If you have more than one sofa center your area rug at an equal distance between the two.
Do you have to put a couch on a rug.
If you have chairs in the space as well then the front legs of the chair should be touching or hovering on the rug.
A 9 by 12 foot or larger rug can go underneath the front legs of a sofa.
In a big open plan space the rug should sit under the front legs of both the sofas or if you have a large rug then both sofas can sit completely atop the rug.
Other than that it s mostly a matter of preference.
All the legs of your furniture should be on top of the rug if possible.
If you have a focal point like a fireplace or tv stand try to have your rug centered on this.
Loloi notes that you ll want the rug to extend beyond the sides of the sofa too.
The length of your area rug should be centered on your longest piece of furniture.
One way to work with your sectional is to measure the room space the sofa occupies.
Then find a rug that will fit with a perfect symmetry of space around it.
Filling the room with a centered rug.
If you have an open floor plan like mine use a rug to define the space.
In the ideal world you ll want your rug centered on 2 things ie couch and fireplace however at the very minimum it should be centered on 1 of them.
If you have an open floor plan setting all of your floating furniture on the rug helps anchor the space.
Place an 8 by 10 foot rug in front of a sofa allowing a few inches of open floor space in front.
You can have whole pieces of furniture placed on top of a rug or you can just place a part of your sofa on it.
For larger rooms loloi suggests getting a bigger rug like a 9 by 13 and using it to frame your space.
In an oddly shaped room.
This serene rose and pink room uses a soft grey area rug to anchor the space.
Try both options and decide what looks best in your space.