Didn't Someone Say Rules Are Meant To Be Broken?

How do you decide what size rug is right for a room in your home?

While I have my personal preferences, I did a little research on rug size "rules" and then looked for rooms demonstrating each on Houzz. What I think is most interesting about this topic is that for each rule there tends to be another that directly contradicts it!

Elizabeth Dinkel

But of course! Interior design is indeed a very subjective art...

{to read this week's Houzz Ideabook '11 Area Rug Rules & How To Break Them', click here}