The only part that looks like the photo is the rope. The wood is some junk plywood that has barely any paint on it. And when I say barely, I am being very generous. As you can see in the photo, these bookends are not like the photo. And when I refer to junk plywood, I'm not referring to distressed wood, which would be fine. No, this is literally junk plywood. If it were painted so you could not see the wood, that might be okay, but not the case.