This rug is really sweet.  We purchased the round one for our girl's room.  Colors are true to picture - on my computers anyway.  It sheds, but i think that's just the nature of the material.  It's scratchy, but again, nature of the material.  I'm no rug expert, but this one seems wicked nice to me.  It's sturdy (if rugs can be sturdy).  The cats pull at it, but that's not the rug's fault.  I just clip the pulls off.  The different flowers have slightly different heights and because of that our somewhat cheapo stick vacuum didn't work, we have to use the real vacuum on it.  Overall, this is a sweet rug, a nice addition to a room. I would recommend for decorating with, not for napping directly on (remember, I said it was scratchy).