I normally go for glitz or unusual, but this looked like a nice dining room light for our vacation home. My wife still is surprised I didn't choose something with a lot of frills, but that style architecture does not call for anything that makes a bold statement, and the ceiling in the dining room is only 8'. You need to match the light with the space, and this does do that.It comes well-packed in foam, and is very easy to assemble. There are supplied instructions, but I did not look at them. All connections are threaded and all pieces fit nicely, except.... I thought of docking this one star for the frustration I had in first getting one of the collars removed from the ceramic bulb base. The ceramic was not completely round toward the top and the collar simply would not screw off. I didn't want to break anything, but only after figuring out the problem did I realize in order to get it off I had to tip the collar at quite an angle. All other collars unscrewed very easily.In putting the glass shades on I tried a different collar on the one and it would not screw on. Only when I once again tipped it at a fairly large angle did it thread, and then straightened out and finished up just fine. I am sure the ceramic bulb base is purchased from another supplier and I just got a bad one. Everything worked out in the end.When you put the shades on if you are OCD like me some might not be perfectly vertical. You have some play in the fitting of the shade to move it most any direction to get it closer to upright prior to finishing tightening the collar. If that fails the metal base can be moved slightly as well if you get a firm grip on it, but I found sliding the shades around got it really close.With these frosted shades you have several choices in choosing bulbs for it. They are standard E26 base bulbs, and you can alter the look of this light both in temperature (warm white to bright white, which is pretty much what I put in them) and in style of bulb. I just grabbed some 60W bright white LEDs off the shelf to test it out.The top and bottom links of the chain used to suspend the light are threaded so there is no chance the chain will release and allow the light to fall. I really like not having to bend the link to get them on and off the fittings on the top of the light or the base of the ceiling box cover.For those who want the light higher up near the ceiling you could use a single link to connect the top plate and the fitting on the top of the light. That combination would have the bottom of the light 23 1/4" from the ceiling to the base of the light. With the 52" chain that comes with the light along with an adjustment of the attachment to the ceiling plate the maximum from ceiling to light base is 72 3/4". This light can be mounted on a flat or a sloped ceiling.I have to apologize for the odd photos, but since this is headed to the vacation house and I didn't want to remove any lights I have here I tossed a pigtail on the wires and took it outside and hung it on one of the plant hooks. I think it made the front entry look elegant, although this likely would not be considered an all-weather light. Still, kind of spiffy out there I think.An attractive and well made light, albeit not exceptionally ornate, that I believe will look very nice over our dining room table.