My husband hates these kinds of light fixtures, but I really wanted it for the guest room and ordered it anyways. After installing it, he said it was his favorite light fixture in our home! It looks high end and isn't TOO funky like some of the sputnik styles can be. The brass is more muted and soft than other fixtures, but it blends nicely and isn't noticeably a different shade than our curtain rod. It hangs down the perfect length to work in a variety of spaces.