I like these shelves, they are distressed, but don't look too rough.  I ordered one set and then a 2nd because I decided I wanted  to hang three, and one of the boards had a large knot on the front and on theback. I set that aside.  I ordered the walnut  colour  each time, but I'm sure I got the reclaimed wood colour instead both times, which worked better anyways.  I did not use them with these brackets.  II used the Jaken half round wall shelf  bracket instead.