It looks ok and is nice to have around our patio set. We purchased two of these. Pay close attention to the size of these though, that's the biggest drawback. The fire area is very short at 9". If you try to use any normal firewood it will stick out quite a bit. Our firewood is all cut at 16". Then as it burns lots of embers aren't contained. This is a major fire hazard. There is a bigger version available. We just cut our firewood in half to use these.