CHIC WAYS TO DECORATE WITH LIVING ROOM RUGS

You've settled on the perfect sofa and coffee table, but there's one decorative accent required to complete your living room: a stylish rug. Regardless of whether you appreciate natural materials such as jute and sisal, or love to make a statement with a patterned design, there's a rug for you.

Consider this collection of 40 designer living rooms with rugs of all styles and sizes. They're more than enough inspiration to find the best rug for your design aesthetic.

SHEEP-WOOL RUG

Retail guru Patricia Greene Isen's Upper East Side living room includes a sheep-wool rug from Tita Flying Carpet, adding the perfect dose of texture to the space.

WAVE DESIGN

A rug boasting an attractive wave design served is the perfect choice for this Malibu getaway designed by Oliver M. Furth.

ELEGANT NEUTRAL

A neutral-colored custom wool rug by V’Soske grounds a modern Miami Beach living room designed by Lee F. Mindel. To complement the look, Mindel included Marc Newson tables from Cappellini, custom sofas in a Bergamo fabric, and a 1980s side table by Vistosi. A Face à Face bench by Pierre Paulin through Ralph Pucci, along with a custom bookshelf as well as vases and ceramics from Luminaire and Jalan Jalan, complete the design scheme.

COW HIDE

Designer Paloma Contreras relied on a cow hide rug, the perfect foundation for a custom cocktail table, to pull this Houston living room design together.

SNAKE RUG

A Kelly Wearstler rug boasting a snake motif is the touch of drama this neutral living room required. This Hamptons retreat, owned by entertainment executive Kent Belden, features interior design by Brigette Romanek.

GRAY STRIPES

In keeping with this New York living room's neutral palette, interior designer Thom Filicia settled on a custom gray striped rug design from Holland & Sherry.

SHAG ON SISAL

In the living room of Vivia Horn’s Japanese-style retreat in Hunter, New York, the leather-and-plastic Italian sofas, cocktail table, and wool shag rug were purchased in the 1980s at Bloomingdale’s. The Japanese-style fire pit and tin range hood are custom, the floor lamp is from the ’70s and the sisal carpet is by Stark.

OCEAN-INSPIRED

In this Miami penthouse, designer Jean-Louis Deniot chose and designed rugs specifically to mirror the ocean.

NAVY PATCHWORK

A houndstooth ottoman is the centerpiece of the living room in this snug New York City bachelor pad; a rug with exposed stitching feels textural and homey.

PATTERN ON PATTERN

While not technically a living room—interior designer Carolyn Pressly uses this space as an office—there's a lot to be learned from her choices. A burnished gold couch is placed atop a Persian rugs with notes of red, black, pink and (look closely) gold. All of this somehow works against a gray, black and white painted floor

UNIFYING PATTERN

In Wilhelmina Models CEO Bill Wackermann's downtown apartment, a large open living room serves a few purposes: Dining table, couch and coffee table, and a reading nook. By unifying the space with a small patterned rug in black, gray and white, the areas feel more harmonious.

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