Interior decorators usually recommend that you choose a rug color with light colors for small spaces because this helps make your living space appear larger.
Light rug on dark floor.
You must also look at the interplay of everything from doorways and window frames to the amount of light and height in the room.
Keep the colour of your wood flooring in mind.
Placement of design features on a floor such as an area rug are vital to ensuring that your room creates the visual appeal you desire.
This holds especially true if you add light wood furnishings in locations where the dark floor remains visible.
But if you find a rug like this with a light border who cares what else goes on in the middle.
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Patterned rugs on a dark wood floor generally either make the room look too busy or don t show up well.
How to choose an area rug color for hardwood floors.
If you are choosing a rug with a pattern it should contrast with your flooring.
Dark floors do you make your space a bit smaller and light floors make the space look a bit larger.
By contrast the light sandy coloured rug looks great on a dark wood.
Speaking of light colors the main reason for a light rug on a dark floor is to provide a space in the deep brown.
It is also much more warming.
This rug on a dark espresso floor would probably not look as good as it does against the light background of the sisal rug which also seems to be the same colour as the wood flooring in this room.
Dark floors tend to work better in larger homes and homes with larger rooms and open floor plans.
Choose rugs with contrasting shades.
The dark wood floors of this modestly sized but comfortable living room are covered by a natural fiber area rug that lends a nautical feel to the blue and white color pallet.
Also if your space has dark walls then using light rug colors will make the rug stand out in a good way.
Via west elm view in gallery.
The best rug color for a very dark floor.
As you can see the dark blue rug doesn t stand out particularly well against a dark wood floor while it looks impactful on light wood.
However it is really the combo of colors on the floors and walls that give the total impression and there is more wall space than floor space.
Complementary and contrasting area rugs for a dark wood floor another option when choosing an area rug color for a dark hardwood floor is to go with something that matches the darkness of the floor along with areas of lightness.
What that means is simple.