This area rug came wrapped up and sealed but you could see the color through the clear plastic.  The rug is pretty big for my small living room. It is just perfect. I have very thin, light colored carpet and I put this aqua blue area rug over the carpet in the living room and it looks phenomenal.  The color just stands out and makes the whole room 
look larger.  I recommend buying a big area rug like this if you are not happy with the carpet that 
you have. You can decorate a room with a big 
piece of carpet and save money instead of putting
 a whole new carpet in.  This area rug is soft to the touch and the vacuum goes over its smoothly.