This product is not at all what is pictured. I understand I was ordering reclaimed lumber but it is being sold as a floating mantel shelf. IT IS JUST A BOARD. Only stained on the top and sides, nothing on the bottom. It still smelled so strongly of stain that I had to leave it in the garage. No protective finish, you can't touch it without getting a splinter. I didn't want a project I wanted the shelf that was pictured. I wish I would have read the reviews!!!