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The Rug Finder, in US and UK sizes.
A nearly square living room, laid out facing.
Open-plan rooms, every plan drawn to scale.
Standard bedrooms, with the rug placed for the bed.

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The Measured Home Series · No. 03

Right-Size Room

The rug to order and the layout that fits, from your room's real measurements.

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  • The Rug Finder. Your room and sofa size in, the rug to order out, in US and UK sizes, plus the sizes to walk away from.
  • 40 layouts drawn to scale, each with its own scale bar: living rooms, long rooms and studios, bedrooms and dining rooms.
  • The 8 numbers every room needs: walkways, coffee table gaps, rug borders and where the legs go.
  • A fix-it chapter for the rug you already own that turned out too small.
Format
PDF download
Pages
52
Paper size
US Letter, prints at home
Units
Feet, inches and centimeters
Author
Ismail Qaudri
  • 52Pages
  • 40Plans to scale
  • US + UKRug sizes
  • 4Room types

About the book

The most common decorating regret isn't a paint color.

It happens for a good reason. An 8 × 10 has twice the floor area of a 5 × 8 and often costs close to twice as much, and in the shop the smaller one looks plenty big. Then it goes down in the room, floating in the middle like a bath mat, and suddenly the sofa looks cheap, the room looks smaller and nothing feels finished.

This guide starts with a tape measure, not a mood board. Measure your room and your sofa once. You get the rug size to order, three layouts that actually fit, and the sizes to walk away from.

Every plan is drawn to scale, with its own scale bar, so you can check any gap with a ruler.

What's inside

Ten minutes of measuring, then the answer

  1. 01

    Measure your room and furniture

    Two worksheets with a 1-ft grid for walls, doors, windows, outlets, sofa and bed. Ten minutes.

  2. 02

    The Rug Finder

    Find the rug size to order for your room and seating, in US and UK sizes, and the sizes that will look too small.

  3. 03

    The 8 numbers every room needs

    The clearances designers use, from 18 inches of floor at the wall to the gap between sofa and coffee table.

  4. 04

    Living rooms: 12 plans

    Nearly square, long, open-plan and small rooms, each laid out facing, L-shaped and for conversation.

  5. 05

    Long rooms and studios

    Living and dining in one long room, living and working, studios that sleep and live, and dividing without walls.

  6. 06

    Bedrooms

    Rug sizes and layouts from small bedrooms to large ones, and the bed-rug table for every mattress size.

  7. 07

    Dining rooms

    Round, square and rectangular tables for four to ten, with the rug that keeps every chair on it when pulled out.

  8. 08

    My rug is already too small

    Three ways to fix it without starting over, from layering to floating the furniture, then the Formula Card to keep.

Look inside

Real pages from the book

The Rug Finder, in US and UK sizes.
The Rug Finder, in US and UK sizes.
A nearly square living room, laid out facing.
A nearly square living room, laid out facing.
Open-plan rooms, every plan drawn to scale.
Open-plan rooms, every plan drawn to scale.
Standard bedrooms, with the rug placed for the bed.
Standard bedrooms, with the rug placed for the bed.

How it works

Three steps, one tape measure

  1. 1

    Measure

    Room length and width, doors, windows and your sofa or bed. One page, ten minutes.

  2. 2

    Find your rug

    The Rug Finder gives the size to order, in US and UK sizes, and the ones to avoid.

  3. 3

    Pick your layout

    Choose from 40 plans drawn to scale. Check any gap with a ruler and the plan's scale bar.

Right-Size Room cover

The Measured Home Series · No. 03

Measure the room. Then buy the rug.

The rug to order and the layout that fits, from your room's real measurements.

$19.99Buy the PDF · $19.99

Questions

Before you buy

Is this a printed book?
No, it's a digital PDF. Print it at home on US Letter or A4, or read it on your tablet while you measure.
Are the plans really to scale?
Yes. Every plan is drawn to scale with its own scale bar, so you can check any gap with a ruler before you move a single piece of furniture.
I'm in the UK. Does it work for me?
Yes. Rug sizes are given in both US and UK sizes, and the measuring pages take centimeters as well as feet and inches.
I already bought a rug that's too small. Is it too late?
No. The last chapter is three fixes for a rug that's already down, so you can keep it and still make the room look finished.
When do I get the file?
The download link arrives the moment you check out, so you can measure tonight.

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