The idea of these shelves are so great. We ordered 3 of the 6 ft long ones for an open shelving concept in a home office. 2 of them are the same stain and one of them wasn’t even stained on one side and the other side was a different stain. So basically we spent like $90 on a piece of half painted wood. We ended up using this one as the top shelf and it looks fine. It was out of stock after we got it which is why we didn’t try to get another one. I did order pipe shelf pegs from Amazon which worked perfectly. The wood is so solid and the two shelves that were appropriately stained are exactly what I wanted. A nice barnwood old wood feel (but still solid and heavy). Even though it was pricey for some wood planks, you can’t beat the price when you do some research elsewhere.