One corner of the rug is much lighter than the other three. I tried to return it, but the customer service rep wrote that "The distressed finish does result in one side, especially corner, to be lighter than the other side," which seems to indicate that it is acceptable to them, even though it seems like a defect in production to me. If this is something that would bother you, I don't recommend purchasing. Will be paying quite a lot to ship this back.