Best Baby Nursery Themes Rug Ideas

When decorating a kids room, nursery themes rug choices and decorative accessories all work hand in hand to tie the bedroom's decor together in a seamless fashion. Area rugs are available in all shapes, styles and colors of the rainbow as with pictures that reflect your favorite cartoon characters or baby motifs.

For the modern nursery, a shaggy, flokati rug in an appropriate color might be all that's necessary. Another decorator might feel the need to add a few jungle animals into the mix through a jungle theme area rug or an airplane rug for the nursery might be what's missing in a perfect aviation theme bedroom.

The point is that floor covering can have a major impact on the atmosphere of your room. The floor as well as the walls are an excellent opportunity to design and decorate that you will not want to miss. Kids rugs are more stylish than ever before not only because they provide baby with a soft place to play, but because they do so much for the overall design of a space.

If decorating according to particular nursery themes rugs in a neutral pattern might be more to your taste. If kids themes are more appealing, but you have a limited budget you could use gender neutral designs like jungle animals, dogs or cartoon characters that will work for both baby boys and girls!

SHAPE AND SIZE
Size and shape is just as important as the color and style of nursery rugs as you will have to pick what will work with your baby nursery decorating ideas, nursery themes and decor. You have the standard options of round, square but your childrens' room might call for something in an octagonal shape or even a narrow carpet runner.

Whether you will be using your nursery rugs as decorative accents in front of the rocker or at the bedside, when the rug will be used in a nursery there are concerns that might not come into play when decorating an adult's bedroom.

Kids rugs should:

• have non-slip rubber backing
• Be flame retardent
• be washable
• be sturdy enough for a child's play mat

Shag rugs or braided area rugs are lovely but difficult to clean so they may not be the best option for a kid's bedroom. If your baby suffers with allergies, wool area rugs (unless your baby is also allergic to wool), manufactured without irritating chemicals or dyes might be an option. Check to see if the rug has had stain protection or mothproofing applied.

Wool is naturally flame retardant so there would be no need to apply a flame retardant to the fibers. If you are concerned with air quality in your home, but enjoy the comfort of carpet a wool rug may be for you. The only drawback with non-allergenic wool area rugs would be that they are not very colorful.

Nylon area rugs are another option for the nursery as well as the kitchen because they are strong and stain resistant. However, keep the pile low because a shaggy round area rug might be cute the first day or so, but after that the maintenance that it takes to keep it looking fresh might outweigh the fashionable look.

COLOR
For baby girls, the trendy colors range from bright, funky yellows to royal purple. For a baby boy's nursery, contemporary abstract designs are considered stylish in shades of brown combined with turquoise blue and green.

Here are some ideas for kids novelty nursery themes rugs

• Jungle theme nursery rug - Palm tree rug, monkey rugs , a zebrar print rug, elephant rug
• Garden Nursery Theme - A flower shaped rug
• Classic Pooh - A beehive or honey bee rug

Here are some popular kids area rugs that are worthy of consideration:

• Looney Tunes Cartoon Characters
• Mother Goose Tales
• Teddy or Polar Bears
• Basketball, football or soccer rugs
• baseball glove rugs
• Ladybugs and butterflies
• ABC Rugs
• Patriotic flag designs
• Western Themes

FOR MORE KIDS ROOM and nursery themes rug and decorating ideas, please visit our gallery of nursery pictures and list of recommended nursery themes.