I LOVE Dash & Albert rugs! I've purchased 6 so far.

Be that as it may, I would not consider one of their cotton rugs for a playroom or high traffic area.

I have a large one that I put in my LR in the summer to lighten up the look. Mine is over a rug pad, but nonetheless, it often bunches up and needs to be pulled at both ends to be straightened out, even after light use.

The cotton rugs are beautifully colored and well-made, but they are pretty lightweight. I wouldn't use a room-sized one without a pad underneath. The cotton ones are best suited, IMHO, as accent rugs in bedrooms & baths or in rooms where they are anchored by heavy furniture, like a sofa and coffee table. They soak up stains like, well, cotton, and aren't easy to scrub without ruining the color.

On the other hand, I have 4 of their indoor/outdoor striped rugs and would absolutely recommend them for a playroom/fam. room.

They are heads & shoulders above other poly outdoor rugs I've seen anywhere. The feel and look of them is not "plasticky" and coated-looking. Underfoot (I have one between my kitchen island and sink) they feel almost like a tight cotton weave.

My DD (w/ 2 little ones) is moving into a new home and I just ordered one for her as a housewarming gift to go under her cottage-style dining table. I know from experience that it will always clean up well and look as good as new.

I've only ever heard wonderful things about D&A rugs and can't wait to buy one someday. So affordable, so durable, so beautiful!

I have two of their rugs and love them, but agree that I'd go with an outdoor one for a play area. I would also suggest going to a rug store and asking them for a neavy duty rug pad. These are much thicker than the mesh ones and keep rugs in place much better (imo).

I have a small cotton D&A striped rug under my kitchen sink. It has a small rug pad under it and still bunches up a lot. I absolutely love the look of it and colors, but it doesn't wear too well. It's yellow, green and blue so that may be the reason, I bet the outdoor one would hold up much better.

I still love it though!

We had a D&A striped rug in our bedroom in our summer cottage. It made me crazy because it was always moving around. If the dog happened to run through the room, that was the worst. I agree that I love the look, but they just move around too much.

In our playroom, at one time we had an indoor/outdoor braided rug from JC Penney and it worked out great. It didn't look like an outdoor rug, wore like iron and dirt seemed to just roll right off it!

Thanks for all the responses - I'm looking into other options and think I might give the D&A in/outdoor rugs a try, the look is very similar.

thanks again!