Almost every other drum light we were interested in was in the $400+ range. At about $150 from Amazon (with Prime free shipping), this light was a steal.
The quality of the product is high, especially given the price point.
It's beautiful. The design is gorgeous in person. It may be my favorite light in the house. This is saying a lot because I've just updated every light in the house (with some at over 10 times the cost of this light).
Actual colors and look: (1) the metal is oil rubbed and not aged bronze so it appears a smooth brown, which gives it a modern feel, but it works very well with our casual comtemporary house (most of our furniture is from ReHa),(2) the shade looks short and wide (a flatter look versus the taller beefier looking drums it's pleasing), (3) the color of the shade: dark gray 1/3 inch rings at the top and bottom and the middle section looks like black/dark gray denim that is backlit (go to the Amazon picture of it, click on enlarge, it looks more black than the picture yet also lighter because the light from the lamp shines a warm beige color in between the black thread lines obviously difficult to describe, but it's very pretty), the picture on the site makes it look gray and washed out, but it's not, (4) the opaque diffuser on the bottom: I've seen a reviewer on another site complain about it being plastic and cheap looking. I disagree, it's plastic, but does not look cheap at all. There's a warm glow from it. (5) Assembly was easy. The only part that took time was the threading of the wires and ground through the chain.
Not sure if the other reviewer just got a bad shipment, but mine came with decent instructions and the ceiling mount had all the required pieces. Since I've put a number of these up now with our lighthing update project, it was very easy to install myself.
FYI, I installed it over a deep dark brown 54" table. I have a 10 foot ceiling. I dropped it 48 inches from the ceiling which gave it 33 inches above the table. The size was perfect for the 54" table.
Because our builder originally installed the light in this room a foot off of center (they centered to the space and did not take into account the side cabinet), I chose to swag the light (meaning I bought a brown ceiling hook assembly from Ace and looped the chain from the original box) instead of moving the box, to save money and not have to call an electrician to move the box, and because I thought that this particular light might look better with the swag. The swag caused me to use the entire length of the included chain. I would not have been able to do this with a higher ceiling. Anyway, I was right. It swag gave it a lot more oomph than just a straight drop. I'll post a picture if I can figure out how to do that on Amazon.
CONCLUSION: Great looking, good quality light for under $150. No shipping if you are a Prime member and no taxes (until the state governments figure out how much money they are losing because everyone is buying from Amazon these days with free shipping, lower prices and no taxes). :-)
Buy this light. We are more than please with it.
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In loved the look and the price of this drum light, however we had to send it back. Ours came with pieces missing, and after several trips to the hardware store we decided to let it go. We were able to hang the light makeshift parts, but the drum itself and the trim were crooked. The dark line around the drum did not even meet up level at the seam. however I could not praise amazon more for the easy return. Ups picked it up from our house, we didn't have to pay return shipping. Kudos to amazon, but thumbs down to kenroy.
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