I'm not a fan of the frilly ones either.
We were thinking of putting bub straight into her cot but now i'm thinking for breastfeeding etc maybe it will be easier to have her in our room so once again we are considering a bassinet.
I went and visited a friend the other day who has just had a bub and she has a really nice bassinet, it's made by Kingparrot. It's wooden and the bassinet part is a meshy material, was around $180 she said.
It was a fairly simple design but maybe worth a look
Hope this helps