The piece of wood is stunning. Seems to be really sturdy, which is great for our purposes. We have it hung behind our fireplace to dry wet snow gear. On that note, since it is a solid piece of wood and heavy on it's own, it would have been nice if the brackets on the back were at 32" apart to accommodate regular spacing of studs in the wall. They were  40-something inches apart so my husband had to redrill partial holes in the back and place the brackets in a new place so our nice new coat hooks wouldn't rip out our wall :) An added annoyance, but it is what has come to be expected with ordering from this website. Overall really happy with how it looks and functions so far, though!