I love this rug more than I should. The pattern is interesting, but still weirdly neutral. I use it in my office, so it doesn't get a ton of foot traffic - I cannot speak to how it would hold up in a harsher environment. However, the pile is nice and thick and with a pad under it, it lays beautifully on a hardwood floor. It is a wool rug - which means shedding. Not really any way around it - but as it get vacuumed it gets better over time. Oh, and the colors - it was hard to tell from the photos, but that grey/beige part is really more of a beige.