My item arrived last week and I am overall happy with it. It is very solid and heavy. Was not too bad getting it together. Ive got it in the ground quite solidly but have yet to plant anything to climb, might put a grape vine or a clematis. I dug a hole over a foot deep, pushed the obelisk in and filled the bottom with a few heavy rocks. Now I can plop a plant in the hole and fill the rest with earth. The colour is... meh. Wish I had gotten a different finish. Its not my favourite but I will live with it, might give it a light spray paint at some point if it really bothers me. Reason I am giving 4 stars is because of the packaging- awful Styrofoam bits everywhere! What a mess.