Area rug for dorm room?

Question

My new dorm room is a 9x10. I want to get an area rug to put down, since the room just has cold tile floor! How do I go about buying an area rug, and what size do I need to get?

Answer 1

A lot of carpet stores sell remnants and will cut to whatever size you want.  Typically, you want a minimum of 2 feet smaller than the room all the way around--so it would be 7x8 for you.  However, maybe you don't want to center the rug in the room--you might not want to have carpet under your bed as most college students use the bedrisers and underneath the bed for storage (things will slide out easier with no rug).  You might consider a standard 5x7--The Home Depot usually sells bound berber and other other area rugs this time of year for dorm rooms and they are cheap.  Check out their remnants also--it is easy to cut the carpet yourself to size if you buy a carpet knife there.