It always feels a bit risky to order something without seeing it in person but this rug looks just as good in real life. The multiple colors and texture work well together to make a unique look that feels familiar and universal too. It's also nice to have subtle useable variances in different spots so you can pick which side of a room is more faded or which side has more blue etc. The actual fiber material is soft but not especially long, shaggy or padded. In other words the rug's feel gets the job done for our taste (a nice feeling texture for bare feet that isn't fuzzy or tall) and the designers did a fantastic job on the print applied to the rug to make it a slam dunk.