Perfect timing... I just ordered a living room rug and realized that my TV will be against a wall but NOT on the rug. I wasn't sure if that would feel weird, but because of this video, NOW I KNOW!!!
I just was at a friends over the weekend, and got sat in the chair that was off the rug. definitely was feeling the left out-ness! lol Interestingly too someone else moved the chair right up to the wrong and it felt quite natural, so much that we almost forgot to put it back. Interesting coincidence that you made a video talking about exacting that!
Our living room is a tiny space so I drew up a diagram and traced the flow of energy so I knew where to place furniture. ❤ Still need a rug though so this is perfect timing!
@@NJOverclocked Furniture choice is constrained by more factors than rug choice, so it makes sense to make the more constrained choice first and then get a rug to match the furniture than getting the rug first and then trying to find furniture to match.
@@ragnkja agreed. We’re planning a redesign of our living room, we picked a general vibe and a color palette first. Then we chose a paint color while already knowing a vague color range for our sofa (most likely will be custom made for better fabric choice). Next we still need to figure out curtains and a rug but those will be shaped by the choices we already made because we know we can find a rug and curtains in pretty much any color shape and size we could imagine and we know furniture/layout is the most important to us so might as well pick the rug once we have all that figured out.
I noticed something If you have two zones in a room, and one has a rug but the other doesn't There's a pull towards wherever has the rug. If you have a dining area with a rug under it, but the livingroom doesn't, then being in the livingroom will feel liminal and you'll be pulled towards the diningroom, perhaps feeling lonely or isolated If you have a rug underneath the living area, but not the dining area, you will feel drawn towards the living area and anytime you spend in the dining area will have the living area in the back of your mind nagging you, and dining there might feel cold and distant/isolated. So you gotta have a rug under both if they share a room, or it will ruin one in favor of the other. Rugs are frickin, amazing honestly
That lines up with how it feels to be on the second floor of my apartment (4 rooms, the middle floor is the common space); the kitchen feels weird, the living room (the only area with a full rug) feels like it dominates the space and is the only inviting part of the room, the dining table and drum section of the space feel just so much like an afterthought and feel a lot smaller The living area and kitchen are opposite diagonally from each other, the whole floor is one large room with a bathroom behind the drums and the laundry behind the living area, the landing puts you right between the living area and drums, and you walk between those zones to the kitchen island, with the stairs to the upper floor on the right. The dining and drum sections are a little smaller, but not as small as they feel.
I figured most of this would be a repetition of using rugs as another zone indicator, but the whole part about including all of the seats and avoiding tangents is rather helpful
sir, if you ever run out of content ideas, feel free to post a vid of some asphalt and your voice talking about something and I will be there for it, because your energy just makes my day better. so now YOU know
Love your content! I know I am not the only one who is saying this but you make home decoration something doable for everyone! I just changed the front entry area and cabinet arrangements so it looks more organic and flowing. You are absolutely the best! Please keep sharing these amazing tips that are doable and don't cost people arms and legs. Oh, have you ever played a game called House Flipper? I started playing and I always think What Would Dear Modern Do? It usually looks mediocre at best. I wanna see how you would utilize the spaces and use Fengsui to make them more livable and friendly. You should give it a try! Love Love Love your channel! Thank You!
@@summerysandy5116 but in the past he also put the bed against the wall/corber often, simply because of lack of other options. From what I've gathered from him it's not to follow the Feng shui rules to the t, but rather to work with what you have and improve it as much as you can, using feng shui as a tool to reach that goal.
And as far as the rug goes, if it's a twin/single bed in a room corner, id chose a rug a tad longer than the bed and probably as wide as the bed and placing it out enough so the nightstand will still be on the rug, your feet touch the rug when you get up, you can comfortably stand /dress/undress in the sleeping area without having to leave the rug. Say you get a rug thats 160x230cm I'd put it on the headboard wall (so the nightstand will be on the rug) and cover half(or 2/3rds - depending on you room size and bed size) of the width of the bed and leave the rest of the rug out in the open. Honestly just try it out and see what looks good to you and your room placement. But the size should be a little bigger than the bed I'd say.
This inspires me to want to develop my skillset in architecture. I'm curious how to place a rug when defining different zones in a way that might put the living room in a corner, with a.. corridor? behind it. And by corridor I'm referring to some sort of walking space, perhaps where someone would place a record player.
