Love this lamp in every qway except it is top heavy. It fits  great in my room so I so wanted it to work. I folded pieces of cardboard and put them under one side of the base to level it. Not the best form of engineering but it kind of works to steady the lamp. I shouldn't have had to do this but it was just too big of a deal to return it. And I like it in the room -- chunks of cardboard and all.