You want the rug to bring life to the floor like in laura s adorable melbourne home shown above where she layered a graphic flat weave over beige carpet and a basic tiled hearth.
Dining table over carpet.
Choose something with a different texture and or fiber like jute sisal silk.
Don t put an area rug over a very long pile carpet such as a frieze or a newer soft carpet such as smartstrand because the area rug will not have firm support and will shift buckle and wrinkle.
I scoured apartment therapy and googled flooring over carpet or temporary dining room floors but only two main suggestions kept reoccurring.
Wood laminate flooring directly over the carpet.
It s a simple technique and requires no permanent dividing structures but it has a huge impact on the way an open plan room will look and feel.
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The hard plastic allowed the chairs to move in and out easily and provide a thick barrier between the spilled food and the rug.
I used oversized office chair clear mats to place underneath the chairs my kids sat in.
An even wider border is ideal.
Dining room area rugs.
A dining room rug should have at least 24 inches of extra room on all sides of the dining table to allow enough space for guests to pull out chairs without tripping over the rug.
In most cases wall to wall carpeting is very basic.
For as long as i ve been talking about design in my personal and professional life the subject of whether rugs belong in the dining room or not just can t be settled.
Sure i d get my security deposit back but i d have to live with a disgusting 8 x 10 cover up in the meantime.
A rug over carpet.
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There are pros and cons for each and it would appear that people do not straddle on both sides of the issues they are adamant one way or another.
By placing your dining table on top of a well proportioned eye catching and color coordinated rug you are effectively marking out the boundary lines of where you eat.
If you have high chairs or young kids and are wondering how to protect the carpet under the dining room table i hope this helps.
It is lighted by a stylish drum pendant and table lamps that sit on a semi circular console table.