Rug Size Calculator: What Size Rug Do I Need?
Tell us the room and a couple of measurements and we'll work out the rug size to buy, matched to standard UK sizes. The single most common mistake is going too small: a rug should anchor the furniture, not float in the middle of the floor like a bath mat.
Which room is the rug for?
Measure the seating area of the room. We leave roughly a 40 cm floor border around the rug.
The rug should sit 60 cm beyond every table edge so chairs stay on it when pulled out.
For a rug under the whole bed we leave about 60 cm showing each side and at the foot.
Standard shop rug sizes rarely match a room exactly, so we round to the nearest sensible size and tell you which way to lay it. If nothing off-the-shelf fits, a made-to-measure rug is usually only a little dearer than a large branded one.
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