The color is very simple and plain, which enables you to do anything else you want to with the room. The blanket is warm, the fluff stays where it belongs. It has loops to put a duvet cover on it, but I use it without a cover and the loops are not annoying. Dog and cat fur brush right off it, it's easy to keep it looking nice. My one and only thing was that there was a pull in it fairly quickly, I assume from a cat claw. Because the color is flat, you can see it immediately. I don't know how they could possibly solve for that, so I am not faulting them. And, of course, the price was just what I needed.