The chandelier is beautiful and I'm thrilled with how it updated and gave new life to my mainly traditional dining room.  It looks nearly identical to the picture with the mercury glass prettier in person.  I was very hesitant to order any chandelier without seeing it locally first, but after looking for months and and calling all of our local lighting stores, I decided to give it a try as no one stocked it locally and no one had anything similar.  A 24" drum shade can appear very large if opaque, but with this organza shade, the chandelier appears sizable, but not over bearing.  I also like that the mercury glass and inner mini chandelier are visible allowing the drum and mini chandelier to both be focal points.  Wayfair's price, shipping speed and customer service were all great.  It was my first Wayfair purchase and I will continue to shop on Wayfair.com.