Question: so when we have 2 zones in the same area, like living room on one side and dining on another, do we have to have a rug on the dining also (like your example here), or can I have NO rug under the dining table? Thank you kindly always 🙏
You can also build a zone using different techniques like setting up a visual distiction or separation like a row of storage units/drawers/flower stands.
He just told you to have a rug under each zone lol. Literally just said that. So yes, if you’re asking what he’d say, get a rug. It’s your life tho. If you don’t want to get one then don’t but it won’t be as inviting
What do you choose between the rug being in the center of the space, or the couch being against the wall? Or should couches always be away from the wall?
I am not a Feng Shui master, but I have found in open-concept living spaces that a couch makes a good visual grounding point for flow. I've had couches in the middle of a large space to anchor the living area from the dining area. I love open floor plans for kitchen / dining / living, so I love rugs and free-floating couches. :)
I think some of the miniatures are 3D printed, and I am sure there is a free 3D printer schematic out there--and surely someone on etsy or a sweet DM fan with a printer could whip them up!
I know right? I went to find some and couldn’t. Maybe he should create a little marketable, feng shui layout kit complete with little furniture and grid paper.
If centre of the zone rug conflicts with walking space behind the sofa and you can't afford a new rug, which do you prioritise? move the sofa/rug away from the wall making your back vulnerable by centring the rug/sofa, or off set the rug by putting the sofa closer to the wall?
What should be the size of the rug for a round dining table? If the table is 80cm, the chairs should stay fully on the rug when people are sitting? Or having them inside when everything is closed is enough?
How far should a rug extend at the foot and sides of a bed? Also, how far up from the base of the bed should it go? I like the idea of using a rug to anchor the bed as I am in a small rental room, but am struggling with the size of rug and how big it should be.
My rug sits under the head legs, extends out one foot on either side, and five feet at the bottom. This feels very comfortable to me. I already had my rug before I moved in and the door opening is a problem any other way.
What do you do with if you have a tv in the corner and have the couch square to it. Looking at a tv drives me bananas. Should I get a square rug or would a round one work better.
My apartment has an irregular layout, so my living room (which is right at the entrance) is quite large, but it has a wall that's about 1/4 of the size and an open hallway that leads to the kitchen or other rooms. Can I position the rug according to this wall, which indicates an imaginary division?
I’d love to know if pets are included..eg I have a chihuahua and his fluffy little day bed is half on the rug close to my sofa that is also half in the rug. Does feng shui include pets?
@@nohomo4774 I guess I'm thinking like animal fur in front of the fireplace kinda thing. Sometimes a nice rug is a place to occupy, rather than just a piece to tie the room together.
@@JohnGottschalk Sometimes it's helpful to think of a rug as a furniture piece instead of a decoration or zone-definer. The small one by my bed is so I have physical feedback in the dark; a cozy fur in front of a fireplace is almost a seat, inviting people and pets to hang out by the fire, where it's nice and cozy, or at least bringing that sort of vibe to the whole space. It's the sort of thing where it could technically be layered over top of another, larger, more zone-defining rug. It can live on its own, just like a chair can if you have no larger zone-defining rug, or you can turn it into a zone rug by putting some chairs with it, but your couch might be too large to fit on it and become an island if it had its own smaller rug/no rug, which might feel weird- so it might be better to either layer it on top of the larger zone-defining rug, or completely omit a zone-definer and have it be its own separate furniture piece (without chairs on it, unless you want a very small zone that feels separate from the rest of the room).
@@blaireshoe8738 could give every chair it's own rug, we're all on islands, and if we choose to communicate it's all the more meaningful because we chose it instead of the rug telling us to 😉
@@JohnGottschalk I didn't know I could guffaw, but this made me do it at 5am, haha. What a vibe that would be 😅 I am simultaneously anxious and intreagued just thinking about it x'D
My rug is too big... specifically too long for the living room. I ordered on Wayfair and they gave me a rug that's 2 ft too long on one side. But returning a 14 x 12 ft rug is just too much pain...😢 Any advice?
You could create a separate little island or nook where people can escape to if you like. It's also possible if you want an intentionally simultaneous multi-functional space, where there are multiple smaller zones for different family members to do different things.
