The shelf is really well made and attractive but the actual installation took some work. I didn't have the necessary equipment to reinforce it so I just mounted it to dry wall using the provided anchors and screws. It slopes down a little bit and I tried several times to remount the shelf so that it would be more perpendicular to the wall but alas, it was a no go. It still holds a lot of my smaller toiletries but I'm afraid to place anything big or slightly heavy on top for fear of ripping the shelf from the wall. Overall it looks very nice though.