We have had this rug for 5 months and it has held up beautifully! It is SO soft, my 2 older children were  so excited to have such a large soft rug to play on. And my baby has ehad no trouble laying on it comfortable and learning to crawl on it. I am so impressed its held up so well, being just as soft as new even with all his drooling. It truely does look just like the pictures online. The cream areas can sometimes play tricks on your mind and look dirty but it's just because the brighter whites can make you second guess. Some corners of the rug are more the dark and some more the light so I was sure to line up the darker areas where more traffic would pass through. I have had people visit our home and go home to place their very first Wayfair orders after seeing this rug, it's really so stunning!