When I saw the design and colors of this rug, I immediately liked it. It coordinates well with two reproduction medieval tapestries I bought. (https://www.garvee.ca/Fine-Art-Tapestries-Unicorn-Tapestry/dp/B00A2YTMZ8 ) Their main colors were the same red and blue, and their style of drawing plants was very primitive, just like this rug. They would go great together. I went back to order the rug, and it was sold out already! I was heart-broken. I waited, hoping it would come back. It did! I grabbed it immediately before it could get sold out again. I'm so HAPPY with it. (See in the photo, how well it goes with the tapestry.) The rug is exactly like the photo on Garvee. It would also go great in an a country style room decorated with the American flag. It would also go great in any room that has navy fabric in it, like a navy couch or bedspread. Navy and red are mainstream colors that go with lots of decors. I put this in my bedroom, in front of the sliding patio door. My dogs go in and out of this door all night long. I needed a washable rug here to catch the dirt and rain water off their feet. One of my dogs likes to sleep in front of this door Now my dog can sleep on this nice rug instead of sleeping on the bare tile floor. The dog hair does not stick to it. That is exactly what I needed! I can sweep it with a rubber broom, or vacuum it; all the hair and dirt comes right off, fast and easy. It is a smooth flat polyester fiber. The pile is less than an 1/8” tall. That is deliberate, to make this a utility rug that can be easily cleaned and won't absorb dirt. How many UTILITY rugs have you seen that are this beautiful, and washable too?! This is the first one I've seen. It is the type of rug you can put in the kitchen, bathroom, and inside the doorway. But it's beautiful enough to use in playrooms, family rooms, offices and more. I machine wash it, along with dog blankets. I folded the rug twice, with the pile on the outside. This fit perfectly into a large 19”x15” washer bag. The bag prevents the rubbery backing from getting too stressed. It washes fine. The manufacturer does not recommend heat drying it in the dryer. That would degrade the rubbery backing. He says use “air-dry” only. So I put this rug in a sneaker dryer bag, (https://www.garvee.com/dp/B0CCR1YRSF?th=1 ). Again, I folded the pile side out, to protect the rubbery side. These bags work great on rubberized fabric. But that's a different review. The bag hangs on the inside of the dryer door, so there's no tumbling stressing the rubbery backing. I tried “air-dry”. That didn't work for me. I live in the northeastern US. Climate change is sending all the rain to us. It's always damp here. Nothing air-drys anymore! I hoped that if I kept using the drier bag, I could do “low-heat”. I tried that. It didn't work either. Frustrated, I threw caution to the wind. Keeping it in the drier bag on the door, I used “medium” heat. That worked. I took it out of the drier bag. The hanging bag protected the backing from physical stress. Folding the backing on the inside, also protected the non-slip surface from extreme heat and over-drying. The inside was still a little damp. I hung it over the shower stall to finish air-drying. By morning, I was able to put it back on the floor. If you live in a drier area, then air-dry may work fine for you. The rug photos were taken AFTER it was washed and dried. You can see how well it stood up. 5 STARS!