I needed a rug for a nursery, and I didn’t want to spend a fortune. I’ve had other Safavieh rugs before and liked how they held up, so when I saw this one for a really great price, I grabbed it. I read all the reviews, some of which talk about “color bleeding” or ink dropped on the edges, and I still decided to take a chance. When I unrolled the rug, it was very evident that what some thought was a defect was, in fact, part of the background pattern. The darker “drips” around the edge match the same kind of pattern throughout the cream color on the body of the rug. If you are going to be bothered that it’s not completely solid around the border, you may want to keep scrolling, but I can tell you that everyone who has walked into the room said the rug was beautiful, and no one asked if anything was spilled or defective. With a 1/4” rug pad, it feels nice and thick to walk on or for a baby learning to walk to fall on. It unrolled pretty quickly and started to feel flat within a week or so of just letting it be. One corner edge may not be perfectly straight and square, but for the price I paid for an 8x10 rug, I’m not complaining at all because unless you are really nitpicking it’s not noticeable.