These are a little lighter than what I was looking for but they aren't varnished so I'm going to try to stain them a little darker. These are replacing another company's floating shelves I had above our TV stand in our old house that were such a pain to install I doubt I'll put those back up. I used the QR code for these shelves and when you send a message on Facebook it sends you the video installation links. The brackets are so cleverly designed I know this will be far easier to get level and put up! I wish the brackets were in one solid piece but I think the "wiggle room" of the design will make these easy to install. We are going to paint first but I showed a picture of about how I'll arrange these above my TV stand (they are just throw up there with a little overlap in the photo, sorry!). I'm SO excited to get these up!