I love this light, I bought a second one, it is beautiful, high quality, easy to install as far as lights go, and we get compliments on them all the time. The outer shade fabric has a plastic liner inside it (hard to explain) but it is nice because it gives it a clean look and reflects more light. The mercury glass can vary from light to light- for the two we got, one has much bigger and darker "splashes" on it than the other. I can live with this but for those who want a perfect match, you may want to order one more than you need and return the one that's most different.