1st thing you need to know, THIS RUG IS BLUE. That is the most dominant color, not grey or charcoal as the desc says. The weirdest thing is you can't capture the true color with a camera, regardless of the lighting. I have tried, but in person, it doesn't get more blue. If blue is what you're looking for, go for it. When a desc is this misleading, it should be of no fault of the buyer to pay for return shipping. But alas, I refuse to pay shipping cost that were almost as much as the rug, so I now have a NOT GREY/CHARCOAL runner in my kitchen. The quality of the rug is nice, so that's a plus. And it's super flat and held down nicely with just a few strips of rug tape on the ends purchased from Amazon.