This is great buy for the price and is really versatile. No weird smells or shedding. It has more of a lux feel to it, especially if you use a rug pad, and far outclasses the other black and white rug we got from Wayfair for the same price. Its definitely cream colored, so white against it makes it look a bit dirty. It also shows Vacuum and every spec of dirt. The black in the circles is less black and they circles look less tidy if its not vacuumed in the same direction.

It does stain very easily unfortunately, so if you have pets (we do) and dont keep your floors spotless (we dont) expect it to get dirty a lot and be hard to clean. The home carpet cleaning machine we have has had almost no effect on the stains  As a reference point everything washes off our pink velvet couch with water while weve tried everything other than professional cleaning with this and it barely makes a dent. I expect well have to replace it in a year or two.