Rug trends local designers love for 2012
Woodbury, NY: An 8 x 11.5" handmade Tibetan rug in custom colors of chocolate and camel in the Bernard Family's family room designed by Marlaina Teich. The rug is made from silk and wool and took four months to create. (Jan. 09, 2012) Credit: Newsday/Audrey C. Tiernan
One of the easiest ways to update any room is by changing the rug. This year's fresh crop of shapes and textures offers plenty of imaginative ways to reinvent your decor, whether you're looking to add a modern element to a traditional seating area or warm up a cold wood floor.
"The rug can be used to bring out the color of a room or tone down the room," says Margreet Cevasco of Cevasco Design Inc. in Sea Cliff. "Rugs can anchor a seating area or create definition between rooms in open spaces. Rugs makes you feel grounded and can really dictate the style of a room."
Thinking of changing or updating your style? Cevasco and five other local interior designers offer their picks for the best rug trends for 2012.
Trend: hides and skins
SAYS WHO? Diane Guariglia, owner of Dyfari Interiors in Cold Spring Harbor
Trend: Tibetan
Trend: metallic threads
Trend: oversized patterns
Trend: overdyed
