More Nursery Decor - Rugs

My fabric came very speedily from Joann's and they just sent me the rest of a bolt including a whole extra yard.  Not too shabby.  Almost as nice as when we got our stairs re-carpeted and we got the rest of that bolt of ridiculously expensive wool carpet for free, enough for four large area rugs to use around the house.  Score!

I bought a wool area rug from Garnet Hill a few years ago for the "old nursery", but I'm on the fence as to whether I want to try to make it work in the new one and with our chosen fabric. 

I love the rug, which we've been using in the den, but I think it might be too sophisticated and busy for what we have going...

And because I never tire of looking at it...

So I've been looking at cotton rugs from Dash & Albert, since that's the only other material besides wool I would use in the nursery and they have lots of cute ones.

I was trying to make a concerted effort to not have a too beachy nursery, but you can only fight your natural inclinations so much, so our non-theme may end up being "elephants at the beach".

I wanted the Yacht Stripe in Ocean when I was looking at the Alsbrook Spa, but that fabric didn't work out.  I still love the rug.

Then I was thinking the Stockholm, when I thought I'd paint the room golden yellow.  But the cribs are a light wood and I think I need more contrast with the walls.  And when I got the sample from our local shop, I was less than thrilled.

Then I found the perfect fit in Staffordshire Stripe (which happens to be featured on the Elements of Style/Erin Gates curated Nantucket collection on J&M today)...

But speaking of Nantucket, when DH saw this, their Nantucket rug, on their website, he loved it.  He LOVES color and all the colors of our fabric are here, I'm just not sure if it's not too much.  It reminds me of Stark's candy striped carpets that I think I first saw in a magazine profile of writer Jill Kargman's apt. and nursery.

I'm thinking the "new nursery" will stay baby girl's room and the "old nursery" across the hall will be baby boy's in a couple years, so I'm trying to go with something that might work to stay in her room.  There is a little pink in there...

My mom just let me know she is coming to visit me tomorrow!  Yay!  And she's bringing my sewing machine!  And we're going baby shopping!

Eventhough she already has several grandkids, she is almost as excited we are pregnant as we are.  She's had a rough year or so and deserved some good news finally.  On top of retiring early last year to help my sister take care of her ever growing brood, she then became a full-time care giver to my grandmother.  And then my g-ma was dx w/cancer and then my sister too.  Then my FIL passed away, and then we miscarried.  Then my sister's cancer got regraded and she needed chemo, but my sister E, who my mother is very close to, didn't think we should do it, but she did anyway.  And then her FIL passed away.  After getting Sara through her chemo, my mom's best friend since kindergarten and then my grandmother both passed away rather suddenly. 

She is actually stopping by on her way back to OH to finish clearing out my g-ma's house and visit with friends since she wasn't able to make it to her BF's service, a few weeks before my grandmother's.  She actually gets to make the trip alone as my step-father is home from work for several months and can stay with my sister, since he tore his bicep tendon serving as a pallbearer for my grandmother and had to have surgery.  We're all looking forward to things looking up. :)