This rug is great. I think the negative reviews are either not expecting it to be a printed rug, or maybe they are people that have only owned really nice rugs and were expecting this to be that? This rug is pretty, soft, neutral. All the things I was looking for. It was a couple inches smaller than I expected/than the dimensions but still worked really well in my dining room. We have a four year old and two dogs and I was looking for something that looks great, is neutral, will allow our chairs to slide smoothly under the table, and will hide hair and junk in between vacuuming seshes. Our robot vacuum sometimes has a little trouble getting over the edge of the rug, but sometimes has no problem. So far, great! Thinking about buying another print in a larger size for our living room.