It's not quite as thick as described nor as it looks in the photo, but still a nice shag rug. We bought an extra-thick pad to go underneath it which helped quite a bit. It's also more beige than we imagined from the ivory photo/description; we actually went back to the order to verify we hadn't been sent the wrong one. It works with our colors so we kept it, but not quite as pictured. Bottom line if you're looking for a "pretty darn good" inexpensive rug, you're good here.