These towels have a gorgeous appearance, and the towel material itself feels soft and absorbs well. They do, however, have a minor design issue. The border covers the area where you dry your hands if you fold the towels in half and place them on a towel hook, as I believe most of us do. Trying to dry your hands on the border is not only inconvenient, but also inefficient. I have to put these on the counter so we can utilize the portion of the towel that is between the borders before we can actually use them. They do appear to be of decent quality other from that. Easily stained.