At first, I loved the look and feel of this rug. It slips around quite a bit (I have it on wood floors), which is why I ordered a rug pad, but in the meantime this rug started breaking down. I mean big time. I'm vacuuming twice a day underneath it, even though it's in a very lightly trafficked part of the house. It creates a dust so fine I have to get on my hands and knees with a lightly damp rag to clean it up after vacuuming. Unfortunately, even this hasn't been enough to keep it from damaging the floor beneath, which has grown dull and even worn after only a short period of use. I'm not sure if this problem is specific to the natural materials rugs or just this rug in particular, but if the rug pad doesn't save the floor, much as I like the look of it, this rug will be trashed.