The dark wood floors of this modestly sized but comfortable living room are covered by a natural fiber area rug that lends a nautical feel to the blue and white color pallet.
Area rug ideas for dark floors.
Often rugs are the more limiting piece when it comes to pattern color and what fits into your budget so you may want to start with the rug design and move on to the fabrics and paint from there she says.
A good choice here would be a richly colored kilim or oriental rug with patterns of gold cream and even pops of the dark blackish hues in the floor along with a saturated red or orange for added richness.
You may also explore other oriental rugs like the persian rugs baja rugs and kilim rugs.
On the other hand using dark color rugs in a naturally illuminated area with large windows makes the rug look warming and very appealing.
Animal hides make such great rugs to step onto first thing in the morning but if you have a dark wood floor a cow hide might be too dark for the space.
Via cb2 there s no harm in going classic in the rug department.
Dark wood floors and area rugs high contrast to bring out the beauty in dark stained hardwood try a white off white or beige area rug.
Our recommendation for dark colored rugs is mostly bokhara rugs.
Designer amy bubier suggests getting the rug first.