I love this rug! Typically flat woven rugs are scratchy, but this cotton weave it so buttery soft. I was worried about purchasing a rug like this for our new baby's room, concerned that as they learned to crawl it would make their knees raw. But thankfully with a great rug pad underneath it will be nice and soft for sensitive baby knees. The gray in the rug was a bit darker than I expected, but it looks great!