It's a lovely rug. In fact, it's exactly what I was looking for. What I wasn't expecting was the smell. The rug has been on my screened in porch for two (2) days ago in an effort to air it out. The smell isn't as pungent but it's still there. A couple more days and hopefully that heavy oil based smell will have gone away. If not, it will be a permanent piece of the porch.

Also when shipping I would suggest wrapping the rug good side showing. This will keep the corners down when unrolled. As it is now, the corners remain turned up because of the way it's packaged. I honestly can't see the harm in doing it that way. Especially because the rug is so well packaged. I would think very little damage will happen to the upper side due to the heavy plastic wrap.