The lamp overall is very nice. The problem occurred in the first shipment. It seems, no fault of AllModern, but the manufacturer forgot a few important pieces in the assembly. The base has a male threaded end to which a metal tube is suppose to be screwed to. Well the tube did not have any provisions for the threads, just a hollow tube with the wire through it and the same diameter as the male threads. Took me awhile to figure that something must have been left out in the production of the lamp. So I could not screw or slide over the metal tube onto the base.

I requested a return and AllModern's Customer Service replied quickly and sent out a replacement lamp. Luckily that one had the proper female threaded pieces within the tubes and the assembly went quick. And like others have said, best to start assemble at the top and work your way down. Oh and be sure there are threaded inserts in the tubes before assembly.