Great design, but the 8-inch depth is pretty wobbly as floating shelves go - though that has since been fixed I understand
I think the design is a good one and the wood is more like beat up regular lumber that has been stained but it's not what I would call salvaged because you can see it's just been roughed up to look salvaged.  That said, it still looks good and better than what you will find at big box stores.  And this probably just applies to the 8-inch shelves because that is the depth that I bought, but even with Anchor bolts the weight pulls on them pretty strong so the shelves wobble up and down easily and would not hold much weight (certainly not some books, and I was just putting towels).  However, I gave up on the floating part and went and bought some black brackets and they look good - they just were not sturdy as floating shelves.  Again, I think the shorter depth would work okay, but definitely be careful about the 8 inch.<br /><br />I've added a 4th star because of the customer service and reaching out to try and make it right.  It was too late for the 8-inchers as i already had to add support shelves to finish the project.  However, the vendor sent me a completely different shelf to try which did hold up much better with the new design.  I agree with others that this is more like a board bought at Home Depot that's been roughed up with a disk sander on one edge, but the end results looks really nice on the wall and I didn't really expect this was going to be some piece of wood out of a barn or something, though I think adding the &#34;repurposed&#34; would be sufficient rather than to call it &#34;salvaged&#34;  I'd buy these again if I needed them in another room.
Rating: 4 stars