When I received the package I thought, "These are going to be WAY too short" but they're not.  Kudos to the engineers designing the lamps and the packaging.  Can you say tetris?  A little leery again when I found out that I would need to put the lamp shades on the hoops, but they are beautiful, the perfect height, and only took about 10 minutes to assemble.  Hint:  put both rings on the shade material at the same time and roll slowly while keeping a close eye on both edges.