Your situation, I have found, is the only use I’ve ever had for a formal living room. Family room has most of the gathering, formal living room for those sitting and reading or visiting with just one other person..
@@summerysandy5116 I've seen those and always thought it was super weird to have so much house that you could have a mostly untouched, duplicate function room with a different mood rather than it serving a use that wasn't strictly social. That's a whole different financial rung and general mindset
And what do you do with. sheep pelt (or any other kind of pelt actually) as a rug? Sheep pelts are extremely nice and comfy, but you can't place anything permanently on it because you would destroy the rug
Weird thing is that I have seen rather rugs being in the center position with all seating around it and OUTSIDE. Would that mean that everyone is isolated, including hosts?
balancing on the edge furniture had all of the furniture on the rug but at the very edge, the other had the furniture placed so they were halfon the rug half on the bare floor
my house in animal crossing has never looked better because of this, thank you.
its been years for me, do they let you have rugs now? i remember just having one carpet/floor item
Yep! There's floors and rugs of all different sizes, shapes, and colours!
Hahaha that’s amazing. I need to fix my animal crossing house now
The older animal crossing games had a Feng shui mechanic that had an effect on the player’s luck.
the only house we can afford
Perfect timing... I just ordered a living room rug and realized that my TV will be against a wall but NOT on the rug. I wasn't sure if that would feel weird, but because of this video, NOW I KNOW!!!
How do you do that funky emoji?
@@JohnGottschalk it’s just in my emoji keyboard on RUclips. I posted on my computer, not mobile, if that helps.
@@corinne_vintage oh yeah, don't have 1 of those!
I just was at a friends over the weekend, and got sat in the chair that was off the rug. definitely was feeling the left out-ness! lol Interestingly too someone else moved the chair right up to the wrong and it felt quite natural, so much that we almost forgot to put it back. Interesting coincidence that you made a video talking about exacting that!
Our living room is a tiny space so I drew up a diagram and traced the flow of energy so I knew where to place furniture. ❤ Still need a rug though so this is perfect timing!
You got furniture before getting a rug???
@@NJOverclocked
Furniture choice is constrained by more factors than rug choice, so it makes sense to make the more constrained choice first and then get a rug to match the furniture than getting the rug first and then trying to find furniture to match.
@@ragnkja agreed. We’re planning a redesign of our living room, we picked a general vibe and a color palette first. Then we chose a paint color while already knowing a vague color range for our sofa (most likely will be custom made for better fabric choice). Next we still need to figure out curtains and a rug but those will be shaped by the choices we already made because we know we can find a rug and curtains in pretty much any color shape and size we could imagine and we know furniture/layout is the most important to us so might as well pick the rug once we have all that figured out.
I noticed something
If you have two zones in a room, and one has a rug but the other doesn't
There's a pull towards wherever has the rug. If you have a dining area with a rug under it, but the livingroom doesn't, then being in the livingroom will feel liminal and you'll be pulled towards the diningroom, perhaps feeling lonely or isolated
If you have a rug underneath the living area, but not the dining area, you will feel drawn towards the living area and anytime you spend in the dining area will have the living area in the back of your mind nagging you, and dining there might feel cold and distant/isolated.
So you gotta have a rug under both if they share a room, or it will ruin one in favor of the other.
Rugs are frickin, amazing honestly
That lines up with how it feels to be on the second floor of my apartment (4 rooms, the middle floor is the common space); the kitchen feels weird, the living room (the only area with a full rug) feels like it dominates the space and is the only inviting part of the room, the dining table and drum section of the space feel just so much like an afterthought and feel a lot smaller
The living area and kitchen are opposite diagonally from each other, the whole floor is one large room with a bathroom behind the drums and the laundry behind the living area, the landing puts you right between the living area and drums, and you walk between those zones to the kitchen island, with the stairs to the upper floor on the right. The dining and drum sections are a little smaller, but not as small as they feel.
Awesome comment
@@cass6020ou definitely need a dramatic or dark rug under the drums in my opinion. Maybe something round or curvy.
I was wondering about this myself.
@kshitijagr
Such a rug definitely needs to be chosen carefully, and should have as little in common with a mop as possible.
