Good-looking fixture and easy to assemble. The extender rod comes in three separate pieces and you can choose to use all or a portion or none of it (which is what I ended up doing) to adjust the height at which the pendant hangs. The photos are accurate except that they don't show how the pendant glows when lit - the cork covering on the sides isn't thick, so it's backlit when the light is on and looks very warm and pretty. The only negatives, which have been mentioned in other reviews, are the two vertical seams in the cork. They aren't so obvious when the light is off, but are definitely loud and clear when it's on.