just as pictured. made of light weight material. It has a spring loaded bar and the two ends screw into the 'head' or the 'backend'.There is a problem in the the bar that holds the paper towel roll is spring loaded action of two parts very similar to the ones used for a spring loaded toilet paper roll. Did not function because pulling on the towels can pull the bar in the two pieces. I sort of solved the issue by taping the bar together for stability, not  using the spring loaded partf. But now to take old roll off and new roll on, I will need to unscrew the bar at one of the ends.