I purchased this lamp to sit on a table in the upstairs hall for the kids. Overall the lamp is very pretty. It arrived very well packaged. Everything was separated from the base so there is no breakage. Very simple to put together and they even sent a light bulb along with it. I got the royal blue lamp base with white shade. The blue is the perfect color and the height of the lamp is great for the console table. Another nice touch is the cord. It's not a standard lamp cord. It is a cloth wrapped cord. No tangles or kinks and it makes the lamp a bit more modern. The only thing I didn't like was the accents. They were shiny gold. Not our taste, but it wouldn't keep me from purchasing it again. I'm going to buy some nickel spray paint and just paint over it so it matches everything else we have. I plan on purchasing another lamp for our office because I like it so much.