Flokati Epic Fail + New Rug Ideas

Okay here's the situation. The flokati rug in the nursery works. It does. But it also doesn't. I love it - I really do, but it did shed a hella lot during the first two months and drove me nuts. Now, it's fine but I really don't want my baby crawling, drooling or playing on it once he's off of my lap and racing about. I'm learning as I go with nursery design - totally normal. I think out of everything I got right in his room though, the flokati rug was definitely something I wouldn't suggest to my clients for the long haul. The first 8 months, fine. I am glad though that my approach to nursery design was, from the start, that if it costs over $50 then it needs to be something I could move to another room and it would still fit in. In this case, I can easily move the gorgeous flokati to our guest bedroom in a few months, no sweat, no loss.

I'm currently on the prowl for a new rug that is low pile and easy to clean so my son can crawl around on it and eventually race his little cars when he's old enough. Even still, I want the next rug to be adult-friendly too so we can move it to another room if he decides he wants mommy to change up the color scheme later on. Or I simply decide I want to redecorate. Again.

As I'm researching rugs, I came across Armadillo&Co on Instagram (of all places) and I found so many that I want to import here to Germany from Australia! They are PERFECT for what I'm talking about - low pile, stylish, modern, fun, easy to care for and can effortlessly blend into grown up spaces as well as kiddie rooms. Oh yeah.

P.S. // I TOTALLY WANT the Flower Weave Marigold or the Daisy in our entryway now. I adore them so much. The Marigold shown above HAS MY HEART. I'm in the process of decorating our entry way and decided one of these rugs HAS to be in it. Now I just have to figure out how to get it up her from freakin' Australia.

Love any of these rugs above? Did you think my flokati rug in the nursery was an epic fail, too? After living with it for a few months, it sorta is.

(images: armadillo&co)