Now that our floor sanding and finishing is underway, it is time for me to get back into the world of soft furnishings (where I am still slightly out of my depth!) and sort out the rug situation for our master bedroom.
I’ve been reading a bit about sizing, and found this article from Apartment Therapy helpful. In addition to giving some guidance on bedroom rugs, (it also offers suggestions for living rooms and dining areas – just FYI!).
In terms of the bedroom rug options suggested in the article, the economical option would be to get two bedside rugs on either side of the bed as shown in the image on the bottom left of the bobble rug from Loaf. This would have the added advantage of leaving most of our lovely new floors visible.
(Minimum rug size required for a UK King sized bed of 150cm W x 200cm L with this option is 90cm wide x 150cm long to leave space for bedside tables to sit off the rug – ie. 3’x5′)
The more luxurious, perhaps less ‘bitty’ version would be to get a rug which extends enough on either side of the bed for us to step onto when getting out of bed, but which is also wide enough to extend past the end of our bed and our lovely new end of bed bench/drawer unit like the top left image from Molly’s beautiful blog Almost Makes Perfect., or the image in the middle from this article about how to style the end of your bed from Elle Decor. With this second option, although it appears to make the room seem largest, it conversely seems a shame to pay for a rug (and rugs are expensive!) which is mostly hidden beneath the bed!
(Minimum rug size required for a UK King sized bed with this option – 300cm long x 360cm wide – ie. 9’x12′ )
Another alternative option is a rug which just sits at the end of the bed as shown on the left in the beautiful bedroom shown in Sarah’s blog Stories. Maybe stepping onto a wood floor in winter isn’t so bad… especially if there is a nice pair of slippers immediately to hand!
(Minimum rug size required for a UK King sized bed with this option – Roughly 180cm long x 240 cm wide, depending on how much you want on the side of and under the bed, the two images show two different configurations – ie. 6’x8′ which would be more like the red Persian carpet image)
Door Eleven 
by coincidence, i follow the sarah sherman samuel approach with a rug at the foot of the bed. we have so little floorspace on either side of the bed (and slightly more on mine) that i thought a rug under the whole thing would make it look more off-center, would be expensive, and give us less of a reason to step into our mahabis slippers each cool morning!