Mid-Century Modern Rugs

Warm earth color and a handmade answer to clean lines: designers of the era laid Beni Ourain rugs under their own furniture. Take one period tone for the rug, such as Abrid in ochre or Tamment in rust and ivory, and read the mid-century modern living room for the rest.

Yes, and the contrast is the point: smooth, engineered furniture meets soft, slightly irregular wool, so the room never looks like a showroom. Keep the rug in the wood's palette: olive, ochre or burnt orange.

Warm white, sage or a muted mustard wall, with tweed, bouclé, leather and wool. Take one accent from the rug and repeat it twice: a rug in mustard and navy can become a navy sofa and a mustard cushion.