We have a huge bonus room and went with a fluffier carpet to avoid the seam showing. It looked great for several years but is now showing wear. Any special tips for a low pile carpet in a huge bonus room to hide the seam? Reply
Thanks so much for posting this! I’m in the process of planning a living room renovation and have struggling with furniture placement. These tips are spot on! Reply
Thanks so much for all of your tips. I would love to know what your go-to neutral area rug is that you recommend in a kid and dog friendly house? Reply
I love using rugs over hard flooring, but I want to use a rug in our living room and master, both carpeted. When you layer a rug over carpet, do you use rug pads? Reply
Could you give an example of a specific carpet and the color that you use in your homes? This would be so helpful! I have about 20 samples sitting in front of me right now and I can’t decide on a color! I am trying to match the color from pictures that you post, but it is so hard to match color from a picture! Please help! Reply
The 12" to 18" rule is something I have wanted to know for YEARS. Thank you for the fun spin on all of your advice. I’m a huge fan! Reply
I’d like you to address cleaning of the non-conventional bathroom rugs that you use all of the time and are in photos on your blog. I assume they would need to be professionally cleaned? And that some rug materials are better for bathrooms than others? I like the look of them but am leery of using them in a bathroom because you can’t just throw them in the washer to clean them multiple times a year and professional cleaning is not inexpensive. I think of the use a bathroom rug gets…wet feet out of the tub or shower, hairspray over spray, hair, makeup spills, etc. and I don’t think they are very practical for a bathroom. The look however is spot on… Reply
We love the look and throughout the years we haven’t run into any issues with the rugs we use in bathrooms. It’s not the bath mat that you’d use for kids, but they’ve really worked for us and our clients so far! However, professional cleaning can run about $2 a square foot and for the size of the rugs we use in the bathrooms, the price is fairly manageable — even if you get them cleaned yearly! Reply
Great useful advice! Any ideas on how to use a runner up the stairs? Should it stop at the top step and then use a separate runner in a coordinating pattern? Or make it continuous, wrapping the top step? I’ve been having trouble finding inspiration photos! Reply
In the past, we’ve made it continuous. Sometimes we’ve bound carpet as a runner or used log runners like this one: https://www.mcgeeandco.com/collections/indoor-outdoor/products/birmingham. Thanks! Reply
Or, if you can’t give a specific example, perhaps you could link one that we could use for reference? Colors are killing me. Thanks for any help! Reply
Thanks for the tips! In the video you mention you like using lots of rugs in hardwood spaces. So my question is, is it possible to have too many rugs? Like if I put one in every room/hallway?? For reference, my home’s floor plan is a lot like your San Clemente home (Like, eerily similar, although I live in Orange County, so maybe that’s not so crazy after all, ha!)–not overly large, but open with lots of defined spaces. So if I put a rug in my entry, the living room off the entry, my kitchen, my dining room, and my family room, is that too much? Because I’m sorely tempted to. (Incidentally, I found your blog by scrolling through pinterest looking for homes with similar designs to mine for inspiration, and I instantly fell in love with your style. I’ve been following along ever since!) Reply
Thanks for posting this! We have hardwood floors throughout all of our home so we need all the rugs we can get. I was familiar with the 12-18 rule and have a dilemma. In our master we’d like to put a rug down under our bed peeping out from the sides but an 8×10 is too large almost pressed against the walls and a 5×7 is too small. Any recommendations? Reply
What kind of carpet is in the second-to-last photo (with the wooden planked ceiling)? It’s beautiful and would love to use that when we replace our carpet in the master bedroom this summer. Reply
Shea & team: What are your recommendations when it comes to wall-to-wall carpet throughout all bedrooms in a home? Do you suggest changing up the carpet color / pattern by room, or sticking with the same carpet installed throughout? Adore your work, creativity and willingness to share so much valuable information. Thank you!! Reply
Does the 12-18" rule also apply to rugs between kitchen cabinets? I can’t quite tell from the kitchen picture in this post. Thank you! Reply
We are in our 80’s and want install new wall to wall carpet in our home, hoping to get something that doesn’t show every foot print. Using Shaw carpet. Reply
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