Using this in a home office, it gives the room bling. There was one dent on the metal bottom piece otherwise I would have given it 5 stars. I really just wanted to finish the room so I hung it anyway and concealed the dent by facing it away from main view. The shade is white...I believe in the picture the shade may look ivory/cream but it is a definite white. This was a great deal, I looked around quite a bit before buying this and couldn't be more pleased.