The curtain is beautiful and the color was spot on with the photo. However due to me or the design in general it is nearly imposible to get the ties to be even and then the curtai to lay even in the ties. If you ever do manage to get it right it looks great! One other issue is that the ties force the curtain to bow in on the sides so the curtain does not end up being the 42 wide and may let light in through the sides which defeats the purpose of the blackout. If you don't care about that than this is a great curtain!