This welcome mat is beautiful!! The only reason I am giving 4 and not 5 starts is that it does "shed" a bit onto your floors. If you were to wipe shoes on it and then enter the home some of the material would be brought into your home with it. We have moved it to a new location and it adds a beautiful decor to our home. It looks exactly as it does in the photos which is always nice to see! It arrived quickly and packaged nicely. Will definitely be ordering some of these for housewarming gifts in the future!