I was so anxious to get this small area carpet after it was out of stock for many months.  I was planning to use it to delineate a section of a large living room/piano studio.  Its octagonal shape was going to be on an open area of hardwood floor with no furniture on top to help hold it down.  Unfortunately, neither a nonskid mat nor lots of double faced carpet tape would hold the carpet in place, so it was too much of a hazard to put out.  It's a shame because it is really a beautiful rug, would have looked wonderful near the piano area, but it now rolled up and put in the closet.