This chandelier is beautiful, and it looks fabulous in my dining room. The only thing is it took my father and I 3 1/2 hours to put it together, and he designed and built houses, works with electricity, plumbing, etc. I could absolutely not have done this without him. If you have someone in your life willing to help you and put in the time, then go for it. If not, you might have some trouble. My dad ended up even rewiring some of the poor wiring. Also, when the chandelier arrived 5 out of 10 candle bowls were shattered as well as on of the stems. However, they had new pieces out to me in 2 days...even though they were the wrong pieces. However, we were able to make them work, and it really does look beautiful.