The rug is much more "plasticky" than I expected, as in, it's woven of about 3mm thick translucent plastic tubing, whereas I was expecting more of a plastic fibres construction based on the photos. However, despite this, the colour is very nice and accurate to the photos, which goes a long way towards making it look quite nice. I don't think this rug will last for more than a summer or two (hopefully I'll be proven wrong!) because the plastic seems of the variety that becomes brittle and cracks very quickly. Also not sure how the colour will hold up under the sun. Ideally I likely would have given it 3.5 stars if possible, because I doubt it will hold up well, but for the price, and the great pattern and colour, it does a lovely job for now so I'd certainly give it 4 stars rather than 3. Another plus is that you can lay it on either side, so I have it with more of the great grey-periwinkle tone showing.