I really liked this curtain rod. It's well made and has good weight to it. The brackets are solid as well.  Keep in mind that you will need room on both ends of your window for the decorative ends to work. My window end came close to a built-in book case that would not allow me use the decorative end.  I still used the rods. I just left the plastic ends on the rod ends and hung up my drapes. They look nice, but not as nice as they would have with the decorative ends.