Medium Rugs
Medium size rugs are available from 2' x 4' to 6' x 9'. These medium size rugs offer vibrant colors and elegance, making them ideal for adding elegance to dining rooms, living rooms or bedrooms. Unique patterns reflecting rich cultural heritage. Our durable and beautiful handmade rugs not only enhance the aesthetic appeal of your home, but also provide a comfortable and inviting atmosphere.
Tandi -Vintage Turkish Rug
Nanny -Vintage Turkish Rug
Kirsti -Small Turkish Rug
Gaye -Vintage Turkish Rug
Chanda -Vintage Turkish Rug
Anabal -Vintage Turkish Rug
Aryn - Authentic Vintage Rug
Codi - Authentic Vintage Rug
Larissa - Square Vintage Rug
Gratia - Authentic Vintage Rug
Junie - Unique Vintage Rug
Coriss - Vintage Turkish Rug
Elly - Vintage Area Rug
Jenn - Vintage Neutral Rug
Bird - Handmade Neutral Rug
Coreen - Handmade Vintage Rug
Hatty - Turkish Area Rug
Zula - Vintage Area Rug
Tricia - Vintage Neutral Rug
Roselin - Authentic Vintage Rug
Kally - Turkish Area Rug
Denna - Vintage Area Rug
Yalonda - Vintage Wool Overdyed Rug
Teri - Vintage Wool Distressed Rug
Hulda - Vintage Traditional Rug
Pris - Oriental Wool Rug
Jyoti - Vintage Medallion Rug
Anica - Vintage Floral Rug
Giralda - Vintage Turkish Rug
Sophi - Vintage Konya Rug
Imelda - Vintage Geometric Rug
Vonni - Vintage Anatolian Rug
Riane - Vintage Medallion Rug
Melita - Vintage Decorative Rug
Lynn - Vintage Distressed Rug
Karon - Vintage Geometric Rug
Faye - Vintage Kayseri Rug
Jodi - Vintage Anatolian Rug
Jenny - Vintage Wool Rug
Daune - Vintage Wool Rug
Medium Rugs
A medium rug is the size most people end up needing without ever setting out to find one. Not a small accent for a hallway, not a room-filling piece for an open floor plan, just something that covers the space under a bed frame or holds a small seating group together. This part of Kirmen groups pieces by that in-between footprint instead of by where they were woven or how old they are: medium rugs, medium sized rugs, medium area rugs, whatever runs roughly from a 4x6 up through a 6x9. Some of it comes from our vintage rugs, some from our Turkish rugs, sorted here by size instead of origin. Every piece in this range is vintage, like almost everything else we carry, just grouped by footprint instead of age.
A medium rug here usually means somewhere between a 4x6 and a 6x9
Most of what qualifies as medium in this collection starts around a 4x6 and tops out near a 6x9, with a 5x8 being the size that shows up most often. That range is not an official industry standard. Ask five rug sellers what "medium" means and you will likely get five slightly different answers. But it is the size that keeps coming up when someone is decorating a bedroom, a home office, or a living room that was never going to fit a 9x12. Anything smaller belongs with our small rugs. Anything larger moves into large rugs territory, where the whole conversation about a room changes.
Medium sized rugs still come from the same wool and the same looms as everything else we sell
Nothing about how a piece is made changes because it lands in this size range. The same hand-knotting, the same wool, occasionally the same natural dye lot that went into a 9x12, also shows up in something sized for a bedroom floor. I used to think of medium as a kind of leftover category, the sizes that did not quite make it to large. That is not accurate. A lot of these pieces were woven at this footprint on purpose, meant from the start to sit under a bed or fill a home office rather than anchor a great room. The wool ages the same way regardless of the rug's footprint: a shade deeper in one corner, a little more open where light crossed it for years.
A medium rug is the size that fits most bedrooms and home offices
Most bedrooms and home offices are not built around a 9x12. A queen bed with nightstands on both sides, or a desk with a single guest chair, usually asks for something closer to a 6x9 or a 5x8. I get this question constantly from customers setting up a home office for the first time: how much floor actually needs to be covered, versus how much just needs to look intentional. The honest answer is that a mid-size rug rarely needs to reach every wall. It needs to reach far enough that the furniture stops looking like it is floating on bare floor.
A medium rug can look lost under a large sectional or a long dining table
A medium rug is not built to carry a big sectional or a dining table that seats eight, and I would say so even if it meant losing the sale. Put a 6x9 under an oversized sectional and the rug ends up looking like an afterthought, with furniture legs hanging off two sides no matter how you turn it. This size works when the room itself is medium: a bedroom, a den, an office, a living room that was never going to hold a 9x12 to begin with. If the room is genuinely large, the rug should be too. I have watched customers try to stretch a 5x8 across a big open floor plan, and it almost never reads the way they hoped once the furniture is back in place.
Measuring for medium rugs is different from measuring for a small one
With mid size rugs under a bed or a seating group, a couple of inches changes whether the furniture looks anchored or just parked nearby, in a way it would not on something smaller. For a bedroom, aim to have at least the front two-thirds of the bed sitting on the rug, nightstands included if the size allows it. For a living room, the front legs of the sofa and chairs should land on the rug, not hover just off the edge. Our rug size guide breaks this down by room if the numbers still feel unclear with a tape measure in hand. Get the measurement right and the room looks finished. Miss it by even a few inches and the whole room reads as slightly off, even though nothing else changed.
What happens to a medium sized rug before it leaves Cappadocia
Every rug gets washed and checked by hand before it ships, regardless of size, though a piece this size takes a full day on the line to dry properly, longer than anything smaller. I check the back the same way I would on a 9x12, looking for a repair, a thin patch, any spot where the wool has worn through to the foundation. That does not change just because the rug is going under a bed instead of the center of a living room. Shipping is free everywhere we send rugs, and for orders going to the United States, duties are already built into the price, so nothing extra shows up at the door.
How a medium rug should sit under bedroom or office furniture
The most common mistake I see with this size is centering it on the room instead of on the furniture it is meant to support. A bedroom rug should center on the bed, not on the four walls around it. An office rug should sit under the desk and chair, even if that leaves it looking slightly off-center in the room as a whole. A medium rug is doing its job when the furniture looks like it belongs to the floor underneath it, not like it was set down on top of an empty rectangle. If a rug this size still reads as decoration instead of flooring, it is usually centered on the wrong point in the room.
What size counts as a medium rug in this collection?
Most pieces run from about 4x6 up to roughly 6x9, with 5x8 being the most common size in this range.
Are medium rugs and medium sized rugs the same thing here?
Yes. Both terms describe the same size range. The wording just depends on which one a customer searches for first.
Will a medium rug work in a small living room?
Often, yes. A living room that is not large enough for a 9x12 usually works better with something in the 5x8 to 6x9 range instead.
Is a medium rug big enough for a queen or king bed?
A 6x9 usually works well under a queen bed with nightstands included. For a king bed, look toward the larger end of this range, or occasionally a large rug instead.
Do you ship medium rugs to the US with duties included?
Yes. Shipping is free worldwide, and for orders inside the United States, duties are already included in the price you see at checkout.
