Carpet has very strong out-gassing, if you are sensitive to VOC (volatile organic compounds) like I found out, best to air out this carpet elsewhere for a couple of weeks. I bought two of these for my home office, used them for 3 days, ended up with 3 days of non-stop sneezing and running nose to a point of couldn't function. People who are not sensitive to VOC could smell the carpets when walk in the the room. Once the carpets were removed, I was fine again. So even though the carpet pattern and color were nice, these carpets are still unusable, hanging in the garage.