The lamp shades are cheap. You unroll them, wrap them around the top and bottom steel circles, and attach the ends of the shades with velcro! Ugg. The edges of the shades are raw, not folded over. The bottom edges of the lamps have black marker rubbed on them to hide scratches. They are incredibly cheap in structure and in price. I got what I paid for, but being on sale they should be nicer than this!