Our favorite neutral, beige Moroccan rugs. Handmade with undyed wool, beige rugs are slightly darker than their cream and off-white cousins. Their light tones highlight the essence and shine, especially when contrasted by details of other shades within the same design.
In its many forms since the 20s—completing your interior decor with handmade Moroccan rugs— beige has been the go-to rug color ever since. Interior designers made every home project a poster child for beigification and it’s never quite left. We’ll be the first to say it: too much beige on beige can look snoozy fast, as far as color palettes go. But it’s still one of our favorite colors. Why? The answer lies in the context—how much you’re using and the shades to avoid.
People might be sizing up beige all wrong. Beige has this perception of being overrated. Often considered a safe and neutral color, some may view beige as conventional, but it is timeless and has so much to give. Sometimes successful decor can come to fruition by focusing on weaving in one consistent neutral. Using beige, particularly through elements like a Moroccan area rug to tone down your atmosphere, can bring warmth, sophistication, and versatility. Beige doesn’t distract, it isn’t punchy, and it doesn’t command any authority—instead, it’s comfortable laying low in the background. Consider this: choosing a neutral color on the floor, like a beige Moroccan rug, provides enough anchor to allow you to go bold elsewhere.
Beige Moroccan rugs are quite shapeable: they can sway organic and natural as your favorite Scandinavian or Bohemian trends, but they can also bring together the traditional and modern. In fact, colors that imitate natural elements and landscapes are always easy to use and are appealing to the eye; Think of the shade of beige seen in sandy beaches and the beautiful vast deserts. A beige Moroccan rug has the neutrality of white, but it’s the warmth of it that gives the appeal.
The simplicity of beige Moroccan rugs is the perfect starting point to build on with out-there details like a vibrant bed quilt, increasing your pattern play, or going energetic with paint. It gets better: you can count on the fact that incorporating your beige won’t ever feel intimidating. Once you have your beige Moroccan rug in place, consider layering patterns to add more depth and create contrast with furniture pieces in their silhouette. Be playful, experimenting with mixing shades on the color wheel and utilize textures with impact.
From pale brown to creams to tan, no two shades of beige Moroccan rugs are ever the same, and some will not land based on what you're mixing in. As a rule of thumb, warm undertones tend to play nicely with other warm undertones, while cool undertones work well with cool undertones. However, to stay clear of your interior looking too yellow or muddy, try to avoid beige shades that have a strong yellow undertone since they can appear even more yellow under certain lighting conditions. To get a sense of if your beige Moroccan rug is too yellow or muddy to your liking, look at the color sample or material against a pure white piece of paper. The white will help better identify its undertones.
If you prefer to be surrounded in a neutral-colored environment, prioritize texture. When you are using too much beige Moroccan rugs in one room, we would encourage you to use different textures – such as Kilim rugs, jutes, wools, flatwoven weaves, combined with chunkier and shaggy weaves, You can also showcase your texture variety through rugs, throw pillows and poufs, framed textiles, sofas, headboards, quilts and blankets.
We saved our favorite beige Moroccan rugs, which have inspired us to never doubt incorporating the cream-color in our palette. Take a look ahead and transform your space to feel that much more lived-in and harmonious.
