I love this lamp! It assembled easily and gives off a good amount of light. It's taller than I had thought but it's a great height. The gold finish color is beautiful and the shade is a good quality. My only complaint, and the reason I only gave 4 stars, is that the shade doesn't assemble evenly. Actually because of the way that the top metal piece is soldered on mine it will never sit flush. I was able to make it work by sliding a penny into one side, which gave me the mm thickness needed so that the shade now sits flush. This was an easy fix and since I love the look of the lamp I decided to keep it!