We have an indoor/outdoor rug from Ballard (the Geneve design) in our breakfast room, which has hardwood floors. We put a rug pad specifically for hardwoods under it and haven't had any issues. We have 3 young children and it has been extremely functional for us and looks great! Check out the Ballard site for photos -- they show a lot of their indoor/outdoor rugs in various locations inside. Here is a link that might be useful: Ballard's Indoor/Outdoor Rugs

We used overlapping indoor/outdoor rugs to "carpet" our basement. I'm glad we did, as we've had 3 water events since doing it. A couple of the fibers have broken (kid-related?), but they're easy to clean. Ours are made of recycled bottles, and they're reversible. One note: Indoor/outdoor rugs don't absorb moisture. Part of the point is to allow moisture to pass through, so you don't have mold or mildew problems under the rug. If you spill something, the rug won't absorb the liquid and you will have the clean the floor underneath. Here is a link that might be useful: Mad Mats Examples (couldn't find their homepage)

Thanks! I love the one you posted! My room is 16x16 and I am thinking I need something bigger then a 8x10 which makes it harder to find something. The rug I posted is a 9x12 which I think would be about right as far as size goes. Would you agree or could I go with a 8x10?

At my old house I had an 5x7 indoor area rug on my front porch mostly to wipe feet on. It didn't get wet from the rain, but I did drag it out to the driveway to hose it off once in a while. I had no problems with it fading or falling apart.