By Kingsley Adegboye

WHEN you are thinking of decorating your living room, take into consideration the choice of oriental area rugs that have a great variety of colours and patterns that will add beauty and elegance to your home decoration.

Apart from being durable and exciting, oriental centre rugs serve as a cornerstone for your colour and design choices.

According to Mr. Okey Uzor, a rug dealer, “if you are adding a rug to an existing decoration plan, you will have no trouble finding one that complements the choices already made. Although oriental rugs are found most often in living rooms and dining rooms, they are also a popular choice as runners for high traffic areas, for foyers, and even for bedrooms. Your home decorating scheme can include them throughout the interior of your house”.

Oriental rug

On how to to choose oriental rugs for homes, Mr. Uzor said to decorate with oriental rugs, it is important to take both colour and design into consideration, pointing out that the colour should be harmonious with the other colours in theliving room in which the rug is to be placed and should repeat the dominant or accent colours, or include shades of one or more of them.

He added that if the colours are compatible with other colours in the living room, even a modern home can be enhanced by the popular traditional designs in oriental rugs. “When choosing an appropriate design, consider how you are going to use the rug.

“If the centre of the rug is going to be very visible, a medallion or central motif or scene will be an ideal choice. If, however, the centre of the rug is going to be under a dining room table or under a bed, it would be better to chose one with a repetitive design or one where the most detail and interest is in the borders.

“As well, very colourful rugs with very busy designs can bring a subdued living room to life. Simple designs and a limited colour palette are better in a living room that is already colourful and busy. Geometric designs work best in new or modern homes, and curvilinear designs are more appropriate for old and traditional homes. It is most important that the rug does not clash, in either colour or pattern, with any other fabric in the room in which it is to be used” he noted.