I love the look and quality of these shelves. They bring a little rustic-masculinity to our home and its just perfect. I did swap out the supplied screws with some that werent quite as long and also used some anchors since I was installing them in drywall. The screws I used were silver, so I just used a black sharpie to make the heads of the screws blend in to the brackets. The shelves are well made, and very sturdy. Because of the brackets Im pretty sure you could put some items that have a little weight to them without fear of the shelf loosening at all. I would recommend these and I am actually trying to figure out where else I can hang some more.