This rug is exactly what I expected it to be as far as look and feel. The light colors are the perfect contrast to my dark hard woods that I was looking for. I bought the runner length so that I could put this down a hallway and my only regret is I wish it was longer. I feel like the hall is a pretty standard length hallway and wish it'd be longer. But I think this is probably the standard runner length, so I'm not sure any other rug would have been long enough either.