This looks pretty from a distance, but up close I think it looks cheap. I'm embarrassed for people to see it, actually; but no so embarrassed that I can justify taking it down for all the money I put into it (the purchase itself and the cost of an electrician to install it). The crystals are supposed to be glass and are rather nice looking, but they look strangely out of place against the gaudy-bright, thin metal of the fixture. The paddles are a nice color from a distance but look like artificial wood up close. If I had it to do over again...I wouldn't.