I am very pleased with the sign. It appears hand painted, and gold numbers on black provides a great contrast for visibility from the street. My only issue is that I bought it to hang off of an existing lamp post in my yard that didn't have the ladder rest any longer - and now I can't find one that is long enough to go through the post and hang the sign on. I had no idea how difficult it was to find this particular hardware - and it looks like I am going to have to fabricate my own.