Received this wreath ok.  Opened box and found the wreath to be filthy dirty with a very thick layer of dust and mildew.  Not something you can just rub off. I put it in hot sudsy water ( Dawn liquid dish soap ).  Let it soak for awhile.  Gently Rubbed my hands thru and it came about half clean once I rinsed it.  Water was black.  Did that one more time.  I let it dry for a couple of days. Then sprayed it with clear gloss paint.   It looks good now and I hung it up.  Would never have hung it the way it came.  Husband wanted me to return it but I wanted it.  Got the brownish color.