Rugs are important accents to any room. Give your living room an area rug and you get a living room with cool character. But the issue in rug selection is that you will have a number of choices available and you need to take into account the size of the rug. So what will be the best size of area rug for your needs? Size selection for the rugs is an important activity and this activity deserves better attention. When you are considering the size if the rug that you will use for the house, the first thing that you need to do is to measure the size of the open area. In order to make the room look larger, you need to show a border of the flooring just around the perimeter of the whole room. You also need to take into consideration the type of the room and the furniture placement.