Unfortunately these just did not pan out. When the first two shelves arrived, they looked stunning in our room, which with our old wood floors, matched perfectly. We've also been doing this whole rot iron thing. However after about a month, we went to dust the two shelves and noticed that about four of the boards had separated significantly. When I called, All Modern in they sent me a replacement unit from which I could replace the four boards. When that unit arrived, there were already indications those boards were already starting to separate. (see photo). There are now indications the remaining boards from the first two units are separating.