I love the bold and simple look this rug gives in my (work in progress) monochrome entrance. It's a very flat rug with no padding. Unfortunately it attracts a lot of dirt that blows in through the front door and the grass from our shoes sticks to it as well, but it vacuums easily. After a few months I still haven't been able to get the edges to uncurl and flatten fully, but perhaps applying more pressure or putting a rug pad underneath will help.