The overall appearance were beautiful. When I first got them, I haven't even used them. I bought them at the end of November. I just set them up for decoration. In my new apartment as I have already an older set that I use. I dislike the esthetics of this one. I was washing my dishes, and they sit right in front of my face, and I noticed the other day. This is only mid January. I bought them november twenty fourth.Every single one of them are splitting in multiple places straight across the whole board. I'm not saying, don't buy them. I'm just letting the brand no. So they may be able to fix whatever it is. They are very esthetically pleasing when they are set up. But with them, splitting like that, I don't think they would be very functional for long.