I ordered this fan in the Matte Black finish because it is for our home theater room.  The fan's aesthetics are great and I would rate its appearance and function as 5-stars:  it's sleek, modern, jet black, which blends in perfectly with the black-painted ceiling, is nicely lit for the room and is extremely quiet.  However, I'm reducing my overall star rating by 2 because the instructions were absolutely abysmal.  My husband, who is extremely handy and has installed almost a dozen ceiling fans in his tenure, was appalled at the instructions that accompanied this fan.  There were items out of order which caused a lot of re-work. Overall I'd only recommend this fan for a handy person with a lot of time to thoroughly review the instructions with extra time to re-do steps as needed.