For the price, it is a decent rod, meaning it should hold the curtains and has an attractive finial at the ends. The reason why I did not give it 5 stars is because of the poor job in distressing. It does not look distressed. It look dirty!!  It was splattered with a black paint-like substance, which is not the same thing. I painted it white to get rid of the black dirty mess of stripes and splatters.