The lamp itself doesn't look awful.. if you tilt your head about 45 degrees to the left and squint. The lamp is made of 3 metal pieces that you screw into the base. Unfortunately, when connected the lamp leans heavily to one side. Additionally, it looks like the bottom two pieces are rusted while the top looks like stainless steel, so your eyes are drawn to where the pieces screw into one another and the colors change drastically. Overall very disappointed in this purchase, but would rather throw it away than PAY for shipping to return this piece of junk.