Every footprint, one scale
Fifteen sizes drawn against each other on a one foot grid. Two numbers in a column tell you nothing; this does.
All 15 footprints
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2' × 3'
A doormat, a bedside landing, or the floor in front of a sink.
$19.99from
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2' × 6'
A short galley kitchen run, or one side of a bed.
$21.99from
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4' round
A reading corner, an entry, or under a small round table.
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3' × 5'
Under a single armchair, beside a cot, or in a small entry.
$35.99from
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5' round
A round table with chairs, or a wide entry.
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2' × 10'
A full hallway or a long galley kitchen.
$35.99from
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2'7" × 8'
The widest runner here. A generous hall, or the length of a bed.
$29.99from
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4' × 6'
A coffee table with floor around it, or the foot third of a queen bed.
$39.99from
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6' round
The largest round here: a dining table for four, or a bedroom centre.
$56.99from
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2'7" × 12'
A long hall in the widest runner width.
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5' × 7'
The most common living room size here, and the one most often bought a size too small.
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2'7" × 14'
The longest runner in the range.
$49.99from
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6' × 9'
A seating group with the front legs of every seat on the rug.
$67.99from
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8' × 10'
A full seating group, or a queen bed with walking room on three sides.
$89.99from
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9' × 12'
A king bed with room to walk, or a dining table chairs can be pulled out from.
$119.99fromRead the drawings, not the numbers
A rug size is two numbers, and two numbers are hard to feel. Every footprint on this page is drawn to the same scale as every other, so the jump from one to the next is something you can see rather than compute. The grid behind each drawing is one foot square.
Three jumps in the range are larger than they look written down. From 5 by 7 to 6 by 9 is a 54 per cent increase in area. From 6 by 9 to 8 by 10 is another 48 per cent. From 8 by 10 to 9 by 12 is 35 per cent more again, and takes the rug past the point where any domestic washing machine will hold it, which is covered on the washer fit page.
What each footprint is normally asked to do
These are the jobs the sizes in this range are bought for. They are conventions, not rules, and a room that breaks them can still look right.
- 2 by 3. A doormat or a bedside landing. One person standing, or one pair of feet swinging out of bed.
- 3 by 5. A small accent: in front of a sink, beside a cot, under a single armchair.
- 2 by 6, 2 by 10, 2 foot 7 by 8. Runners. Hallways, galley kitchens, the length of a bed.
- 4 by 6. A coffee table with a little floor around it, or a rug that sits under the bottom third of a queen bed.
- 5 by 7. The most common living room size in this range, and the one people most often find is a size too small once the sofa is in place.
- 6 by 9. A seating group where the front legs of the sofa and both chairs land on the rug.
- 8 by 10. A full seating group with all legs on, or a queen bed with walking room on three sides.
- 9 by 12. A king bed with room to walk, or a dining table that chairs can be pulled out from without catching the edge.
- 4, 5 and 6 foot rounds. Under a round table, in a reading corner, or in an entry where a rectangle would fight the door swing.
The size most people get wrong
It is the living room. A 5 by 7 in front of a three seat sofa leaves the rug floating: the sofa legs sit on bare floor, the rug reads as a mat rather than a surface, and the room looks smaller than it is. The fix is either a rug large enough for the front legs of every seat to land on it, which usually means 6 by 9 or 8 by 10, or a deliberate small rug centred on the coffee table with nothing else touching it.
The room fit tool works this out from your room dimensions rather than from a rule of thumb.