I have had this rug now (and I have two) for over 6 months. It lays in my hallway. The ends will bot flatten out at all. They keep rolling up. I even laid the rug upside down for a month or two to see if that would flatten them and that didn't do the trick.  So in the end, this runner does not lay flat. Its also coarse in fabric and stiff. Not exactly what I expected.