I bought this for my exercise/craft room. I like that it has a herringbone pattern rather than the over popular chevron. It's closer to b&w than gray & kind of wigged out  my eyes at first (almost sea sick) but that quickly went away. This rug is cotton & thin so it moves under foot easily so I wouldn't recommend it for a high traffic area. It would look great placed over an ugly wall-to-wall carpet for sure.