Article: Right area rug pulls a room together

THE CHALLENGE:

You've just finished redecorating your family room. You've purchased beautiful new furniture; it blends well with the older pieces you've chosen to keep in the room for sentimental reasons. The new wall color is warm and inviting and adds so much to the space. Your new draperies are simply wonderful, in the fabric you've always wanted to have. You finally got it together to accessorize the room correctly: lamps, trays, vases, family pictures and great art on the walls.

But something is missing in this otherwise well decorated and well appointed room. What is it? It's the final little design element that's needed in a room like the one I've described above.

The solution

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