Hey guys, it’s been a while. So, guess what? Taking care of two kids is more than twice as hard as taking care of one. The baby never naps and Ike never slows down. Our living room is littered with more flotsam and jetsam than post Sandy NYC and the housekeeper just left a few hours ago. I am on my seventh load of laundry in three days because they baby won’t stop pooping and puking every time I consume the tiniest bit of hidden dairy products. Meanwhile Ike has been staging swift and furious rebel uprisings that would make Robert E Lee blush.
It’s a good thing (we think) our kids are cute.
Despite my exhaustion, I find time at 4am to buy things. It’s like the consumer center of my brain is on overdrive while everything else has shut down. So here I am, back at the blog doing what I do best: Waffling. Indeciding. Not listening to myself.
I need you to help me choose a rug for the nursery. Remember this?
Cute, but I feel like it needs another layer. Here are my top picks.
Option 1:
Frenchy. Neutral. Love the black border. But is it too stuffy for un petit bebe? And does it clash with American revolutionary drummer boy? You may remember him from Ike’s old nursery. But wait — might he be French, instead? It seems the French flag sports colors suspiciously close to those of America AND they also had revolutions and stuff. Copy cats.
Option 2:
I kind of swore I’d never do another black and white graphic rug after the zebra incident. And in fact the zebra is dying a slow, painful, toddler inflicted death in Karly’s nursery. But this… well, this is insane. And possibly amazing. And also possibly way overwhelming and disparate from the rest of our house. I do like the super neutral colors that would allow me to change up color schemes down the line.
Option 3:
Color commitment issues… I am having a phobic moment about choosing blue, but I like that this rug would probably hide the most dirt. Also, it’s cute for a baby boy and the rough border and abrash give it a handmade feel that would add that special je ne sais quoi to all the graphic elements in the room.
And those are my choices. All wool, all 8x10s, all under $300.
So please… vote. For my rug.
And for president, I guess.
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The black and white. I know, I know, the white part will get dirty, but your kids will have fun before you have to pitch it in the trash. The black and white.
Where do you get these affordable rugs?
They’re all from overstock.
I like the second one. May I ask where it was from?
oops I guess i should learn to read posts before I ask stupid questions
The blue one, definitely! Combined with the art I think the color brings the room together!