My wife wanted this rug for the foyer.  It works fine and looks great.   I rated it a four because of a few characteristics we were not aware of before purchasing it.    First, the texture of the rug is quite variable - what I mean by that is when you walk on it it does not feel uniformly thick.   Since we have elderly folks visit, they will feel a bit unstable on this rug.  Perhaps this will even out over time as it is walked on.   Second, it does shed a bit when new, not that big of a deal.   

We have yet to have it cleaned professionally and have used a small rug cleaning machine to spot clean some dog "accidents" - so far no problems.