I love how this plaque itself turned out , but I purchased it over a year ago and still am struggling to little by little tear off the pieces of plastic it was wrapped in. It is thick hard plastic that has been stuck on- almost seems GLUED all over the painted black area of the plaque. Very tedious and at this point should have tried to return it. We just got a woodstove recently so i keep heating it up over that and trying to tear it away that way. I wanted to share this because if all of the plaques are packaged this way it is a major problem. I do not think most would be as patient and willing to work this hard!!