Very beautiful and high quality curtain rod! The soft brass looks so good with my new curtain. My curtain panel weighs about 5 pounds which made the rod bend a little so I had to put another bracket in the middle to support the weight. Now I have to move the panel into the middle if I were to open it. Im okay with that but it does say that the rod can hold up to 7 pounds so I thought it would be okay with my curtain panel being 5 pounds. Other then that, I would recommend this rod, but only for lighter curtains.