I have not purchased from them, but when I'm ready to pick out a rug, I think I'm going to seriously consider it. That rug is very pretty and that price seems GREAT. I think it will look really nice in your room.

I've purchased rugs from Overstock before. I usually go by the star rating and review comments. Plan to keep it or sell it if you don't like it because the cost of return shipping can be costly. Reds seem to be the most difficult to gauge or match. With the rug you're considering it's a matter of whether the beige/tan needs to match anything you have (ie if it's too yellow). It's a pretty rug. If you've never had a wool rug before, be prepared because they do shed. But I love the feel of a wool rug any day.

Yes, the price is great . . which inevitably gets me worried.

Hilltop, my biggest worry is whether the ivory will be too yellow and look funny with white linens. I am curious about your comment regarding shedding. I bought two wool rugs ($$$) a long time ago and don't remember shedding. I wonder if this is more of a problem with more recent vintage, lower cost carpets?

I just bought a rug from Overstock. It had a smell when I took it out of the packaging, but it didn't even last a day. I haven't noticed any shedding with this rug. The rug was shipped from Jaipur Rugs, see link below. I am impressed with the rug; it seems to be a bargain. We also have rugs from Crate & Barrel, Pottery Barn and one expensive "real" forever rug in the living room.

This is the rug I bought:
http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Handmade-Melissa-Hand-spun-Wool-Rug-6-x-9/2993295/product.html

Here is a link that might be useful: Overstock Rug Came From This Company

I have bought from Overstock, and absolutely love my rug. It did smell like some kind of warehouse (not like goats) for a day or so, and since it was real wool, it did shed when vacuuming. I just vacuumed every day for a couple of weeks.

I relied heavily on comments posted and the star ratings. I had a couple others in the running, but chose my particular rug because it had the best comments.

And, I agree that colors can be off. I was wanting a burgandy rug. Not sure if it was going to be wine, burgandy, or red. Turned out wine, but still went well with my room.

And also as mentioned above, the cost of shipping back is prohibitive, so it's like a non-returnable item. If you're super picky about colors, you may not want to chance it. But if you just want something that 'blends', I would buy there again.

I didn't mean to worry you about the shedding. I've never owned a pricey wool rug - always purchased online from Overstock and Rug Studio. All had some shedding initially; however after a few vacuums it subsided.

The color is always somewhat of a gamble no matter what you order, but the price is right & if you like it you'll find a place for it.

My daughter recently bought this rug & it's colors were true. A really cute contemporary rug for her studio apartment.
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I bought a wool rug from overstock a couple months ago. I love the rug. Very thick and the colors are exactly what I was looking for. As far as a smell, it was a wool smell that lasted just a short time, but not at all offensive. I would not hesitate to buy another rug. Great price and can't beat the low shipping cost.

Here is the rug I bought: Moroccan Design Overstock Rug

I purchased three co-ordinating rugs from Overstock. The colors weren't an exact match with my monitor, but that was noted in the reviews. They did have an odor when first unpacked, but it has lessened over time. It was never truly offensive, just kind of icky-musty. It did and does shed, but that it not unusual for wool rugs. I would purchase from them again.

I have several rugs from Overstock. I've found that the hand tufted tend to shed but the hand knotted do not. The hand tufted also had a bit of an odor for a week or so but that went away. Read the description carefully. The colors on the monitor can be deceptive. Also agree with reading the reviews for info about the actual colors. I've been very pleased with my rugs. I have my eye on another one right now :-)

Well, its a bit of a gamble, but I just ordered it. For $109 (after coupon and shipping), it seemed like a reasonable risk. I also found a CL table for $80. If this works like I think it will, I will be ready to pick fabric for pillows and linens. Thank you everyone for your patience and help.

I too have purchased two rugs from overstock. Both were hand-knotted wool and both shed some for a few weeks, but nothing outrageous like they were going bald. The colors were only semi-accurate, so I'd be very wary of trying to 'match' anything. What they claim the original price was, was a complete joke. Mine were Chinese replicas of Persian rugs claimed to be $8,000-9,000. I don't think a store could stay in business trying to charge those prices for this quality of rug. They are absolutely fine, and a good buy in the $200 range, but you shouldn't expect the 'original price' to reflect it's true quality. I've actually gotten more compliments on them than on some of my real Persian rugs, but no expert would be fooled for a second. Locally, I could have gotten something in the same class for $300-350, but I didn't need to match anything so the savings was more important to me. If it really has to go with something that is expensive or painful to replace, you might want exhaust all local possibilities before doing overstock.

