Love this light! Like many others, I was worried this wouldn't put out enough light for our kitchen - it's replacing a (super hideous) giant 3-tube fluorescent fixture as the primary overhead light in the room. (You can see the size of the old casing in the background of the wide shot attached, against the wall on the right.) Not to worry - it puts out at least as much light as the old fixture and looks approximately 1 billion times better doing it. We went with the Brushed Nickel finish, and it looks very true to the picture/coloring on the website. Looking forward to installing matching pendants over the island and getting our stainless steel appliances installed to complete the look!