It has a little bit more of a rough finish than what you can see online, but it has grown on me.  I didn't think I wanted all the the crystals, but they do finish it off nicely.  The thinner metal pieces and the light bulb arms can bend very easily so be extra cautious when hanging.  We needed to buy longer screws than provided and used the old trick of tying string on them to line them up and it worked like a charm.  The