My mother bought this rug for me and I can see why. It's very beautiful and lights up the room. Keeps up with high traffic area. Have 2 kids and 2 cats. Stains comes right off. I use the honest cleaner and looks like new. The texture you can't see online. The cream part is a little more rough texture. Snags if you use the brissle option on my dyson. When you first get it, the shedding is a lot. But after about 15 vaccumming times it's gone. They say nickel color but it's more beige gray if you ask me. I'm gonna get a pad for it so it will be softer. But overall I love it. I uploaded a close up photo so you can actually see the difference of the texture.