This is very lovely like the picture. What I like best about it is that it is nice and lightweight. I use a weighted blanket at night with this lovely bedspread underneath it as my second layer. It achieves the perfect temperature and feeling of ventilation that helps me sleep like a baby. It's very very pretty. It's nice and slender rather than like a bulky comforter type spread. And I really like the shams that come along with it.