The rods are beautiful—however, they do not come packaged well. There was no sort of protection around the rods in their boxes. I purchased two rods and all 4 finials were chipped and one was bent so that it hung crookedly. I ordered the black rods, so the chips were “fixed” with a black sharpie and my handy husband fixed the crookedness. Love the rods, though, worth keeping since the flaws could be fixed.