Was packaged well, cream/ivory colored as in the picture, and looks nice in my home. I use it to help separate the living room part of my partial open floor plan from the small dining area.  The only thing that wasn't expected is some pieces of the rug material are very hard from dead/hard pieces of the natural fibers. I stepped on one that really hurt my foot. I jist ripped it off after I found it and it was fine. I've run into a few other pieces like that as I break info the rug.