The lamp is attractive and modern. It's easy to assemble (less than 5 minutes) although I did have a problem with the pieces not screwing together evenly. As other reviewers have said, the lamp is not as tall as you might expect it to be, and probably works better in a corner or to the side where people won't be staring down inside your lamp. The big annoyance with the height is that you have to reach down through the lamp shade or bend down to reach under the shade to pull the cord to turn it on. I placed it with an outlet that's connected to a wall switch to avoid that problem.