This fan is beautiful in person, though I was hoping the blade color would be a little lighter to go with my light fixtures. Looking at the photo on the product listing, it still appears lighter than what I see in person. I  think they compliment each other, though. The fan is very quiet and rather than purchasing the remote for it, we installed a switch with a slide for the 3 settings because I didn’t want one more thing for my young kids to move and lose on me and it’s less clutter.