I bought this 8' runner for the master bathroom.  I selected the plum color to match a plum ottoman I am using as a vanity stool.  The plum colors don't quite match, the rug is more purple than plum, but tey blend wOK because the rug has some variations in the middle.The rug is nice and thick so it seems to stay on the tile floor without a full rug pad.  I plan to use some rug-sticker-tape to make sure the corners stay down.  I've had the same runner, in a different color, for about 3 years in front of the kitchen sink.  That area gets a lot of traffic and the rug had held its own well.  It has beeen shampooed several times and still looks good.