The shelf is as expected - nice and solid, nice color, matches our cabinets well, not difficult to mount. However, beware irregularly shaped bottles. This should go without saying, looking at the rack, but still we had issues even with our favorite wine, which we did not realize has bottles that widen a bit at the top. A slightly wider red wine blend bottle did not fit at all. Too much hassle to take it back down and return, and our future wine selections will be limited to just the standard bottles :)