The rug is a beautiful gold color, and looks great in my living room!  It is a little on the thin side, but very soft and comfy.  A pad helped with the thinness.  I have had it for about eight months in a high traffic area- it gets constant use between my husband and I, our two young children and our dog.  Overall, it hasn't held up as well as I would have hoped: it has a couple of bare spots where a sticker and a piece of velcro were stuck and pulled off.  But, like I said, it gets a lot of use!  Spills have been easily wiped up.  I will have to replace it sooner than I thought, but at this price and level of use, I didn't expect it to last for years and years.   We are happy with it!