Here are a couple of rugs I like (not including the flat weave kind). My living room has very dark woodwork and floor, and the wall color will likely be green or some shade of white.

I'm sorry, but I cannot figure out how to embed links or to post pictures from Houzz.

Shag rug I like:

https://www.houzz.com/photos/global-living-bluefish-home-showroom-transitional-living-room-atlanta-phvw-vp~29635-Living---Bluefish-Home---Showroom-eclectic-living-room-atlanta

Area rug I like, but can't identify:
https://www.houzz.com/photos/global-living-bluefish-home-showroom-transitional-entry-atlanta-phvw-vp~29657-Living---Bluefish-Home---Showroom-contemporary-entry-atlanta

We have good quality, heavy flat weave rugs in our living room and family room. They're made by Nourison. They don't shift around or get pulled up by the vacuum. They stand up to the mild abuse our kids (3) and dogs (3) give them. They clean amazingly well, and they don't act as magnets for dog fur that some other wool rugs have done in my house. I have a thin rug pad under one, and no pad under the other. The rugs are large (8 x 10, 9 x 12) and heavy and have plenty of furniture on them, so they don't move around. Now, these are a particular type of flat weave rug. Other lighter rugs, like the ones from Dash and Albert? In my experience, those are the ones that slide around and get sucked up in the vacuum. But I love my flat weaves.

Thank you both very much, awayslearn and sueb20. A shifting rug would drive me crazy.

I'll take at look at the Nourison rugs and make sure if I get a flat weave that it is a heavy one. I like Pottery Barn's rug pads.

I appreciate your help.

I'm a dhurrie/kilim addict. Mostly due to a rustic mix decor. My living room kilims are 9X13 on wood floors. The best rug pad I came up with is cheap entry/kitchen rugs with a rubber backing. They can be bought far less in price than regular rug pads. Flat weave always has some dirt under which the vacuum doesn't get. I can lift the rug and vacuum under.

Cleaning up spills is much easier than carpet or rugs with nap. And this is difficult due to weight, but with some help I take the rugs outside after vacumming and spotting with rug cleaner. Hang them across two ladders and wash with a hose. They come out great and isn't something needed at least more than once a year. Have a dog and two cats, no spots from them, but the wool can start to have a hint of animals in the house. I've washed smaller ones in the washer too and worked fine.

Have bought from Home Decorators and Overstock. Never disappointed. They both have great sales and no shipping charges. HM has free shipping right now. Didn't go through all the 1000s of rugs to find your's posted. But a contemporary (wool) style selection is is huge at both sites.

I only have flat weave rugs down, though I own tons of rugs. Like Sue20, I find they don't hold the dog hair like other wool rugs. The rugs are quite heavy, but all are held down by furniture. I use gripper type mats recommended for hardwood.

I also own one of the currently- popular Surya Moroccan ugs, and it is very thin. I wouldn't like it in a living area; I sometimes use it under the kitchen eating area table.

Having lived though the first wave of shag rugs, they just make me shudder

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I have a 5X7 wool rug that I want to cover because of senior dog issues. I picked up an inexpensive throw rug 6X8 but, it keeps sliding off the wool rug. What can I use in this case. I do not want to damage my wool rug.

Why don't you pull up the wool rug since it's covered anyway and just leave the throw rug for as long as you need something more durable?

I think I must have been getting the wrong flat rugs all these years. I have nothing but trouble with keeping them clean. They always seem to spot horribly. I have a Dash & Albert flat weave cotton rug in the back room and in the three places where the cat has thrown up there are huge stains even though I blotted them immediately with water. It's so bad that I'm probably going to take the whole thing to the laundromat and throw it in the jumbo washer with a bunch of "color catchers" and hope for the best because it looks awful the way it is now.

My 100% tufted wool rugs, on the other hand, are a dream. I can't tell you how many glasses of red wine have been spilled on the main one in our living room over the last dozen years that we've had it and there's not a spot of wine on it.

Like I said ... I think I must be doing something wrong. I love the look of many flat weave rugs!

The cotton rugs would be much harder to keep clean. They are softer, than Soumak or wool flat weaves.

Is there a particular reason you are trying to move away from the shag rugs you love so much? They are very in style right now and really give off a modern vibe when paired with the right furniture and accessories.

I have had one for nearly 10 years now and it still looks as good as the day I bought it (even after the abuse 3 kids and a very hairy dog have bestowed). I think the reason mine has held up so well is that instead of buying a regular area rug, I went to a carpet store and had mine custom cut and bound, mostly because I wanted it in a size not readily available. Believe it or not, it was much more cost effective than buying a pre-made area rug. Since it's so large and has a floating sofa sitting on top, it doesn't even threaten to move.

what is the HM source referred to by another poster?

It looks like she meant HD, not HM.