I'm not especially impressed with this item. The pole doesn't line up nicely, the lamp shade took an unholy amount of time to get it to sit level (and it's still questionable how level it is), and the electrical wiring is shoddy - it randomly turns off and I have to go mess the the chord to get it to flip back on. I will say the base and shade seem to be good quality, but overall I'm really not impressed. If it was easier to take it apart and squeeze it in the box I probably would have returned it.