I purchased this for my beach house that is decorated in shades of blue.  This wood anchor decoration came very well packaged with no damage.  The rope on the one I received wasn't knotted at the top as shown.  It was loose and unbraided to the point it had been tied off at the top of the anchor.  So I untied it from the top and knotted it.  After doing so, there was not enough length to retie it to the top so I just wrapped it through and brought it toward the front which looked fine.  The roping is a natural color--not white.  It is hot glued to the back of the anchor at the bottom and the rest is wrapped around the anchor so it is easily removable if desired.  This item does not have a hanger on the back so you will have to add one or just hang it from a nail from the top circle.