Mantle was everything I expected it to be and just beautiful. It is solid and heavy with a gorgeous finish in the driftwood that we decided on. Would definitely purchase again if we had it to do all over. 

Instructions are simple and accurate and I installed it by myself even on the 72in/57lb option. If you are smaller person or less comfortable with DYI type stuff then have a helper. Measure everything multiple times and think it all through before drilling and cutting. Do your best to get into three studs as the piece is heavy. I recommend using the liquid nails in the mounting holes even though it is listed as optional. Also, during the project consider running the wires to do undermount lighting on this thing and making cuts to hide that behind the mantle would be easy. The shadow from our overhead lights is quite drastic as you can see in the photo below. More work for me to add the lighting now than it would have been when I had the fireplace tore up.

Good luck and enjoy!