I figured most of this would be a repetition of using rugs as another zone indicator, but the whole part about including all of the seats and avoiding tangents is rather helpful
Very helpful for building in the sims! I often feel that my rug placement is off.. but NOW I KNOW
sir, if you ever run out of content ideas, feel free to post a vid of some asphalt and your voice talking about something and I will be there for it, because your energy just makes my day better. so now YOU know
Love your content! I know I am not the only one who is saying this but you make home decoration something doable for everyone! I just changed the front entry area and cabinet arrangements so it looks more organic and flowing. You are absolutely the best! Please keep sharing these amazing tips that are doable and don't cost people arms and legs. Oh, have you ever played a game called House Flipper? I started playing and I always think What Would Dear Modern Do? It usually looks mediocre at best. I wanna see how you would utilize the spaces and use Fengsui to make them more livable and friendly. You should give it a try! Love Love Love your channel! Thank You!
Thank you for this! I just started redecorating my bedroom and was perplexed at what size rug to use. Now I know!
Your method of videoing models from above is perfect for explaining so many configurations so quickly. Thanks!
Poor TV is isolated
Oh, don't worry about the t.v.; it's the center of attention.
It deserves it.
It knows what it did.
Thanks for this! Can you please also explain how to choose and use a rug for a bedroom? Like where do I put the rug if my bed is in a corner?
Well, he wouldn’t put it in a corner, he says you need the supporting wall behind you.
@@summerysandy5116 but in the past he also put the bed against the wall/corber often, simply because of lack of other options. From what I've gathered from him it's not to follow the Feng shui rules to the t, but rather to work with what you have and improve it as much as you can, using feng shui as a tool to reach that goal.
And as far as the rug goes, if it's a twin/single bed in a room corner, id chose a rug a tad longer than the bed and probably as wide as the bed and placing it out enough so the nightstand will still be on the rug, your feet touch the rug when you get up, you can comfortably stand /dress/undress in the sleeping area without having to leave the rug. Say you get a rug thats 160x230cm I'd put it on the headboard wall (so the nightstand will be on the rug) and cover half(or 2/3rds - depending on you room size and bed size) of the width of the bed and leave the rest of the rug out in the open. Honestly just try it out and see what looks good to you and your room placement. But the size should be a little bigger than the bed I'd say.
Thank you for these tips! Love your videos, and I’ve been looking at getting a rug for my lounge
Good to know! I'd love to see you do some kind of Feng Shui Sims series
You explained this rug size selecting class like a Sesame Street episode. I understand rug size and furniture placemat now! Thank you!!!
wow never knew about centering the rug of the room! this video was so needed! I thought the rug follows where we place our furniture. but now I know 😅
I love the simple models, theyre so cute 🥰
Perfect timing! I'm in the market of buying a rug for my living room. It answered all questions I had :)
Just bought a couch with my fiancée and NEEDED this video so I can impress her with my decor skills 😎 thank so much for this video!!!
your online course in Domestika is one of the best ones!
This inspires me to want to develop my skillset in architecture.
I'm curious how to place a rug when defining different zones in a way that might put the living room in a corner, with a.. corridor? behind it. And by corridor I'm referring to some sort of walking space, perhaps where someone would place a record player.
Thank you! Ive been changing my room to live better here and it feels like I need a rug. I'll see if I can fit it with this rules.
love this simple and very dynamic explanation, thanks for this, bless from Paris
this was great!! could you make another one specifically for a bedroom with a desk?
Question: so when we have 2 zones in the same area, like living room on one side and dining on another, do we have to have a rug on the dining also (like your example here), or can I have NO rug under the dining table? Thank you kindly always 🙏
Following, I have the same situation
My vote is you don’t have to have a rug in both areas, I would probably only use one, so they wouldn’t clash or compete.
You can also build a zone using different techniques like setting up a visual distiction or separation like a row of storage units/drawers/flower stands.
He just told you to have a rug under each zone lol. Literally just said that. So yes, if you’re asking what he’d say, get a rug. It’s your life tho. If you don’t want to get one then don’t but it won’t be as inviting
I continue to enjoy discovering that my own instinctual design preferences are very often good Feng Shui.
What do you choose between the rug being in the center of the space, or the couch being against the wall? Or should couches always be away from the wall?
