7 Ways to Design Around Carpeting You Can't Stand

When you're stuck with what you've got, these fixes make that dingy beige a lot more bearable.

Style By Emily Henderson

Cover It Up

This solution seems obvious, and yet eludes many — a rug on top of a rug? You betcha. It's the fastest (and cushiest way) to add a new color and cover the carpeting you don't love.

Life On Virginia Street

Change Your Wall Color

Though it covers the entire floor, your carpet isn't actually the dominant color in the room. Brightening your walls, like this blogger did, can temper a too-tan rug (or at least help you see your carpet in a new light).

A Thoughtful Place

Paint Your Ceiling Pink

A pink ceiling bathes you (and everything in the room, dated rug included) in a flattering warm hue — just like literally peering through rose-colored glasses.

Style Within Reach

Add Lots of Texture

A metallic pouf, a jute rug, a wire side table, an angular gallery wall — one peek at all this fun stuff (in complementary neutral hues), and you barely see the bland carpeting that lies beneath.

Rain on a Tin Roof

Distract With an Accent Wall

If you'd rather not glance down at your floors, draw the eye up with a bold pattern. It's the one time you might actually want a decor choice will overwhelm the space — and this glam animal print does just that.

Sarah's Bright Idea

Dare to Stencil It

On a budget of zero dollars, this blogger took materials she already had, and bleached and painted her lackluster carpeting. The lovely result proves that it was a risk worth taking.

Young House Love

Rip It Up

If you simply can't fight the urge to start tearing up your wall-to-wall, take solace in the fact that you can jazz up your subfloor, too. These bloggers used a stencil to tide them over until they could spend money on a bigger remodel.

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