It always takes me months to choose anything because I want to be thorough in my search and I just fell in love with the design of these. I have green walls in my room and not a lot of colors look great with them; I didn't want white, so I chose the gray and they look very nice with my room! My only slight complaint is that they really aren't very darkening, but it's enough. Winter hasn't come yet, so I'm holding out hope that they'll keep out the cold. I had curtains that attached to the bar by rings with clips for so long, I love that the bar just goes right through the curtain without rings, too. Overall I really love them.