Our new home required ceiling fans for the bedrooms. The style had to be contemporary and the color brushed nickel or similar. These came in silver and that was close enough. The installation was fairly simple and took about 30 minutes for each fan. Prior to purchasing I did some WWW investigation and one item indicated this fan makes a slight buzzing sound from the AC motor and running the fan for 24 hours would minimize the sound. This was indeed correct. This fan has a RC but reverse is not available via the RC. To reverse the fan requires using a switch on the fan. Beware, if you install on a high vaulted ceiling you might want to get a fan with a reverse built into the RC else you'll need a step ladder to flip the switch to change blade direction. Most important is my wife is extremely happy with this fan. Need I say more?