This is an absolutely beautiful rug when it first arrives. We were thrilled and received compliments when people came over and saw it. However, its now been only 9 months and it has faded so much it is just an ugly beigy-gray. We are a house of two adults and one dog and the rug is in our family room so it is walked on but not in a way that the pattern should be completely gone. We started out thrilled with the rug but are very disappointed at this point.