It took me months to finally pull the trigger and order a new rug.  I have a large living area, and I knew the wrong rug would be really overwhelming and it wouldnt really be feasible to ship one back.  This one was definitely the right choice.  We did put a pretty thick pad under it, but its easy to keep clean and beautiful to look at.  It looks exactly as pictured online. It also flattened itself out pretty quickly once we rolled it out.