Just got this fan installed and it looks just like the photos - I love it!  The fan comes with a short and regular down rod, and if you need a longer rod you can purchase it separately.  The fan came very well packaged - each blade was bundled in its own protective pouch, plus the box came with white gloves for the installation so you don't smudge up your new fan.  The installation instructions weren't difficult, but they were a bit sparse.  Overall it took us about 30 minutes to install and we'd installed 2 other fans before.  It fan looks very sleek and runs super quietly.  On the highest setting you can really feel the breeze.  Only things I wish were that it had a wall-switch option, and that it had smart phone capabilities (like the Big Ass Haiku fan does).  Overall very pleased with the purchase.