The rugs we bought are better than we were expecting. The color enhances our medium brown hardwood floors. They are wool and so shed a little, but they're durable enough to hold up to the pets, kids and high traffic. I'm ready to order some more! The're higher quality and less expensive than most of the other rugs I've bought over the years. I have an authentic Persian rug that I bought in Iran in the 70's and I think these  are a better value than it!