I am not a Feng Shui master, but I have found in open-concept living spaces that a couch makes a good visual grounding point for flow. I've had couches in the middle of a large space to anchor the living area from the dining area. I love open floor plans for kitchen / dining / living, so I love rugs and free-floating couches. :)
I love how simple you make it!!!
Moving to a new apartment next week, this is very handy! I wonder if there’s a good ratio of what size the rug should be in relation to the room 🤔
Thank you so much for making these really easy to understand videos!
My heart screamed when you pulled out that arc-shaped sofa.
❤❤❤ Now I know. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Your videos are really well made, thank you 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
that round couch is really cute. that's all i had to say.
This was so helpful and answered my question! Thanks!
Simply BRILLIANT
I'm obsessed with those minatures! I feel like those would be the perfect planning tool for me. How can I get them?
He makes them out of foam, like the sofa and chairs are just foam blocks glued together.
I think some of the miniatures are 3D printed, and I am sure there is a free 3D printer schematic out there--and surely someone on etsy or a sweet DM fan with a printer could whip them up!
I know right? I went to find some and couldn’t. Maybe he should create a little marketable, feng shui layout kit complete with little furniture and grid paper.
I lowkey want to play with your tiny furniture😂
Thank you - this one was particularly good. I'm subscribing! 💜
I love this channel! The videos are always helpful and cheerful. 👍🏻❤
I know the perfect size rugs for all my rooms! But it's the prices that keep me from having one 😅😢
Yeah, I get my rugs, especially the large ones, from craigslist, they’re really expensive.
Absolute legend 🙏
Very vert helpful ❤
Loved this!
How about layering rugs so you can get a bit more space if your rug isn’t quite large enough?
If centre of the zone rug conflicts with walking space behind the sofa and you can't afford a new rug, which do you prioritise? move the sofa/rug away from the wall making your back vulnerable by centring the rug/sofa, or off set the rug by putting the sofa closer to the wall?
I have a wall murphy bed. Unsure where and what size rug to put in the room!
Not me binge watching your channel so I can design myself a kickass house for my palworld playthrough 🙃
What should be the size of the rug for a round dining table? If the table is 80cm, the chairs should stay fully on the rug when people are sitting? Or having them inside when everything is closed is enough?
How far should a rug extend at the foot and sides of a bed? Also, how far up from the base of the bed should it go? I like the idea of using a rug to anchor the bed as I am in a small rental room, but am struggling with the size of rug and how big it should be.
My rug sits under the head legs, extends out one foot on either side, and five feet at the bottom. This feels very comfortable to me. I already had my rug before I moved in and the door opening is a problem any other way.
Hi do you have any links on where we can 3d print similar furnitures?
What do you do with if you have a tv in the corner and have the couch square to it. Looking at a tv drives me bananas. Should I get a square rug or would a round one work better.
So useful. Thank you.
"Now I know" thank you🙏
Tv doesnt have to be under the rug but can it be if you want to extend the rug out that way?
What if you have a very small rug under the caffee table and everything is outside?
Can you do one for a bedroom? 🙏🏼
That explains a lot
but what do you do if you can't put rugs? like when you live in more tropical areas where a bunch of bugs can get in and thus you can't use rugs?
I’m really curious how would you design a long living room with French doors in the middle.
I love rugs
Hello & thanks from Plano, ILLinois
My apartment has an irregular layout, so my living room (which is right at the entrance) is quite large, but it has a wall that's about 1/4 of the size and an open hallway that leads to the kitchen or other rooms. Can I position the rug according to this wall, which indicates an imaginary division?
can you do a "furniture selection" series, where you pick furniture you like
What about bedroom rug placement? I can't imagine those same rules apply, especially if you have dressers/armories dues to lack of closet space
1:30 as TVs can be used for Video conference, I would challenge that assumption.
Hi, please tell me how to to the seating arrangement iny TV lounge. I can send you photos or describe the shape
Can we purchase a set f the tiny furniture somewhere?
Useful thanks.
I’d love to know if pets are included..eg I have a chihuahua and his fluffy little day bed is half on the rug close to my sofa that is also half in the rug. Does feng shui include pets?
But what about very small rugs? The ones too small for a zone?
Don’t use very small rugs! If they’re too small for a zone - they make good door mats!
What if you just have a very small rug that's between everything else?
sounds too small tbh, maybe get more small rugs to create a larger rug?
