This lamp is very nice. I was a bit confused with the wires out of the box, but was easy to figure out that it needs to pull through the bottom. It is definitely a shorter lamp (I'm 5'7 and it come below my chin) so I would take that into consideration. My only other gripe is that every now and then I look at the lamp and it seems like it is leaning to one side (the rod-stand is made of three pieces that screw into each other). Not sure if that means I need to keep retightening, or if it is normally like that, but just something I have observed. I do love the lamp regardless, and it compliments my desk/mirror area very well.