It's considerably different than the item pictures, and the build quality is incredibly poor. Sure it would function as a spark screen, but I can't have the foul thing disgracing my living room. The paint job is horrible, not even close to gold or brass but more like a dull caution yellow, and uneven/scratched at that. The screen part is warped and separating form the frame, the frame welds are very poor and uneven. I thought for fifty bucks I couldn't go wrong, but I have :-(