It was really hard to find a rug that I liked aesthetically and wasn't nylon or poly or otherwise made of oil. I love that this rug is cotton fabric scraps! It is soft and thick. It did have a slight off-gassing smell but that dissipated over a couple days of open windows. Some of the scraps have pulled up a bit but we either have pushed them back into the weave or left them alone - they give the rug a nice texture. :) It did shed a bit for a week or so but not heavily, just a little noticeable on our clothes if we were rolling around on the rug for awhile. Definitely vacuum it without using the spinning brush thing on your vacuum, otherwise it pulls up more of the weaved pieces. Oh and the colors did seem super vibrant at first, almost too bright, but we've either gotten used to it or they've toned down a bit (must be the former but it really seems less bright to us now!).