Home Dynamix 8083-200 Royalty Ursa Traditional Area Rug 5'2"x7'2", Oriental Red

This is the perfect entryway rug. It lies flat and isn't too thick, so the door opens easily over it, which means wet or snowy boots stay on the rug and away from our hardwood floors. When we refinished the oak floor several years ago we opted for a "natural" finish which turned out to be not the greatest at warding off water spots.The picture doesn't do the rug justice. I chose the darkest colors available due to its intended use. The lightest color reminds me of coffee with cream, there are lovely accents in browns, reds, and a muted olive green, and the darkest color is a very rich black. The design masks smudges. A definite plus is that it will be easy to steam clean.Three years ago I purchased a nine by twelve Home Dynamix Royalty area rug for our den. It has stood up very well under train tracks that cover the entire rug, doll houses, legos, indoor tents, and an English Mastiff. As others have noted, it's not a thick rug, but it's not uncomfortable, and if thickness is an issue, a rug pad could be put under it. And again, I can clean this rug. I came across a great deal on three wool rugs that are so thick the grandchildren's tumbles were painless but it's going to cost a fortune to have them dry cleaned.The rug arrives securely packed in reasonably thick plastic. You do have to be careful not to cut the rug when you cut off the plastic, but it was pretty simple. I appreciated not having to dispose of a box. When you unroll it, the nap is very flat where it's been most compressed in the center, but it fluffs up nicely within 24 hours. It took about that long to get it to lay flat without weights, too. (I used books on the corners.)When I bought my first rug, the conflicting reviews really confused me. But I took a chance, and I love the nine by twelve rug that I described. However, I ordered a nine by twelve in blue for a bedroom and that one was a total disappointment. It had a chemical smell, the nap was flat, the weave was "cheap" and the pattern looked like it was pressed onto the rug. It had to go back.One last thing. This is just a personal quirk of mine. I do not buy matching rug sets, like the runner and the area rug you can buy together. I like my area rugs to coordinate from room to room but not match. Because of the different colors and sizes, you really don't notice that the patterns in the entryway rug and the den rug are identical.And you can't beat the price.

I wanted a nice looking rug that was cheap, sturdy, and not easily destroyed by cats. This rug is all of that. It is pretty much what you would expect for the price - it is made of nylon yarn, it is around 3/8ths of an inch thick, and it doesn't seem like it can be easily destroyed by pets. That is what I wanted and expected, and that is what I received. I have it on top of carpet, it would easily slide around if it was placed on wood or lineolium. It came in a roll, the inside edge of the roll needed a few days to flatten out, I tried to encourage this process by placing heavy things on the inside edge that had been tightly curled up. It smelled strongly for a few days of ink and off gassing polyurithene, what else would you expect? This rug is not brightly colored, it is tan and dark red and brown, hey I'm a guy so I don't know how to describe the colors right, but it is exactly what I expected to get when I ordered it.Update - I just purchased a rug of the same size from 'Home Dynamix', my more recent purchase was a rug called 'premium' instead of 'royalty'. The rug of the 'premium' series might be ok if nailed to the floor in a dog room (which is a prefectly acceptable use for a rug), otherwise don't bother with that series of rugs. The 'royalty' series is acceptable in a room that humans use. Don't buy anything cheaper than this.

Well this is the third rug I purchased from this company. I ordered the first one last week- the Black/Ivory rug (approx 5x7 size) and it is GORGEOUS. Heavy, thick and soft. I was SO impressed that I immediately ordered three more (but different styles).. they all arrived in the mail b/w yesterday & today. The brown multi rug (5x7) is also very pretty though the details are somehow not as defined as the black-ivory rug.. but the sad thing is that my rug arrived very damaged due to shipping/handling process which had ripped the bad and badly tattered the edges. The black/cream hearth rug I ordered is very nice. No problems there. But then there is the "ivory" rug.. with not one stitch of anything resembling ivory!!!! I am super disappointed. Not only is it not the right color, it is a dirty-looking "taupe" (I love taupe but this is NOT a pretty taupe.) and the whole rug looks.. well, DIRTY. Since I had to rip open the plastic wrap the rug came in in order to wrestle the rug out of its packaging, I have no means to return it.. and no time to deal with this. :( Plus I have company coming next week and so this adds to my disappointment that 2 of the 4 rugs were less than satisfactory. :( the picture I am attaching shows an ivory pillow next to the rug so you can better assess the color scheme of the rug.***update: by the end of this same day I wrote this review, customer service contacted me a full refund for the damaged rug with no return necessary, and it seems they are also going to send me a brand new rug with fast shipping!! I am update my review to 4 stars because this kind of customer service goes a long, long way "in my book." :)