I liked how the rug look in the 3 ft round so I ordered the 8 ft round. The balance of colors is not the same. In the larger on, there is a lot of the gold color and not a lot of the blues. I liked the small one for mix of colors not all gold. It is a soft rug to the touch though. If there wasn’t such a huge gold area and the center medallion was bigger, I would have kept it.