Best Nursery Rugs of 2025
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1. Rug-Modern Kallan Hand Made Wool
Best Features: - handwoven in India - high quality wool - elegant boho design
Size: 60"W x 90"D x 0.98"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "This handwoven rug creates a playful style that toddlers and crawlers will feel right at home on. Best for an airy modern space." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "This rug is a fantastic addition to our home. Perfect color and perfect texture for our space." - DakotaT
Shop Kallan >Best for Sitting On
2. Lustre Shag
Best Features: - perfect for a classy nursery room - fluffy
Size: 42"W x 66"D x 3.15"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "What's a nursery rug without much-needed bonding time with your infant? Pure fluff, this rug feels great on bottoms, hands and feet, especially with an organic cotton quilt layered over it." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "It is a pleasure to look at and step on barefoot. I was afraid to buy a white carpet but this one has stood up to the test." - Bubbles 415
Shop Lustre >3. Vaughn Zig Zag
Best Features: - woven pile - multicolor
Size: 63"W x 84"D x 0.6"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "Yes to raised texture! The high-low fibers are cozy, and the main flatweave construction is easy to vacuum. With this, you can protect little ones from hardwood floors without going overboard with a shag look." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "This is a beautiful rug!! Great neutral colors." - Cindy Kaye
Shop Vaughn Zig Zag >Most Comfortable
4. Elation Shag Heather Ivory
Best Features: - supremely soft and cozy underfoot feel - low pile height - woven from a dense polyester blend to reduce shedding
Size: 90"W x 114"D x 1"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "When you're with baby, you're floating on clouds — the Heather makes that an almost literal expression. The soft, cloudlike feel is perfect for stretching, growing tots." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "A comfy rug at a great price. Size is perfect for a small space." - Gerb
Shop Elation Shag >5. Lustre Shag Ivory
Best Features: - high pile height - fiber and polyester
Size: 42"W x 66"D x 3.15"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "If you want style, you got it. If you want a cozy, serene nursery space, style crib, changing table and dresser over the Lustre." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "Rug is beautiful and extremely soft. Love this purchase" - Susie Gibadlo
Shop Shag Ivory >Best Neutral Color + Patterned Shag Nursery Rugs
6. Vaughn Zig Zag
Best Features: - high quality fiber and polyester - perfect nursery area rug and even for hallways
Size: 63"W x 84"D x 0.6"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "The nursery is generally a room you want to be kept clean of debris, dirt and outside toxins. This easy-to-clean and -maintain rug will help you do that, but even if nursing bottle spills, burping sessions and other bound-to-happen incidents occur, the beige color easily hides stains." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "I love this rug. The different textures really make it pop." - Foxy mama
Shop Vaughn Zig Zag >7. Ivory/Grey Pattern Shag
Best Features: - high quality fiber and polypropylene - perfect for nurseries, offices, and kids' rooms
Size: 63"W x 91"D x 0.7"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "This is a character! The free-drawn lines look like a child's imaginative sketch. Perfect as a transition from nursery to playroom." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "Love this rug so much! I was worried about it being a little too small for my space - but it’s just perfect!" - Tyler192837465
Shop Pattern Shag >Best for Crawling On
8. Zooey Southwest
Best Features: - multicolor - stylish and practical for a baby nursery with its flatweave material
Size: 60"W x 90"D x 0.19"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "The pastel of rainbows suits gender-neutral nurseries!" - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "The colors are beautiful for Arizona decor. It’s a low cut pile so no tripping hazard." - Anonymous
Shop Zooey >Best Plush Nursery Rugs
9. Lustre Shag
Best Features: - fiber and polyester - high pile
Size: 42"W x 66"D x 3.15"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "Style this in a Scandinavian room, with ivory ottoman and sweet stuffed animal plushies." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "It's so soft and gorgeous. My son joked where did you find a polar bear that big?? lol I love walking on it." - Tamala
Shop Lustre >10. Global Plush Shag Cream And Beige
Best Features: - soft and cozy shag rug - modern global design
Size: 31"W x 87"D x 1.97"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "With a rocker chair, white noise machine and your bundle of joy, this rug creates a serene nursery escape." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "Perfect fit for child’s room." - Kristin55
Shop Global Plush >Cotton Nursery Rug
11. Frida Distressed Ivory
Best Features: - serves as soft and comfortable play rug for babies to crawl and play on. - elegant design
Size: 108"W x 1.06"D x 144"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "For those worried about material and synthetics, this cotton rug brings a breath of fresher, less toxin-filled air. Use this for the true nursery, with growing babies and developing bodies." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "Absolutely prefect. The feel and look is incredible." - ErvK
Shop Frida >Washable
12. Esme
Best Features: - soft and cozy high pile plush texture perfect for baby room
Size: 96"W x 120"D x 0.39"H
How a Pro Recommends Using It: "What kind of list would this be if the best wasn't saved for last? The Esme can be thrown in the wash, a true lifesaver for new parents. Perfect for the one room of the house where spit-ups and unforeseen art projects are inevitable." - Adrian Palacios, LS Designer
Featured Review: "The rug looked great online, even better in person. Beautiful rug!" - N Montesanti
Shop Esme >Best Nursery Rug
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