It's a pretty nice rug for $100. I got a nice pad to go under it, which is good because it's sort of thin. There wasn't an issue unrolling it to make it lay flat, and it didn't have a stinky smell - we left it out on the deck for the better part of a day to off-gas anyway. It's a little darker than in the picture, but when you look at it from the other side it's lighter, so I guess it's just in how you place it.