You have an empty room. No furniture, no artwork, not even a rug. Where do you start?
START WITH THE RUG.
The area rug will allow you to establish your overall color scheme and define the feel for the room. Traditional, modern, ethnic, contemporary. The rug pattern can have a floral design, geometric patterns, stripes, or be solid with a border perhaps? You can even go for texture like sisal or a jute.
This room designed by S Interior Design started with a rug. Take a look at the design elements that were added and how they relate to the area rug’s colors and patterns.
S Interior Design- Scottsdale, Arizona Blog 
Great post- I absolutely agree with you on this one. The rug is so much easier to find and then match your fabrics to than the other way around. Unless of course you end up designing a custom rug – which is always a fun process 🙂
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Tanya,
Thank you so much for your comments. I agree, custom rug design is like creating artwork for your floor and is quite fun to do!
Suzanne
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I do agree with Tanya! It’s a great post! I’m looking forward to reading your posts!
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I am glad you enjoyed reading this. Please go to my website at http://www.sinteriordesign to sign up for FREE Design Tips (home page upper right). These tips go out monthly and are not the same as what goes in our blog posts.
Regards,
Suzanne
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