@@nohomo4774 I guess I'm thinking like animal fur in front of the fireplace kinda thing. Sometimes a nice rug is a place to occupy, rather than just a piece to tie the room together.
@@JohnGottschalk Sometimes it's helpful to think of a rug as a furniture piece instead of a decoration or zone-definer. The small one by my bed is so I have physical feedback in the dark; a cozy fur in front of a fireplace is almost a seat, inviting people and pets to hang out by the fire, where it's nice and cozy, or at least bringing that sort of vibe to the whole space. It's the sort of thing where it could technically be layered over top of another, larger, more zone-defining rug. It can live on its own, just like a chair can if you have no larger zone-defining rug, or you can turn it into a zone rug by putting some chairs with it, but your couch might be too large to fit on it and become an island if it had its own smaller rug/no rug, which might feel weird- so it might be better to either layer it on top of the larger zone-defining rug, or completely omit a zone-definer and have it be its own separate furniture piece (without chairs on it, unless you want a very small zone that feels separate from the rest of the room).
@@blaireshoe8738 could give every chair it's own rug, we're all on islands, and if we choose to communicate it's all the more meaningful because we chose it instead of the rug telling us to 😉
@@JohnGottschalk I didn't know I could guffaw, but this made me do it at 5am, haha. What a vibe that would be 😅 I am simultaneously anxious and intreagued just thinking about it x'D
My rug is too big... specifically too long for the living room. I ordered on Wayfair and they gave me a rug that's 2 ft too long on one side. But returning a 14 x 12 ft rug is just too much pain...😢
Any advice?
Although for people who get anxiety in large groups, some might actually feel slightly better by violating the chair-on-rug rule 🤔
You could create a separate little island or nook where people can escape to if you like.
It's also possible if you want an intentionally simultaneous multi-functional space, where there are multiple smaller zones for different family members to do different things.
Your situation, I have found, is the only use I’ve ever had for a formal living room. Family room has most of the gathering, formal living room for those sitting and reading or visiting with just one other person..
@@summerysandy5116 I've seen those and always thought it was super weird to have so much house that you could have a mostly untouched, duplicate function room with a different mood rather than it serving a use that wasn't strictly social. That's a whole different financial rung and general mindset
THANK YOU
My #1 confusion when applying Feng Shui is whether to orient the Bagua by cardinal direction or entrance wall. Currently, my entrance is due East.
Thank you!!
What about a room with a TV & a fireplace?!?!? I have a large rug just in front of the fireplace with no furniture touching. Is that okay?
1:21 "The TV can be off the rug because that is not a seat - it does not represent a person"
The TV: 😢
And what do you do with. sheep pelt (or any other kind of pelt actually) as a rug? Sheep pelts are extremely nice and comfy, but you can't place anything permanently on it because you would destroy the rug
So how do you know what size rug to get? That’s where I stumble.
What is your opinion on rug overlay ?
when are you playing Animal Crossing? you'd be one pf the greatest interior and exterior designers
So only placing the tv room table on the rug is wrong?
All bangers
Is it weird to put rugs all throughout a carpeted apartment for feng shui?
Good stuff
what if you have a sectional?
Weird thing is that I have seen rather rugs being in the center position with all seating around it and OUTSIDE. Would that mean that everyone is isolated, including hosts?
It depends on the size of the rug I guess. The very small ones that go under the table are probably fine. I don't like them too much though
Oooh! Rug! I read mug in the title. Wondered how much this guy drinks.
can you place a rug perpendicular to the sofa... in other words place the sofa on the narrow side of the rug? I never see this. Feels weird.
What if nothing is touching the rug and it's in the center of the room all by itself. How about that?
I don't get the difference between the no-no "balancing on the edge" of the rug and the furniture that's "touching" the rug.
balancing on the edge furniture had all of the furniture on the rug but at the very edge, the other had the furniture placed so they were halfon the rug half on the bare floor
@@nohomo4774 It's a fine line.
This series makes me want to rearrange my Animal Crossing house according to these rules.
Doesn't actual feng shui depend on which way the sun is facing/ where North-East..etc is?
Now I know!
What about a rug in the bedroom?
Mine is an L shaped small apartment. The living room space is skinny and narrow
Oh wise one how did you learn all this, I must know 😗