Love the style and love the rug itself. It looks lovely in our living room. I would give this a 3.5 if I could though because there are two drawbacks: there is a strong odor/smell, which we hope and think will eventurally dissipate as it gets the chance to air out. (The smell reminds me of the old New York City apartments that need a good airing-out.) The biggest disappointment though is the open space between each row. The picture is very deceiving. The rows are not close together, so you see the bottom of the rug.  So all of this said we are happy we got the piece. We got it on sale which makes it easier to deal with the two afore mentioned items. If we paid full price for it, we probably would have sent it back.