This light is ridiculously cute, and was super easy to put together. When I ordered it initially, I was a little worried about it being too bright (since the preview pictures make it basically look like a giant bare lightbulb), but the giant glass "bulb" appears in person to be very, very slightly frosted, which allows it to serve as a lampshade. The base of the lamp comes in four separate pieces that screw into one another very easily, and the lamp comes with a bulb to start with. The only thing that I should flag is that, while the base of the lamp might look silver-ish in the preview pictures, the actual lamp that I received has a base that is closer to gold/bronze than silver (which worked better with my room's color scheme anyway).