I bought this area rug for my 14 year old son's room. Although it is an indoor-outdoor area rug (5*7), it is very soft under foot. There's enough variation of color that it would go with most "boy" rooms and the he design keeps it from being stuffy. The blue is a bit more of a deep aqua, but with the grey, beige, and muted mustard yellow, it gets toned down. We haven't had to deal with a spill, but I'm sure it will be easier with the indoor-outdoor rug.