The towel rack is as seen in the pictures. It looks good and does its job. I am yet to see if it is going to rust.  The only complaint I have, the product that I received was not packaged that well and there were a couple of scratches. It looked like the product had been stored somewhere and had been slightly damaged. I couldn't be bothered to return it so I kept it because after hanging a towel, you can't see the scratches.