Article: Area rugs are hot and add comfort.(House-Home)

Byline: THERESA SULLIVAN BARGER Hartford Courant

With area rugs hot, there's a rug for every taste, style and budget. But advice on what to do with those rugs can be varied and confusing.

Put all the furniture on the rug. Keep all the furniture off the rug. Have the front legs on and the back legs off. Buy a rug large enough to fill the room. Buy several small rugs to help create smaller seating areas.

What's the untrained decorator to do?

"I tell people that nothing is ever in stone," says Lisa Skelley of LJS Interior Redesigns in Avon, Conn. "I really think furniture placement is mostly about a feeling. Don't obsess over the rules. ...

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