I wanted to give this rug more stars because it really is beautiful, I love the design. However, I'm not sure if it was just from sitting in the cold for a night or something, but the rug was REALLY hard to lay down. Once I unrolled it, I set heavy items/paint cans on it all over to try and get it to lay flat. It's looking much better, but it's still buckling around all the edges and even in the middle. It's not like your usual rug that's heavier and has flat edges. It's stitched very tight around the edges so it is like it's being pulled too much and won't smooth or lay flat. It's MUCH thinner than I expected as well. I'm on the verge of returning it, unless I can find to way to pull it taught and get it to stay on the floor. Also, I wish I could return it so badly, but it's dang near $20 for a shipping label, so I will have to figure it out.