RESET, REFRESH WITH A SPLASH OF COLOR

Reset, Refresh with a Splash of Color

What better time than summer to hit the refresh button on your home’s interior design? After being confined to our work from-home desks and holed up inside for the winter, our lives could use a dash of inspiration. We’re here to help you infuse your home with bright hues and inspire your senses with elements from the natural world. Whether you’ve set out to create a trendy new look for your home design or you’re tacking onto an existing home renovation project, this season, let color lead the way.

Using bold, playful colors is a simple yet powerful tactic to personalize a space. Personalizing your home is more enticing than ever, especially after we’ve spent a year indoors with trendy neutrals. There are a number of simple and easy ways to infuse color throughout your spaces via new throw pillows, furniture updates, and art installation, but perhaps one of our most adaptable favorites is with a new area rug!

Prismatic PRS18 Multicolor by Nourison

Area rugs can protect your hardwood floors from scratches and have the design versatility necessary to complement any room of the home. You can use them as runners in the kitchen, welcome mats in the mudroom, or plush carpets near your nightstand if you’re looking for something soft to sink your toes into every morning.

Not only known for their versatility, area rugs come with so many incredible benefits, such as sound absorption and promoting a more peaceful environment. Their added comfort and warmth give every room a distinct decorative interest and can create a focal point within a space.

So what colors, patterns, and area rug designs work best to brighten up your home? Sticking to a specific design theme or a monochrome palette can be hard, but, when it comes to area rugs, you don’t have to be limited to just one color. There’s an endless sea of options, ranging from different types of fibers to unique pattern compositions. This season, we are inspired by all things tranquilly natural as we see a return to basics like coastal hues, organic greens, and serene palettes.

COASTAL BLUE

Bring that sunshine indoors by pulling together ocean hues that arouse thoughts of deep blue waves and Cape Cod–inspired coastal elements, such as seashells and sailboats. Going to the beach is a favorite summer pastime, and what better way to bring the beach to you than with a soft, warm area rug?

This beautiful blue area rug in the bedroom is from Nourison’s Twilight Collection and features navy blue and silver gray across an ivory expanse. The low-cut pile is made of wool and Luxcelle fibers to create a luxuriously silky surface. The rug lends a modern beach aesthetic to the room with its wave-inspired visuals.

Nourison's Twilight Collection in Ivory Grey Blue

By pulling in coastal elements, such as the beach, waves, wide-open water, and white seashells, through your area rug, you create a focal point for the room that signals a sense of calm. Continue the coastal theme by adding to the interior design with soft whites, sandy beiges, and muted grays through the furniture, wall art, window coverings, and décor.

GOLD UNDERTONES

An easy way to let in natural light is by playing off of yellow, gold, and bronze tones. You don’t have to be loud with your color—in fact, you can use a plain beige rug that has natural gold or yellow undertones. To bring out these brighter hues, call like to like with brass or gold hardware in your lamps, light fixtures, and statement pieces.

Or try pairing your new rug with gold-rimmed mirrors. Mirrors are perfect for small areas because they work to create an illusion of space and catch the light to refract brilliant natural warmth across your room.

Kaleen's Boho Patio Collection in Gold

This area rug from Kaleen’s Boho Patio Collection in gold pulls on soft yellowy gold hues and features unique vintage distressing with watered-down designs. Composed with classic vintage patterns and infused with distinctly bohemian colors, this incredibly detailed rug showcases beauty through gold, yellow, and black fibers while maintaining durability for outdoor use.

BOTANICAL REMNANTS

Nothing is quite as luscious as the spring greens and bright flowers that shoot up from the rich brown earth in your summer garden. Draw inspiration from florals, greenery, and plants this season by bringing in botanical elements through fun floral patterns.

Couristan’s Caledonia Collection has the perfect area rugs to infuse your home with color and patterns. The craftsmanship and materials used to create this beautifully printed rug are inspired by tropical florals and sunsets over crystal-clear lakes. This unique collection captures luxury and style that is suitable for any room in the house, no matter how classic or contemporary.

Caledonia Arcadia in Peony by Couristan

In a haze of red, blue, purple, and green peonies, this floral motif area rug pairs well with light hardwood floors. Various jewel-toned hues and bright colors can be accented through furniture and light fixtures to give the room a refreshing design.

If you’d rather stick to a cleaner palette scheme that’s still in the botanical realm, try finding an area rug in a lush, earthy forest green, and draw pattern inspiration from the forest trees, plant foliage, or desert cacti.

SLATE STONE

Throw it back to classic black and white—don’t be afraid to let color pop on a more neutral background. Showcase brighter décor and furniture by playing against traditional muted tones. This season, natural color palettes and textures inspired by earth elements have been particularly popular, with natural slate, concrete, and ceramic tiles making a big comeback.

Area rugs can reflect these hard materials while softening their sharp lines. Kaleen’s Global Altitude collection does a gorgeous job showcasing fashion-forward interior décor trends through its powerful design. Lending a bold aesthetic through abstract patterns inspired by crisp mountain formations and polar ice caps, the Hilary Farr black area rug is designed with a machine loom and shows off bold colors of silver, ivory, and charcoal.

Prismatic Seafoam/Silver by Nourison

No matter your design direction, bringing colorful area rugs into your home can breathe new life into a space. When you opt for this season's trending natural hues, you create warm designs inspired by the outdoor elements and your favorite summer pastimes. Whether you've chosen a floral-patterned rug for the living room or a timeless nautical blue area rug for the bedroom, let color shine through with personality. From beach-going to lazing under the summer sun, your area rugs should reflect nature at its finest, extending those long summer days into your home.