I am really enjoying this ceiling fan. It is a bit difficult to put up, however. Our handyman came over and put this up for us. He said this is the first one like this that he has seen. It has 2 remotes, one that can be installed in the wall where the switch to turn on the fan would be, and one that is a handheld remote. We live in an older home, and it was a rather tight squeeze to get it up, and we opted out of putting the remote on the wall. So ours is just controlled by the hand remote. It took him about 45 minutes to an hour to put up. It puts out a substantial amount of coolness and is perfect for our living room. You can choose to put a silver plate over the light, or put a see through plate where the light can shine through. We opted for the see through. I ordered the silver finish and turned the blades facing the wood side down as you can see in the pictures.