I think the rectangular rugs must have a better pattern than the runners. I bought a long runner for my hallway and the pattern looks kind of squished and pixelated--It almost looks like they took a computer image of the original rectangular pattern, tried to smush it into a tiny sliver, and then tiled it repeatedly for the length of the runner. The runner essentially doesn't have a "pattern"... it's more like a jumbled mess of colored pixels that mush together into a greyish brown and looks kind of dirty. I should have considered the pattern on the runner a little more carefully before purchasing. Will be trying to return it.