Beige & Cream Area Rugs

Beige Cream Rugs: How to

Neutral/beige rooms aren’t as “effortless” as they look. In fact, they’re kind of an oxymoron in that most people go this route because it’s “easy” …beige goes with beige, after all, right? It’s not necessarily a difficult feat, but it’s not as simple as just buying everything in the same shade of off-white. Really good neutral rooms all share similar qualities, including the right balance of texture, tones, and a sprinkling of je ne sais quoi.

In fact, when done right, beige cream rugs feel nearly masterful. We endorse the representation of one’s spirit by any color, but some hue-deficient rooms are done so well that they can take your breath away.

Let’s jump to the “tip” and “educate” portion of this blog post before we start making other unnecessary comparisons, shall we? So, the talking points to follow are key elements when going beige with your, say, large rugs for your living room?

Varied Wood Tones

You’re going to notice that a common thread in all the rooms we’re showing you is variety, be that in tones of textiles, finishes and, for this point, wood. Successful neutral rooms need depth and complexity to be special, so picking everything in a matchy-matchy shade will fall flat (unless you have some other factors, which we’ll get into). Here, in this room I wish I could move right into at the very least for a long weekend. You’ll notice that there are middle shades and texture from the coffee table and trays, and some lighter finishes via the little shelf and the plant on top.

Mixed Shades of Beige, White and other Neutrals

We mentioned varied tones of basically everything is crucial to a good neutral room. This room by works so well because of the subtle variations. The walls are a nice crisp white. The wood tones of the shelving, table in the background and floors are all pretty similar (all which add some really nice warmth) but are separated by the cream colored area rug. Once that foundation is set, it’s easy to layer in all the extras that bring in some life. Kept in a quiet palette, they just perfectly meld into the scheme like butter on a warm biscuit. It’s like the “no makeup” makeup look of interior design.

A Touch of Black or Metallic (or both)

Look, a touch of black is always a welcomed addition to a room. It’s grounding, adds depth, draws the eye…it’s interior design panacea, and it absolutely has a place in a mostly beige room for all the same reasons.

We are all complex people who are in pursuit of our own true desires. Some of us might even be called polyamorous when it comes to interior design and would gladly take many aesthetic partners, but back to why this room works. It has a lot of the elements we’ve already talked about varied wood tones, texture, a touch of pattern and, finally a bit of black and brass. These provide much-needed contrast and tension in an otherwise quiet room, and this is crucial to neutral spaces.

Interesting Shapes and Silhouettes

When your palette is pared down, something must provide visual intrigue. In this case, it’s the rounded and sculptural sinuous coffee table that makes your eyes buzz., this room is interesting. Now, you don’t need an entire room full of insanely expensive furniture but try to bring in at least two or three things that break the monotony a bit, whether it’s a funky armchair or a super special grouping of side tables.

This shot proves that you really need just a handful of “interesting” items to bring a neutral room to life. Here, that knot pillow, dry flowers scattered, and a glass/wood combo take a simple vignette to the next level.

Tons of Textures

When this room was reimagined with a cream colored area rug last year, they went for more color and more vibrancy than before. It was kept- interesting by bringing in so much texture via the partly cream colored rug, green suede sofa, and that white radiator cover. They’re all in a complimenting juxtaposition, but it doesn’t feel stagnant because of all the other elements (wood and sun).

A Subtle Layer of Soft Color or a Statement Pattern

When you have a pretty neutral backdrop, even the littlest bit of color and pattern will sing, like maroon and beige traditional runner on this mostly white kitchen. It’s homes like his that makes us want to cross over to the neutral side of design. There’s not much to look at here, and it doesn’t feel cluttered even with the emphatic rug dividing the bright palette. With the white potted plant that bursts with green and creamy tones used sporadically around the kitchen, this might be the place you need for that lively sunday morning.

And finally, we get to something that is likely quite hard to help for most people, unless you plan on moving or renovating, and that’s architectural detail. This home is so effortlessly pretty in neutrals. The elegant railing, bright cream stone tiles all serve as a smooth backdrop for the warmly varied beige runner that adds that much-needed sprinkle of character. If you are so lucky as to live in a home with some original details, remember that what you need to carry an entire room might just be modern pattern brown and beige area rugs.

We hope we’ve helped you on figuring out how you can build a really fantastic neutral room. Beige can be full of character and that might be hard to grasp at first. If you ever find yourself wondering “ivory rugs, cream rugs or white rugs?”, think of what we discussed above, maybe come read once more?