We use this rug to protect the carpet in our living room (apartment living, you know). Please excuse the post-Christmas clutter in the photo... it’s an alright rug. We’ve had trouble getting it to lay flat enough where it’s not rippled in the middle or curled on the edges, so it a bit of a trip hazard, but that describes most rugs. I just wish the grid that it’s woven on wasn’t made with orange thread — it pokes through and it really bothers me. I think most people would not notice.