It was a really nice touch to our log house. The instructions are lame. You get some spare hardware, which makes you wonder if you did it right. If you are a little mechanically declined, have a friend help. With the 60 W edison bulbs, it was less lighting than we had before. I don't know if that was the edison bulbs or the plain glass shields rather than the diffusers we had on our previous fixture. so we went to the 100 watt 3000K edisons. We love it and plan to get another model by the same company for the dining room. Don't let any of the negatives turn you off. Just work with it. We love it.