Tips From The Trade: Start With A Rug

Today finds me contemplating area rugs and all the amazing, different designs available.  I'm getting ready to start decorating the dining room in our vacation home in Florida.  It's literally a white box. It seems the possibilities for this room are endless.  This can be a bit daunting...but, having worked with several different professional designers on our home through the years, I've picked up some great tips. One of them, is to start with a rug. All the colors and inspiration for a room's design can be pulled from a really beautiful rug, and, since I've no other pieces for this room, a rug seems a good a place to start as any.  What better place to check out some fabulous examples than The Rug Company. So tell me, when designing a fresh new space, where do you start?