In my opinion, not as nice as the photo. The photo makes it look like a decent reproduction of an old, muted, somewhat worn rug. In reality, it looks like a misprinted mush of ugly colors. There's very little blue, and what is there is a saturated aquamarine. There's also fuschia, bright orange, brown, cream/white and black. Not colors one typically sees in old persian rugs. Just a mess. My husband, who tends to think everything is fine saw it said, "that's kind of ugly". On the plus side, it isn't shedding, rolled out well, and wasn't expensive. I'm going to keep because I needed something immediately and the size is perfect. But will keep looking for something better.