Pretty rugs and they look nice in my bathroom, but they had tons of stray threads upon arrival. I washed rugs on Delicate cycle to get rid of chemicals and, hopefully, excess lint/threads. While they seemed to survive the wash just fine, I still needed to take scissors to both rugs and cut all the stray strings and tufts that were poking upward or outward from the rugs. They feel a little funky beneath bare feet - not as soft as I expected - and they seem to take awhile to dry after someone steps out of the shower.