This area rug is perfect!!!!! I love love love it. Perfect colors, just as pictured online. I went with the ivory background grey trellis. We have a kid, dog, and two cats. Oh yeah and all our animals are black. Black cat, australian shephard dog, so you can imagine how much they shed. I vacuum daily, but it never stains from their hair or when they come in from outdoors. It looks just as new as the day I put it down. It is nice and thick, I get compliments all the time. I plan to order this pattern and color in a runner for my upstairs hallway if available and in the length I need!