The lamp is very nice looking and sturdy, I like that the shade is truly adjustable. I discounted 2 stars because the lousy job of packing this lamp it's what probably caused the crack on the thick round glass piece on top of the base, it was packed upside down (which it was a pain to unpack for that reason) with the cheapest and flimsiest polystyrene foam  possible and a very thin box not the propper carton for such a heavy lamp like this and that's it, not exterior thick box protecting the lamp, I mean come on when you are paying these prices you expect better packaging experience. Not ordering anything breakable ever again.