The design and color of this rug are perfect, gorgeous and exactly the shade of teal blue that I was hoping. It looks exactly like the picture, with cream colored designs. I would not describe it as soft or plush, so it's great for high traffic areas. I have it in the bathroom so I was hoping for soft, but I'm still happy with it. The size was perfect. I was a little surprised by how it was shipped, pretty much just wrapped in shipping shrink wrap without any protective barrier in between, but luckily there was no damage in transit.