The antique look of the black gold finish is just beautiful and looks to be just what I wanted.  I haven't found anyone to come out and install it yet, but out of the box it looks just perfect.  There is nothing cheap looking about this lantern set at all.  My late husband was an electrician and we have these gorgeous 9' antique lamp posts in our yard.  It doesn't look quite as high quality as those (they just don't make em like they used to) but they are very nice, if you know what I mean.  I have to say I just love dealing with y'all.  My daughter turned me onto y'alls web site and I've just been thrilled with it.