What Size Rug Goes Under a Bed?

A few posts ago I showed you the new wood laminate flooring we put in our bedroom. It looks amazing, but it almost didn’t happen.

My husband didn’t want a wood floor in our bedroom because he didn’t want an “area rug” that would go over the wood floor under and around the bed. He wanted a soft warm surface for his bare feet to land when he stepped out of bed in the morning and wanted to keep the wall-to-wall carpet. I couldn’t quite understand this reasoning since I knew he liked the look of wood floors.

I tried to explain to him that an area rug would be soft and warm, too. I just couldn’t wrap my head around his reasoning until I heard him add…“not the area rugs you like”. Which made me laugh… he was right. :-)

He was thinking the only kind of area rug I would want for under the bed would be a natural seagrass rug that has a hard textured surface. I have one in the living room and in our previous house, in the dining room and my studioffice. He is not a fan of these rugs.

I would have liked a seagrass area rug in the bedroom since I like the easy breezy casual feel it adds to a room and would go well with my White Pom-Pom Bed Skirt. But there are many other rugs that I like and I began a quest to find a large area rug that would make us both happy.

What Size Rug Goes Under a King Bed?

In my rug search I found hundreds of beautiful area rugs, but most were either too formal, too contemporary. I also had to consider the size of the rug. It couldn’t be too small or it would look wimpy under the king size bed. Too large, would look overwhelming. Like Goldilocks, I had to get the size of the rug, just right.

Bedroom Area Rug Size Guide

The illustration below helped me to choose what size area rug would work best for the size of my room and bed. These rug sizes are just suggestions as every room and the way the furniture is arranged in a room is unique.

I measured around my bed and the available space around it and found an 8′ x 10′ or as large as a 9′ x 14′ would work.

I found the “make us both happy rug” online. It is an 8′ x 11′ Dash & Albert Rugby Stripe Denim Rug

It was delivered a few days after I ordered it. It is an indoor/outdoor rug that is easy to clean and fits my casual, colorful decorating style.

For extra cushioning and to keep it from moving, we saved a large section of the previous wall-to-wall carpet padding and cut it to size to fit under the new area rug.

It works perfectly and saved us some $$$ from having to buy a new pad.

NEW AREA RUG TIP:

• I want to share a tip about off-gassing your rugs before putting them in your home. It is important to open up a new rug outside in fresh air. Area rugs are loaded with chemicals, but they “off-gas” the most when first opened up. So I always make sure to unroll them outside and let them hang out for an hour or two to get rid of that chemical smell!