I looked at a lot of rugs for our space, and this one matched the sofa and our color scheme the best. The front of the sofas and chair sit on top of the furniture as does the coffee table. I like the pattern and colors. I don't like that the cotton rug stretches and moves about, and that I can't vacuum it with a rug vacuum cleaner; I use a hard-surface vacuum cleaner and lightly vacuum it. Fortunately we don't eat in that space and we don't wear shoes in the house, so it doesn't get very dirty.