Modern Rugs for the Dining Room: What Works and Why
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We make 54 modern designs we would put in a dining room. This is why the combination works, and what to get right.
How modern behaves on a floor
Minimal design needs visible ground to work. It reads as calm in a room that already has enough going on, and as empty in a room that does not — so it suits spaces with strong furniture or architecture to play against.
What a dining room asks of a rug
A chair must stay on the rug when pulled out — 60 cm beyond the table edge minimum, 75 cm safer. Low pile so chairs slide. Expect food and wine.
Why the two suit each other
Put a modern design in a dining room and the room reads as considered rather than decorated. Clean lines, restrained palettes and abstract form. Survives the spills under the table.
The colours available in this combination
Across these 54 designs you will find grey & silver, blue & navy, orange & terracotta, mink & brown, yellow & gold, black & anthracite, lilac & purple, green & khaki, cream & white and red & burgundy. They are drawn from 42 separate design sources — Oblique, Mosaic, Vertexa, Antiqued, Provenance, Meridian, Datum and Vector and others — each with its own origin.
Sizes and prices
- 60 x 100 cm (2' x 3'3") — £50
- 80 x 150 cm (2'7" x 4'11") — £65
- 100 x 200 cm (3'3" x 6'6") — £86
- 120 x 180 cm (3'11" x 5'11") — £90
- 80 x 300 cm (2'7" x 9'10") — £95
- 100 x 300 cm (3'3" x 9'10") — £95
- 155 x 230 cm (5'1" x 7'7") — £125
- 200 x 300 cm (6'6" x 9'10") — £185
- 160 cm round (5'3" round) — £125
- 200 cm round (6'6" round) — £185
The construction
Chenille polyester on a woven cotton backing with a non-slip finish. Machine washable at 30°C, no underlay needed, no latex or rubber crumb. In a dining room that is the difference between a rug you protect and a rug you use.