I purchased an 11 ft diameter (round) rug from Overstock for my foyer, which is round too. I think it might be my favorite item in the house.

If it wasn't for Overstock, I never could have afforded a round rug that size -- I shopped quite a bit before I bought from O.

ooops... I got distracted trying to do something else and didn't update this question before I posted. Now that the deed has been done, it's going to be wonderful. Ignore my previous post. Once a decision has been made, it was the best possible decision with all the available facts. End of story.

barkingmad--
It is kind of funny that I made a decision so quickly -- completely out of character. I am not deluding myself that my $109.00 purchase will yield.f a $10,900 product. And the rug may well end up on CL! But it looked like it might work and I was in a gambling mood. Here's hoping the colors are vaguely right and it doesn't shed too much!

you will have to let us (me) know when you get it how it compares to the picture on O. I think this rug would work for me too, depending on what colors I end up with for my LR furniture. I'm going to have fun searching through all they have to offer. But first things first :)

I've purchased two wool rugs from Overstock, and loved them. The ones I bought were still available from Macy's for hundreds more. Mine were both Safavieh.

VERY happy with my O rugs...great quality, no smell.

I purchased a pretty large wool rug and it sheds so badly. I've had it for 3 yrs now and it fills up my Dyson vacuum each and every time. Yes it feels good on my feet and yes it's beautiful, but OMG the shedding. I personally would not want to deal with this shedding issue again so I'm not sure what material would be good that would prevent it, but that's what I'd get (for me).

I've never bought a rug from O before but did recently...a hooked wool rug that showed as a light brown/pale gold tone-on-tone look. It was also DESCRIBED that exact same way! That said, it seemed nice enough for the price and no smell.

Well, the rug arrives and arrrghh...they sent the WRONG one it appears cuz it's GREEN lol. Dark sagey border with variations of sage greens in the ground with a gold. Check the label...nope, showing "light brown". ?????

Now normally I'm guessing I might have had to pay for return shipping. Instead of doing the normal return online procedure though I decided to try their chat feature and talk to a real person.

Worked like a charm when I asked "if they could please send me a pre-paid shipping label" . He said, (typed actually lol..like IM) "Hmmmmm, well in this case..." (That told me the customer does normally pay for return ship when the colors might be "off".) But this WAS not described right nor did it show correctly...even in a zoom.

So, you might keep that in mind if colors aren't right...esp the verbal description. Obviously a color blind person came up with mine lol.

jant, which rug was it? I have been looking for a green rug for my breakfast nook. I bought a khaki/gold one from Overstock which is a "good enough for now" rug but I'd like to find one with green in it.

lottamoxie, I have one rug from PBKids that has shed like crazy for over 2 years now. The Dyson is filled with pink fuzz everytime I vacuum, and you can't sit on the rug in my daughter's room (unless I just vacuumed that day) without turning into Mrs. Fuzzypants. I've always wondered why some rugs shed???

"I've always wondered why some rugs shed???"

The hand-tufted rugs will shed as it's just the nature of how they're made.

Hand-knotted and flat woven rugs won't but they're more expensive. I'm surprised barkingmad had a few weeks of shedding. I've never had that problem with my hand knots.

I've ordered 4 runners and 1 sisal rug and have been extremely happy. I have 2 more rugs on order that I expect any day now.

I used the following promotional code - I think it is good until mid-January.

Take $15 off of your purchase of $100 or more at Overstock.com Use promotion code 145294 at checkout.

Happy shopping!

I have a wool rug from O that did not shed, but the colors were not what I expected. It's fine because it was inexpensive and only 3' x 5', but I've been moving that rug around my house trying to figure out where to use it, because it doesn't match the space where I intended to use it!

OOOOOhhh, where did you find a $100 off coupon?

Gracie - it's $15 off of $100. I wish it were $100 but every bit helps. I'm not sure where I found it - BHG maybe?

The rug we got smells so bad. We’ve even put it outside and after another week it stinks. When you call to have them take it tack they tell you to dispose of it in your own. It’s an large heavy rug, I have no way of doing that. Terrible experience