This is a beautiful lamp. Nice and tall for over the couch so you don't feel like you're going to bump your head when standing up. Definitely meant for hard floors though. We have two, one is on carpet. I had to stick some folded cardboard under the front end of the base so it didn't sink into the carpet and lean the whole lamp over. Would be better if it had a diffuser in the shade so you can't look up and see the bulb when sitting under it.