scandinavian farmhouse living room looks natural and more comfortable than a rectangular area rug.
12. Grey Minimalist
Not all modern styles look warm-toned and organic. Cool tones, especially grey, still thrive.
Using cool tones in your living room automatically brings a clean and classic look to your home.
A round grey rug looks sleek with grey furniture and grey floors. Add some variation with light blues, greens, and pops of black and white.
13. Under A Hammock Swing
When you want to use nontraditional furniture like a hammock swing, highlight it by placing a round rug beneath it.
Hammock swings can be used indoors or outdoors and are made of many different materials, such as rattan, wicker, and macrame.
14. Natural Tones And Textures
When your living room incorporates many neutral tones and hardwood floors, add a round green rug for added color.
Green mimics grass and plants, so it works perfectly in coordination with a natural living room.
Using a round rug ensures you won’t be covering too much of your hardwood flooring.
15. Centering a Maximalist Living Room
In stark contrast to minimalism, a new design style called maximalism has started this decade.
This style incorporates excess decor items like books, wall hangings, and throw pillows.
Put a round rug in front of the sofa to keep a maximalist room from feeling too jumbled. It enters the room and creates a better flow for your decorations.
Complement Your Round Rug
With your newly styled living room using a round rug, remember other elements like furniture, color scheme, and window treatments.
Check out our helpful articles on these topics below:
11 Inspiring Living Rooms With Mismatched Furniture
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