The mantel shelf looked great, but apparently, my contractor who hung the shelf up for me said the hanger board was very weak/flimsy, making it unstable against the wall. The 44 lb shelf came crashing down 20 min after some drilling outside of the house. Luckily the 2 small pictures that was put on it so far did not break. What a waste, lost money on the shelf as well as money I paid the contractor to put it up. Very sad.