Rug sizes
Standard area rug sizes, the rooms each one suits, and the room size it needs with about 18 inches of floor showing, using Room & Board and Wayfair placement guides.
3 x 5 rug: size, rooms and placement A 3 x 5 rug covers 15 square feet (91 x 152 cm). With about 18 inches of floor showing on every side, it suits a room of roughly 6' by 8'.
5 x 8 rug: size, rooms and placement A 5 x 8 rug covers 40 square feet (152 x 244 cm). With about 18 inches of floor showing on every side, it suits a room of roughly 8' by 11'.
6 x 9 rug: size, rooms and placement A 6 x 9 rug covers 54 square feet (183 x 274 cm). With about 18 inches of floor showing on every side, it suits a room of roughly 9' by 12'.
8 x 10 rug: size, rooms and placement A 8 x 10 rug covers 80 square feet (244 x 305 cm). With about 18 inches of floor showing on every side, it suits a room of roughly 11' by 13'.
9 x 12 rug: size, rooms and placement A 9 x 12 rug covers 108 square feet (274 x 366 cm). With about 18 inches of floor showing on every side, it suits a room of roughly 12' by 15'.
10 x 14 rug: size, rooms and placement A 10 x 14 rug covers 140 square feet (305 x 427 cm). With about 18 inches of floor showing on every side, it suits a room of roughly 13' by 17'.
Measure before you buy
Typical sizes are a guide. Before ordering, measure your room and every doorway, hall and stair on the way in, mark the piece's footprint on the floor with painter's tape, and compare with the maker's listed dimensions for the exact model. Our fit calculators check rug sizes, doorways, stool heights and dining table space for you.
Every number on this site is taken from a named, linked guide. Read how we check.