The curtains arrived quickly which was good. And, although the stated color was, taupe, the curtains are more of a gold tone which is what I wanted and what they looked like in the online picture. They are not really blackout curtains but that is okay because I really only needed darkened curtains. The main reason for 4 stars is that they arrived wrinkled (not unexpected) but the wrinkles did not iron out. I am hoping now that they are hanging the wrinkles will fall out.