This practically qualifies for a piece of furniture itself since it's so substantial.  I love the cottage/farmhouse look to it.  I'm not a huge fan of the stucco like paint on it because it will chip off in chunks if handled too much.  It took our puny floor lamp that you didn't even notice and turned our lighting into something pretty to look at.  The lampshade is listed as "oatmeal" but I've never eaten grayish tan oatmeal before!  Thankfully, that goes with our color scheme but we aware the shade is darker than in photos, which seems to be a consistent problem with this website.  :-(