Disappointed.  The shelves are not rustic at all, unless you count the fact that they are very poorly sanded, with wood splinters sticking out on some edges, and put together slightly unevenly in some areas (not a big issue for me). The stain was clearly just finished before shipping and is done in a way that is supposed to give the illusion of 3 boards making up the shelf when it is actually just one, that seems unnecessary to me.  There was no hardware to hang the shelves in the box.  My plan is to sand these to make them actually appear rustic and re-stain them to look the way I expected originally. If you are a handy person you could make these fairly easily for less money.