Rug sizes — what goes under sofas, dining tables, and beds

Standard sizes

Rug	Inches	Where it earns its keep
3 × 5	36 × 60	entry, kitchen sink, beside a twin
5 × 8	60 × 96	small seating groups, under a loveseat
6 × 9	72 × 108	apartment living rooms, full/queen beds
8 × 10	96 × 120	the standard living room and queen-bed size
9 × 12	108 × 144	sectionals, king beds, dining rooms with 8+ seats
Round 6′	72 × 72	under a 36–48″ round table, reading corners
Runner 2½ × 8	30 × 96	halls and kitchen work zones — leave 4–6″ of floor each side

Living room: front legs on

Front legs of every seat sit on the rug — that's what ties a group together. All-legs-on reads grander; no-legs-on reads like a bath mat.
Rug wider than the sofa by at least 6″ per side. An 84″ sofa wants ≥ 96″ of rug — that's the 8 × 10, not the 5 × 8.
Leave 12–18″ of bare floor between rug and walls so the room keeps its border.
Sectionals take the 9 × 12 — both legs of the L should land on it.

Dining room: chairs stay on

The rug must hold the chairs pulled out, or every dinner ends with a chair leg off the edge: table footprint + roughly 24″ on every side. A 72 × 36 table needs 120 × 84 — the 8 × 10 sideways. Ten seats and up, it's the 9 × 12.

Bedroom: the reveal

the rug starts under the lower two-thirds of the bed — the reveal is what your feet land on

Queen: 8 × 10, slid so 18–24″ of rug shows on both sides and the foot. The headboard end sits off the rug — nobody stands there.
King: 9 × 12, same placement.
Twin: a 3 × 5 beside the bed does the same job for less.

See the reveal on your plan.

Poché's rug stencils sit under the furniture layer at true scale — slide the 8 × 10 under your actual bed and see what shows.

Try it on your plan →

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