Beautiful fan and light. I attached to a vaulted ceiling, so I used a 2 1/2 ft down rod. Assembly was tough because the instructions were vague. It took me about 2 1/2 hours just to attach the light fixture. I finally put a touch of white paint on the underside of the fan so I could see when the holes were lined up. I also had to use a small zip tie through one of the sets of holes to hold the light assembly up while I aligned and screwed the first screw. The light fixture is too heavy for one person to manage the aligning of the holes and holding in place to screw together, so the zip tie helped a lot.  I would have cut out a lot of time if I had thought of that sooner! The three small light bulbs shine remarkably bright.