Overall, a beautiful rug for an incredible price--I've never found a rug this soft and large for under $200 (we bought the 8'x10' size). A note about the color variance in pictures: depending on the angle you view the rug from it will look more muted or vibrant so the pictures are accurate. I believe this is do to the way the rug lays--viewed facing our couch it looks like the more muted pictures, but from the other side it looks bright. We added a rug pad underneath to prevent slipping on our wood floors, but for the size (8'x10') it's heavy enough I'm not sure we really needed one.