22 Best Area Rugs for Living Rooms, Lofts, and Other Open Spaces

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The best area rugs for living rooms, playrooms, and similarly large spaces in the home can bring a transformative element to your space—no expensive remodel or challenging DIY project required. The hardest part about getting a new rug (and the right rug for your style), in our opinion, is the actual shopping. With so many options, it can be overwhelming and hard to choose just one! That’s why we rounded up our favorites to make shopping a breeze. Read on for 21 high-quality, well-reviewed, aesthetically pleasing picks in a variety of styles, textures, and price points.

Editor’s note: These rugs are available in a variety of sizes and/or shapes. If you’re looking for something smaller, larger, or in a different shape, click through to the product, and you’ll most likely find the rug size you need.

Best Moroccan Style Rugs

We’re still not tired of the checked pattern—see Aarica Nichole’s green check rug, in her Dallas home, for inspiration—and this best-selling beauty makes a bright and bold addition to your space. The handmade wool rug is inspired by the checkered weavings crafted by nomadic tribes in Morocco. The Etsy shop Moroccan Berber Touch, has an extensive lineup of similar rugs in every color you can imagine (and they also make custom rugs).

There’s nothing quite like a shag rug to create an inviting, warm atmosphere in your family room. Case in point: This neutral trellis rug with a plentiful pile height that’s cozy, casual, and feels great underfoot. Since its made from polypropylene, a nonwoven textile, it won’t absorb any messes so its great for a pet- or child-filled home.

It’s hard to choose a favorite textile from the team at Beni Rugs. Known for their collabs with high-profile designers and tastemakers like Athena Calderone, Colin King, and Tom Delavan, each rug is made to order by hand in Morocco and has the distinctive flair of a custom piece. These rugs are made of 100% wool–no synthetic fibers here–and come in a wide variety of styles and pile heights.

Best Neutral Rugs

This neutral low-pile rug is expertly designed with luxury and livability in mind. Relaxed but still sophisticated, it will make a welcome addition to any room—and the soft wool fabric will feel absolutely heavenly on your bare feet.

Armadillo has an impressive lineup of relaxed-but-refined rug styles that pay homage to a minimalist West Coast aesthetic. The Armadillo Drift Rug is handmade using alternating rows of wool and jute. It’s effortlessly chic and inviting, and also durable enough to withstand regular foot traffic. The rug is available in two colors: black/natural and white/natural (pictured). It might not be the least expensive rug on the list, but the company is a certified B-Corp, which means your purchase goes a long way.

Channel sophisticated Art Deco vibes with this swirling hand-tufted rug via Anthropologie. Seen here in neutral, the rug is also available in a rich olive and rug pads can be purchased separately.

Channel boho vibes with this contemporary fringed rug that’s accented with a high-pile geometric design atop a low-pile grounding layer. The rug has more than 1,800 glowing reviews on Amazon and is available in gray or beige (pictured).

This thick tone-on-tone rug features varying textures that give it maximum visual interest. It’s made for indoor or outdoor use, which gives you plenty of options in terms of where to use it. We can see it in a bohemian living room accented with macramé wall hangings. Or it could also take center stage in an open-air living space, surrounded by palms and grounded with contemporary, outdoor furniture.

This design-forward rug’s tone-on-tone color palette turned our neutral-loving heads. And, again, no need to worry about messes, since this is also washable. The rug is made from New Zealand wool and the pile measures three quarters of an inch.

Safavieh’s natural fiber collection features thick, beautifully textured rugs made of jute. This is a strong, sustainable material derived from plants so if you’re looking for something earthy and calming, this sage pick makes for the perfect rug. It’s available in other colors, including brown, gray, natural, rust, ivory, and purple.

This budget-friendly, versatile rug works well with just about any style, color scheme, or home decor. You can use the casual staple as an indoor or outdoor rug.

This contemporary beauty, another of the best area rugs for living rooms, has a little bit of everything: an aesthetically pleasing blend of go-with-everything tones, such as cream, gray, and brown; an eye-catching mix of low and high pile (up to 1.25 inches high); and even tassels for a little extra flair.

Best Flatweave and Low-Pile Rugs

Wavy edges give this oversized area rug a playful feel. These hand-woven rugs, the brainchild of our May cover star Justina Blakeney, are made with premium wool and backed with sturdy canvas. Their rugs are also GoodWeave-certified, signifying they have met ethical production standards from start to finish. While this rug only comes in one color, there are a handful of unique rugs that also come from the Justina Blakeney x Loloi collaboration.

Check out this Persian-style rug from West Elm. The sustainably sourced, velvety soft, low-pile rug is available in made from a viscose wool blend and comes in seven shades, including cayenne, midnight, and iron (pictured).

Placing a rug in a high-traffic area like an entryway or living room? Consider a stain-resistant machine-washable rug. Here’s how it works: Most washable rugs are designed to be paired with a nonslip rug pad. The pad gives them the necessary cushion and comfort, but the top layer (the actual rug) can be popped off and tossed in the washing machine as needed. If your household has little kids or pets, that can mean a lot of wear and tear for your area rugs—and knowing you can refresh them easily can provide a lot of peace of mind. This low-pile pick comes in sapphire, coral, and teal (pictured).

Best Statement Rugs

If you’re open to a nontraditional rug shape, Mush Studios is a super-fun option. The Brooklyn-based designers serve up the kinds of textiles that stop tracks in home tours and Instagram posts. If you want your rug to double as a conversation piece, you’ve found the right pick here.

Rugs can double as art pieces and this rug is proof. Perfectly playful and a great option for kids rooms or a bedroom, it’s made of wool and is hand-tufted in India. The curved head of the rug also gives this design some versatility; just flip it around for an entirely different look.

The rugs coming from NYC-based Cold Picnic look like abstract art…mainly because they are. Who knew abstract area rugs were a thing? Each one is inspired by a different memory of place. This one? It’s a part of the Badlands Collection, a series of rugs created when the designers found out they were going to be parents.

If you love Palm Springs vibes, this cheery rug will bring some mod California vibes to your space. Match it with some yellow furniture if you really want your friends to think you hired an interior designer.

Ground your space with this rustic staple. The natural cowhide will feature striking variations in pattern, color, and texture, which means each of these rugs is absolutely unique. Goes just as well in the dining room as it does in the den.

Prefer faux fur and faux animal hide instead? Try this Ruggable find as a suitable replacement. It comes in six color combinations to match any of your sofas and can even be thrown in the washing machine for a quick clean.

Ground your space in a woven rug made with jute, an organic material derived from native Indian plants. We’re partial to this lovely Sky colorway, but the rug is available in more than 10 shades and designs.