This rug is drop dead gorgeous, its maybe my favorite thing in our entire house. Im now switching out the rug in our living room so that this rug sets the color palette for the house and having a very hard time finding a complimentary rug that can even compete! Its indooroutdoor so not super soft under foot the way a shaggier rug would be but softer than I expected and not course at all. Will be getting a rug pad to go under it.