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Every standard rug size in centimetres and feet — and which one fits the living room, the bedroom, the dining table and the hall
Hand-knotted rugs follow the standard European ladder of sizes, and every measurement on this page is written the way the trade prints it: short side first, in centimetres — 160x230 means 160 cm wide and 230 cm long. The ladder is laid out here in full, first as a chart and then room by room.
Every size is linked straight into the shop: it opens the pieces whose measured dimensions sit in exactly that window, nothing steered onto a neighbouring size. If the room is not measured yet, the two rules that decide most purchases are below — seating belongs with its front legs on the rug, and a dining rug must still hold a chair pulled out to sit down.
The shop groups every rug onto six size pages, each named after the most-searched standard size of its range — those six rows open their pages directly. Every other size opens the exact window around the measurements it names, fifteen per cent either way, the same allowance every size link in the shop uses.
| Size (cm) | Where it serves |
|---|---|
| Up to 109 cm wide | |
| 100x1503'3" x 4'11" | Beside the bed, in front of an armchair, inside the front door |
| 80x1502'7" x 4'11" | A narrow bedside strip, or a small landing |
| 90x1602'11" x 5'3" | Bedside, or a compact entrance hall |
| 100x1403'3" x 4'7" | Under a reading chair — and an honest colour test before a room-sized piece |
| 110 to 139 cm wide | |
| 120x1703'11" x 5'7" | Under the coffee table; across the foot of a wide bed |
| 120x1803'11" x 5'11" | The coffee-table size with a little more length |
| 130x1904'3" x 6'3" | In front of a two-seat sofa in a compact room |
| 140 to 169 cm wide | |
| 160x2305'3" x 7'7" | The most versatile living-room size; crosses a 140 cm bed |
| 140x2004'7" x 6'7" | A small bedroom, or a reading corner |
| 150x2004'11" x 6'7" | Across a 90 to 120 cm bed; a snug sitting room |
| 160x2205'3" x 7'3" | A two-seat sofa with its front legs on the rug |
| 170 to 219 cm wide | |
| 200x3006'7" x 9'10" | The classic living-room format: the whole seating group on one rug |
| 170x2405'7" x 7'10" | A three-seat sofa, front legs on the rug |
| 200x2006'7" x 6'7" | A square seating plan, or a round table for four |
| 200x2506'7" x 8'2" | A full seating group in a moderate room |
| 200x2906'7" x 9'6" | Crosses a 160 to 180 cm bed with margin on both sides |
| 220 to 289 cm wide | |
| 250x3508'2" x 11'6" | The dining standard: an eight-seat table and its chairs; open-plan seating |
| 240x3007'10" x 9'10" | A six-seat dining table, pulled-out chairs included |
| 240x3407'10" x 11'2" | A six to eight-seat dining table with comfortable clearance |
| 250x2508'2" x 8'2" | A round or square dining table up to about 130 cm across |
| 250x3008'2" x 9'10" | A large seating group, every leg on the rug |
| From 290 cm wide | |
| 300x4009'10" x 13'1" | Open-plan rooms and long dining tables |
| 300x3009'10" x 9'10" | A square salon, or a generous round table |
| 300x4509'10" x 14'9" | A hall of a room — the rug reads as the floor itself |
One rule decides most living rooms: the front legs of every seat — sofa and armchairs alike — stand on the rug, and the rug runs wider than the sofa on both sides. A rug floating loose in front of the seating reads as too small, whatever its actual measurements.
In practice: a two-seat sofa takes 160x230; a full seating group around a coffee table takes 200x300; two sofas facing each other, or an open-plan room, take 250x350 and upward. For the whole seating group to stand on the rug, legs and all, go one size beyond the one that merely reaches the front legs.
A bedroom rug is there for the first barefoot step of the morning, so it goes where the feet land. Three placements are honest, each with its own sizes:
The classic placement: the rug begins a hand-width in front of the bedside tables and runs under the bed, emerging generously at both sides and the foot. A 90 to 120 cm bed takes 160x230; a 140 to 160 cm bed takes 200x300; from a 180 cm bed, look at 250x350.
A smaller piece laid crossways just past the foot end — 100x150 or 120x170. It warms the step that actually happens and leaves the bed frame standing on the floor.
A strip of about 70 to 90 cm beside the bed, a little shorter than the bed itself — the bedside rug of the classic interiors. Browse the runners, or the small sizes 80x150 and 90x160.
The chairs decide. A dining rug must be large enough that a chair pulled out to sit down still stands on it with all four legs — about 60 cm beyond the table edge on every side, 70 where the room allows. Anything less and the chair drops its back legs off the rug every time somebody sits down.
Worked through: a four-seat table of about 90x90 cm asks for roughly 210 cm each way — in practice 200x250 or a square 250x250. A six-seat table around 90x180 asks for 210x300: the snug answer is 200x300, the comfortable one 240x300. An eight-seat table takes 250x350, and longer tables move to 300x400. For a round table, add the same 120 cm to the diameter and browse the round rugs.
A runner is sized against the corridor, not against furniture: leave a visible strip of floor along both edges — the runner 15 to 20 cm narrower than the passage in all — and stop it 10 to 15 cm short of either end. A corridor a metre wide takes a runner of 80 to 85 cm.
Length is forgiving: runners are woven long, 80x300 being the most common nominal format, and an L-shaped passage is better served by two shorter pieces than by one forced around the corner. Browse the runners for the formats in stock.
Measure the room once with a tape, then draw the candidate size on the floor in painter's tape and live with the outline for a day — the cheapest mistake-proofing there is. In a smaller room keep about 20 cm of visible floor between rug and wall; in a large one the rug may simply end where the furniture zone ends.
Every size link on this page opens a window of fifteen per cent either way around the named measurements, because a hand-knotted rug is woven, not cut: a nominal 160x230 may genuinely measure 157x226 or 164x235. Each listing states the measured centimetres of that exact piece — check those against your floor, not the nominal label.
Every rug in stock lists on exactly one of six size pages, each named after the most-searched standard size of its range. Open yours, or browse everything: