We ordered 3 of these lamps to add some additional lighting to our VERY dark living room.  They were fairly easy to assemble (we did have a little trouble getting one of them lined up - it seemed that one of the threads was stripped but we found an acceptable work around).  The bulbs that come with the lamps are really neat looking but way too dim for us...that's an easy fix though, just have to find bulbs that work better for us.  All in all, pretty happy with our purchase.