This metal art is amazing. All one can say is "Wow!" - it is truly impressive! The shape and variations in paint shadings are very accurate. However, the blue water is actually very green and so is the moon and this was disappointing as the colors in the picture were perfect for my room and I really loved the way the blue water and bluish moon looked in the picture. Packaging was superb - overly so almost as the shipper called and said that the box weighed 160 pounds! This was problematic for a single person to handle as the shipper said they would give no help getting it off the truck and that there was no lift or ramp. I had to find a few people who could come over on short notice mid-day to help to get it off the truck and into the garage, and that is difficult to do when people are at work and not close by! The actual artwork weighs about 50 pounds, so the rest was packaging - mostly particle board with lots of glue in the composition. It was well worth the efforts, and I am going to give an excellent rating for the quality and uniqueness of this beautiful piece of art, but I am still disappointed in the color.
I love the "tone" of this piece and was very pleased to get it. Note: THERE ARE ACTUALLY 23.75" W. X 36" H, which is what I was hoping for (seemed to make sense given the ratio/size of the smaller version). Mine also had quite a lot of mold covering (all 3 of) the panels. I would have freaked if I hadn't read about this in a prior review (I am fatideous about cleanliness). However, I just wiped them with mild soap and water, let them dry...and they are FINE. Only reason I didn't give this item a better rating is that you do have to work to get it "just right". The hanging brackets show at the top of each panel and cheap looking. I strongly recommend an alternative mounting method and to clean panels prior to display. Also, mine came with uneven lines, top and bottom of each panel. Personally I prefer "not too perfect" (ie. rustic), but you may need to plane off/trim and re-stain to get straight edges. Overall, I think this is a great deal for a nice piece of "art". Recommended.
We were looking for something to hang on our wall and came across this design. Most of the metal wall art out there is cheap and cheesy. This one is nice and isn't over the top. The reason I gave it an "average" rating was that the soldering on one of the metal pieces came apart. It wasn't anything noticeable when it's on the wall, so I didn't bother to return it. But overall, I'm happy with this purchase.
This mural looks completely awesome in my living room. It was a little bit of nothing to put up (it got even easier as the job went along). The ONLY reason I'm giving the quality a good instead of excellent rating is that a couple of the wall murals were slightly smaller than the rest (panels 7 & 8). The murals also have handy grid lines on the back for cutting, but they only run about a foot and a half along 3 sides of each panel. The panels are numbered, the instructions are easy and clear (although they only use the metric system). A little tip though, I'm used to classic wall paper that you can cut when wet, this stuff will tear if you do that! Pull the edges away from the wall just a hair that need to be trimmed (I used a ruler to fold the edge sharply for a clean line), and wait a couple hours before cutting. For a *** price tag, this item cannot be beat!!!
