Small (30 cm tall), attractive, brown coloured fountain best placed outdoors versus a quiet room within your home. The sound of the water fountain is not a soothing soft trickle. You can hear the pump working hard to facilitate the water pouring function of the fountain. It sounds like someone is running the bath tub faucet as others have noted or using the washroom facilities with the door open. I have it in the living room but it interferes with the sound of the television so I unplug it (no on/off switch on the electrical cord; can only be turned off by unplugging). My office is located approximately 50 feet away and I can hear the loud fountain.