The rug itself is beautiful. The color is a bit lighter than I expected, but it works. As for the shedding of the rug, we received this rug in mid April and it is still shedding....a lot! It's very annoying. I have a Roomba for during the week floor cleaning and it gets clogged up every time it runs and leaves little logs of fiber all around the rug and hardwood. I hope this will stop. My husband is concerned we won't have a rug left by time it gets done shedding.