This arrived well packaged with the arms folded in, you pull them apart to space them. I’ve included photo of the underside bc you want the lamp to be nice looking when you look up while seated and that is a good sign of quality. When the light is on you cannot see the bulb through the shade which was important to me. I’m using bulbs in the warm setting but I also tried it with white setting both are nice, the color of the glass won’t affect the color of the light , that is dependent on the bulb setting you use.