The shelves look nice. They are a little rustic, I like that you can see the grain of the wood through the finish. The finish is more of a heavy whitewash effect than a typical smooth gloss finish that you’d get with the MDF stuff. I like that it’s a solid piece of wood. The mounting system is pretty straightforward. You screw in the mount to the wall and the shelf slides on. It pretty snug so I imagine it’s not going anywhere as long as you’re not taking it off. There are no exterior screws on the shelves. The only thing I would change is that it would be nice to have multiple holes for the mounting posts to give you more options for positioning the shelves. That’s not a big ddeal. I