BELLA Collection Shag rugs are made with premium Belgium Polypropylene yarn. Quadruple twisted yarn makes this rug extra heavy duty for all occasion. Regular Softness pile to touch, however comes with strong durable feel. The yarn feels like cotton-feel for warm annd cozy feel. This rug is NOT velvet like or NOT shiny polyester faux flokati feel. So you can feel confident that this will be your everyday use rug without any worries. You can vacuum anytime you wish, either with brush or spinless vacuum.