This rug came very well packaged and was surprisingly light weight and easy to handle. It did have an odor after unpacking, but that disappeared within a few hours. Within 24 hours the rug laid down flat and didnt hold any memory of being on a roll during shipping. The colors are perfect for my room, the gray colors are a blued gray and with blue around them read extremely blue. I felt the colors were just as expected in the pictures shown online.