Beautiful lamp. The base makes the lamp feel very sturdy and less likely to be tipped over. The bulbs are heavy glass. The whole thing was fairly easy to assemble. One note: the description says that the bulb base is E12/Candelabra. This is NOT correct. The bulb base is A size. I am using A19 bulbs, which are much bigger than E12. I would recommend using LED 60w equivalent bulbs at around 300-400 lumens. It's very bright using higher lumens bulbs.