This is a very unique and cool rug.  The dark grey colors in it are nice .  I have dark wood floors and light grey walls so it matched nicely and tied in the dark brown with the grey.  The criss cross part is long shag and in between is a flat woven rug.  The edges of the rug sort of turn up so you may need not only a rug pad because the woven part is very flat and thin but some rug tape to keep the edges down as well.  This may not be a rug for a very high traffic area because you can’t just get the vacuum out and run over it quickly.  I have not had it long enough to figure out the best way to clean it.  I really really like this rug, I wish the flat woven part was thicker and heavier and the rug was a bit bigger.